Boolavogue, also spelt Boolavoge or Boleyvogue (), is a village 12 km northeast of

Enniscorthy Enniscorthy () is the second-largest town in County Wexford, Ireland. At the 2016 census, the population of the town and environs was 11,381. The town is located on the picturesque River Slaney and in close proximity to the Blackstairs Mounta ...

in County Wexford,

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. It is in the

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Diocese of Ferns. It has given its name to "

Boolavogue Boolavogue, also spelt Boolavoge or Boleyvogue (), is a village 12 km northeast of Enniscorthy in County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns, Diocese of Ferns. It has given its na ...

", an Irish ballad commemorating the

Irish Rebellion of 1798 The Irish Rebellion of 1798 ( ga, Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ''The Hurries'') was a major uprising against British rule in Ireland. The main organising force was the Society of United Irishmen, a Irish republicanism, ...

, when the local parish priest

Father John Murphy John Murphy (c. 1753 – c. 2 July 1798) was an Irish Catholic Church, Roman Catholic priesthood (Catholic Church), priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns, who is mainly remembered for his central role in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 in ...

led his parishioners into battle on 26 May 1798. The Wexford rebels were eventually defeated at the

Battle of Vinegar Hill The Battle of Vinegar Hill ('' Irish'': ''Cath Chnoc Fhíodh na gCaor'') was a military engagement during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 on 21 June 1798 between a force of approximately 13,000 government troops under the command of Gerard Lake a ...

on 21 June. Father Murphy and the other rebel leaders were executed. Fr Murphy was hanged, then decapitated, his corpse burnt in a barrel of tar and his head placed on a spike as a warning to other rebels, many of whom nevertheless fought on for up to five years afterwards.

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