Part of a ballad about Roddy McCorley, a United Irishman and a participant in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, who was executed by the British on 28 February 1800 in the town of Toomebridge "near the bridge of Toome."
The ballad was written at the time of the 1898 commemorations for the 1798 Rebellion by Anna Johnston who used the pen name Ethna Carbery (1866—1902).
Part of a ballad about Roddy McCorley, a United Irishman and a participant in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, who was executed by the British on 28 February 1800 in the town of Toomebridge "near the bridge of Toome."
The ballad was written at the time of the 1898 commemorations for the 1798 Rebellion by Anna Johnston who used the pen name Ethna Carbery (1866—1902).