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| '''Art O'Leary''', a ], was an officer in the ]. | '''Art O'Leary''', a ], was an officer in the ]. | ||
| Having returned home to ], ], Art refused to sell his prize-winning horse to Englishman Abraham Morris, and was thus made an outlaw. Under the ], Roman Catholics were obliged under law to sell their horse to Protestants, if demanded to do so. Morris tracked O'Leary and shot him on his horse. | Having returned home to ], ], Art refused to sell his prize-winning horse to Englishman Abraham Morris, and was thus made an outlaw. Under the ], Roman Catholics were obliged under law to sell their horse to Protestants, if demanded to do so. Morris tracked O'Leary and shot him on his horse on ], ]. | ||
| O'Leary's wife ] wrote the famous ] or ''Lament for Art O'Leary'', mourning his death and calling for revenge. | O'Leary's wife ] wrote the famous ] or ''Lament for Art O'Leary'', 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.
Having returned home to Kerry, Ireland, Art refused to sell his prize-winning horse to Englishman Abraham Morris, and was thus made an outlaw. Under the Penal Laws of Ireland, Roman Catholics were obliged under law to sell their horse to Protestants, if demanded to do so. Morris tracked O'Leary and shot him on his horse on May 4, 1773.
O'Leary's wife Eileen O'Connell wrote the famous Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire or Lament for Art O'Leary, mourning his death and calling for revenge.
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