“Maidin Luan Chincise”
Description
Gaelic. The speaker laments that while Leinster and Ulster rose in rebellion, Munster did not.
Notes
The description is, verbatim, Moylan's.
Moylan states that his text is not O Longain's original, but a version from tradition. - BS
This is one of those "technically correct" laments: There were lots of hot spots in Ulster in 1798. In Munster, outside of Dublin, there wasn't much -- except in Wexford. Wexford is right on the borther with Munster, but there were few spontaneous uprisings in Munster. But Munster was a backwater. Had the Ulster rebels held together until the French came, or the Wexford rebels raised more of Leinster and moved on Dublin, they might have succeeded. Had Munster risen but all else stayed the same, the effect would simply have been to increase the bloodshed: The British would have pacified the northeast, then concentrated all their forces in the south. - RBW
Historical references
- 1798 - Irish rebellion against British rule
References
- Moylan 102, "Maidin Luan Chincise" (1 text, 1 tune)
- BI, Moyl102