The Man From God Knows Where is a 19th-Century Irish ballad composed by Florence Mary Wilson. [1] [2] [3]
Florence Mary Wilson was a poet who wrote the ballad The Man from God Knows Where.
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The Man From God Knows Where is a 19th-Century Irish ballad composed by Florence Mary Wilson. [1] [2] [3]
Florence Mary Wilson was a poet who wrote the ballad The Man from God Knows Where.
The song tells the story of notable Irish rebel Thomas Russell, the founder of the United Irishmen. One night during the 1798 Rebellion, he entered a tavern in County Down where he was organizing the local rebels. The tavern's location is disputed, some suggesting Killyleagh or Loughinisland. The tavern contained United Irishmen volunteers however he did not know them, and they did not know him, or why he was there. One of the men tells the tale seeing Russell that night, and again meeting him under different circumstances. [4] The song also references local reverend Archibald Warwick's hanging.
Thomas Paliser Russell was a co-founder and leader of the United Irishmen. He was executed for his part in Robert Emmet's rebellion in 1803.
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The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was an uprising against British rule in Ireland from May to September 1798. The United Irishmen, a republican revolutionary group influenced by the ideas of the American and French revolutions, were the main organising force behind the rebellion. It was led by Presbyterians angry at being shut out of power by the Anglican establishment, joined by Catholics, who made up the majority of the population. Many Irish Ulster Protestants mainly Church of Ireland sided with the British, resulting in the conflict taking on the appearance of a sectarian civil war in many areas, with atrocities on both sides. A French army which landed in County Mayo in support of the rebels was overwhelmed by British and loyalist forces. The uprising was suppressed by British Crown forces with a death toll of between 10,000 and 30,000.
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Events from the year 1803 in Ireland.
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James Dickey was an Ulster Presbyterian barrister and member of the Society of the United Irishmen, a revolutionary republican organisation in late 18th century Ireland.
William Tennant (1759–1832), often spelled William Tennent, was an Ulster Presbyterian banker and member of the Society of the United Irishmen, a revolutionary republican organisation in late 18th century Ireland.
Reverend Archibald Warwick was an Irish Presbyterian Republican minister who was hanged during the 1798 Irish rebellion.
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