Pictured above is The Pass of Keimaneigh in County Cork, Ireland. In 1822, this was the site of a fierce battle between British militia troops and a secret society of Catholic tenant farmers known as the Whiteboys. A celebrated Irish folk poet, Mary O’Leary (in Gaelic, Máire Bhuí Ní Laoire), wrote an epic poem about the battle that is still sung and recited today. Read all about Mary O’Leary’s remarkable life in my new book, Songs of an Irish Poet. Click here for details.

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