The epic story of the rescue of IRA man of the Tipperary 3rd Battalion man Sean Hogan in 1919. Sean Hogan along with Dan Breen, Seamus Robinson and Sean Treacy were known as the Big Four and highly active in the Irish War of Independence. This story tells of how they rescued Hogan from the RIC while in transit to Cork after his arrest for taking part in the Soloheadbeg ambush which left two RIC men dead and is widely acknowledged as the event that triggered the War of Independence.

This daring rescue took place in Knocklong Station situated in Co. Limerick close to the Tipperary border.

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A few songs and stories about the ancient custom of hunting the wren after midwinter, echoes of which still exist today around the country.

Songs include: The Wren Song (Altar Co Cork) and When We Hunted The Wren In Tipperary written by George Denny of Ballypatrick.

Take a look at my Kickstarter campaign to get my book Lost Songs of Tipperary printed

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/billthebard/lost-songs-of-tipperary

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Discussing the awful murder of Bridget Cleary known as the last woman burned as a with in Ireland in 1895. Told alongside court records, newspaper articles, songs and poems written around the time. Including the ballad The Witchcraft Murder, a woman roasted alive in Country Tipperary composed by Bridget Healy recorded for the first time.

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