e/The Valley of Knockanure

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has glosseng: The Valley of Knockanure is the name of several ballads commemorating an atrocity that occurred during the War of Independence at Gortaglanna near Knockanure, County Kerry, Ireland. The best-known of these was written by Bryan MacMahon (d. 1997) at the request of a local schoolmaster, Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin. The ballads A song with the same title was written by Timmy Leahy who worked as a railway signalman in Listowel, where he lived. His song begins:
lexicalizationeng: the Valley of Knockanure
instance of(noun) a narrative poem of popular origin
ballad, lay

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