FATHER MURPHY OF BOULAVOGUE
Created on 19/01/2023Latest update on 04/01/2025
Artist: Jim Dwyer
Author: Patrick Joseph McCall
Label: Decca
Year: 1938
With the Killoran Trio. Roud #2356. Written to commemorate Father John Murphy's rebellion against British Rule in County Wexford in 1798. With his army of peasants toting pikes against muskets, two victories (Boolavogue and Enniscorthy) were followed by a crushing defeat at the Battle of Vinegar Hill, leading to the execution of Father John and the best part of his bystanders. The Irish are champions in celebrating defeats.
Covers:
- 1956:
Wallace House [On Folkways LP Irish Songs Of Resistance as Father Murphy Of The County Wexford]
- 1956:
Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem [as Boulavogue on Irish Songs Of Drinking And Rebellion]
- 1959:
Willie Brady [as Father Murphy Of Boolavogue on Avoca LP Irish Songs Of Freedom Vol 1]
- 1988:
Paddy Reilly [as Boolavogue]
- 1990:
Dubliners [as Boulavogue]
- 1998:
Johnny McEvoy [as Boolavogue]
- 1998:
Richard Stevens & Irish Philharmonic Orch. [idem on cd Who Fears To Speak - The Official 1798 Bicentenary Commemorative Album]
- 2011:
Irish Tenors [idem]
