Anthony Daly was a native of Rahruddy, a townland west of Loughrea

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, and a leader of the local Whiteboy movement. Daly was hanged on the Hill of Seefinn in 1820 for attempted murder

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Samuel Barber

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 composed a significant choral work, "Anthony O Daly", lamenting his death, based on a poem by James Stephens

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Numerous literary references have been made to Daly, including in John Steinbeck's short nonfiction work The Ghost of Anthony Daly.

See also

• Andrew Ó hAughegan
  Andrew Ó hAughegan
  Andrew Ó hAughegan , Ribbonmen informant, fl. 1820.Ó hAughegan was a servant of Patrick Cullen, a revenue officer who resided at Coorheen, Loughrea. On a night in late February or early March 1820, Cullen's house was visited by Ribbonmen led by Anthony Daly...
  
  
• Neddy Lohan
  Neddy Lohan
  Neddy Lohan, Captain of Irish Whiteboys, died 1820.Lohan was a captain of a group of Whiteboys in the Moylough area of County Galway, responsible for rural unrest and violence...
  
  
• Charles O'Rourke (Moylough)