Dreadful Massacre of Sixmilebridge, The

DESCRIPTION: "Upon the 21st day of July, Those fine young youths were compell'd to die, In Sixmilebridge, in the County Clare, To see the elections was what brought them there." An Orange troop attacked the crowd with musket and bayonet.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1852 (Zimmerman-SongsOfIrishRebellion)
KEYWORDS: violence homicide Ireland lament political
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
May 21, 1852 - "Seven people were killed in an election riot at Sixmilebridge" (source: Zimmerman-SongsOfIrishRebellion)
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Zimmerman-SongsOfIrishRebellion 62, "A Lament Written on the Dreadful Massacre of Sixmilebridge" (1 text)
NOTES [15 words]: Zimmerman-SongsOfIrishRebellion: "Several soldiers were found guilty of wilful murder." - BS
File: Zimm062

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography