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| Art O'Leary, a ], was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army. | |||
| ⚫ | O'Leary's wife ] wrote the famous ], mourning his death and calling for revenge. | ||
| O'Connell wrote the ] after ] was shot, allegedly due to a dispute with a local Anglo-Irish protestant to whom ] had refused to sell a beautiful horse. | |||
| ] in force at the time banned any ] from owning a horse worth more than five pounds. A neighbouring landowner Morris is said to have tried to buy the horse, a chestnut mare, and on being turned down, to have had O'Leary outlawed. | ] in force at the time banned any ] from owning a horse worth more than five pounds. A neighbouring landowner Morris is said to have tried to buy the horse, a chestnut mare, and on being turned down, to have had O'Leary outlawed. | ||
| ⚫ | O'Leary's wife ] wrote the famous ], mourning his death and calling for revenge |
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Art O'Leary, a Roman Catholic, was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army. O'Leary's wife Eileen O'Connell wrote the famous Lament for Art o'Leary, mourning his death and calling for revenge.
O'Connell wrote the Lament after O'Leary was shot, allegedly due to a dispute with a local Anglo-Irish protestant to whom O'Leary had refused to sell a beautiful horse.
Penal laws in force at the time banned any Roman Catholic from owning a horse worth more than five pounds. A neighbouring landowner Morris is said to have tried to buy the horse, a chestnut mare, and on being turned down, to have had O'Leary outlawed.
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