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''The Valley of Knockanure'' is the name of several ballads commemorating a murder by the Royal Irish Constabulary that occurred during the
Irish War of Independence The Irish War of Independence () or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-mil ...
at Gortaglanna (Gortagleanna) near
Knockanure Knockanure ( ga, Cnoc an Iúir)logainm.ieCnoc an Iúir/Knockanure/ref> is a village and civil parish in County Kerry, Ireland. It is near the town of Listowel and the village of Moyvane Moyvane (), also sometimes known as Newtownsandes, is ...
,
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, Ireland. The best-known of these was written by teacher and poet Bryan MacMahon (d. 1998) at the request of a local schoolmaster, Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin.


Historical background

On 12 May 1921, a troop of
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were travelling out from
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towards
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when they arrested four young unarmed men in Gortaglanna. Prior to this the barracks in Listowel had been burnt out and in retaliation the troops, who were under the influence of alcohol, decided to execute the young men. The first to be shot was Jerry Lyons. When this happened, Cornelius Dee decided, as he was going to be shot anyway, to make a run for it. He did, and almost immediately took a bullet in the thigh but managed to keep going. He ran for about three miles and survived. He was never recaptured but remained in hiding until the Truce. The other two men were shot on the spot. Today a memorial stands by the roadside where the three died. A film about the events was made in 2009.


Recordings

*
Willie Brady Willie Brady (15 July 1930 – 27 March 1969) was an Irish ballad and country singer and recording artist, popular in Ireland and abroad in the 1950s and 1960s. He was singing and recording ballads before the "Ballad Boom" arrived in Ireland a ...
, 1961 *
Seosamh Ó hÉanaí Joe Heaney (AKA Joe Éinniú; Irish: Seosamh Ó hÉanaí) (1 October 1919 – 1 May 1984) was an Irish traditional (Sean-nós singing, sean nós) singer from County Galway, Ireland. He spent most of his adult life abroad, living in England, Scot ...
: ''The Road from Connemara'' (1964), re-issued on Topic TSCD518D/Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 143 (October 2000) *
Paddy Tunney Paddy Tunney (28 January 1921 – 7 December 2002) was an Irish traditional singer, poet, writer, raconteur, lilter and songwriter. He was affectionately known as the ''Man of Songs''. From Glasgow to Garvery Tunney was born in Glasgow to Ir ...
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Clancy Brothers The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk music group that developed initially as a part of the American folk music revival. Most popular during the 1960s, they were famed for their Aran jumper sweaters and are widely credited with pop ...
, 1963 *
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICD51TPF7Tc


Bibliography

*Paddy Tunney, ''Where Songs do Thunder'' (1991) *Gabriel Fitzmaurice, ''The World of Bryan McMahon''


References


External links


Moyvane site with photos of the participants and the local area.Website of film made about the events
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