"Boulavogue" is an Irish ballad about the victories of Father John Murphy, parish priest of the village of Boulavogue in County Wexford as he led his parishioners in routing the Camolin Cavalry on May 26 1798 at Oulart Hill, when a rebel gathering of between 4,000 and 5,000 massacred a detachment of 110 militia sent from Wexford town to stamp out the spreading rebellion in County Wexford. The Wexford insurgents were eventually defeated at the Battle of Vinegar Hill on June 21st. For his participation in the uprising, Father Murphy was tortured, flogged, decapitated, burned, and ultimately, had his head put on a stake to warn his countrymen against further rebellion. The song "Boulavogue" was written in his honor in 1898 by Patrick Joseph McCall, who set the lyrics to an ancient Irish air called "Eochaill". The melody is also used for the Australian song "Moreton Bay". It was printed in Galvin's Irish Songs of Resistance (1962). It was recorded by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem on Boulavogue (1962). Songs from Irish uprisings and rebellion in this collection are: "Bold Fenian Men" "The Boyne Water" "The Boys of Kilmichael" "Croppies Lie Down" "The Croppy Boy" "Kevin Barry" "The Old Orange Flute" "The Protestant Boys" "The Rising of the Moon" "The Wearing of the Green" "The Wind That Shakes the Barley"