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Roddy McCorley, a prominent participant in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, is executed in the town of Toomebridge, Country Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe. His exploits and execution will be recorded in the well-known ballad Roddy McCorley, written by Anna Johnston under the pen name Ethna Carbery. It will be re-popularised by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, The Dubliners, The Kingston Trio, and others during the folk music revival of the 1960s, and recorded in 1995 by Shane MacGowan And The Popes. Heather Dale will also record a version for her 2006 album The Hidden Path.
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