Poem: The Retreat of O'Sullivan Bere

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The following poem " The Retreat of O'Sullivan Bere" was quoted in the video of the re-enactment of the O'Sullivan march in 1602/3. 

(Details of the march and a link to the re-enactment video can be found in the blogpost Hingertys on the Move in 1602)

The poem was written by Jeremiah O'Mahoney 21 October 1913

Jeremiah was a teacher in his hometown of Castletown Kinneigh. 

He died in 1921 from wounds accidentally inflicted while preparing for a rebel engagement.

The poem was included as an Appendix when his book "West Cork and its Story" was published by Kerryman publishers of Tralee in 1961. 

Previously the contents had been published in serial form in the Southern Star.

To locate the poem, a query was placed on the O'Sullivan Clan of Munster Facebook page. 

A member of the group shared copies of the text which was greatly appreciated.

Subsequently the following images were found on the blog Durrishistory.com

There are no direct mentions of the O'Hingerdells in O'Mahoney's poem- but we know from historical accounts that they were active in the fighting and that the horses used to make the boats to cross the Shannon were O'Hingerdell horses.


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West Cork and its Story

The Retreat of O'Sullivan Bere Poem page 1

The Retreat of O'Sullivan Bere Poem P2

The Retreat of O'Sullivan Bere Poem P3

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