Art Ó Laoghaire
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Art Ó Laoghaire , a Roman Catholic
, was an officer in the Austrian army.
Having returned home to Rathleigh House near Macroom, Cork
, Ireland
, Art refused to sell his prize-winning horse to Englishman Abraham Morris, and was thus made an outlaw. Under the Penal Laws of Ireland
, Roman Catholics were obliged under law to sell their horse for no more than £5, irrespective of the animal's true (often considerably more) value, to Protestants if demanded to do so. Morris tracked O'Leary
and shot him on his horse on May 4, 1773.
O'Leary's wife Eileen O'Connell
composed the famous Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire
or Lament for Art O'Leary, mourning his death and calling for revenge.
His tomb can be found at Kilcrea Friary
.
Roman Catholic Church
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, was an officer in the Austrian army.
Having returned home to Rathleigh House near Macroom, Cork
County Cork
County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, Art refused to sell his prize-winning horse to Englishman Abraham Morris, and was thus made an outlaw. Under the Penal Laws of Ireland
Penal Laws (Ireland)
The term Penal Laws in Ireland were a series of laws imposed under English and later British rule that sought to discriminate against Roman Catholics and Protestant dissenters in favour of members of the established Church of Ireland....
, Roman Catholics were obliged under law to sell their horse for no more than £5, irrespective of the animal's true (often considerably more) value, to Protestants if demanded to do so. Morris tracked O'Leary
O'Leary
O'Leary is an Irish name, an anglicized version of the original Gaelic patronym Ó Laoghaire or Ó Laoire.The Uí Laoghaire clan, today associated with the Uibh Laoghaire parish in County Cork, is considered by scholars to have originated on the south-west coast, in the area of Ros Ó gCairbre , of...
and shot him on his horse on May 4, 1773.
O'Leary's wife Eileen O'Connell
Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill
Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill also Eileen O' Connell, was an Irish noblewoman and poet, the composer of Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire....
composed the famous Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire
Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire
Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire or the Lament for Art Ó Laoghaire is an Irish keen, or dirge written by his wife Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill. It has been described as the greatest poem written in either Ireland or Britain during the eighteenth century....
or Lament for Art O'Leary, mourning his death and calling for revenge.
His tomb can be found at Kilcrea Friary
Kilcrea Friary
Kilcrea Friary is located near Ovens in County Cork, Ireland. It is in the barony of Muskerry, a short distance west of Cork city...
.
External links
- The Life and Times of Art O Laoghaire by Peter O'Leary