Boolavogue

Boolavogue

Infobox Irish Place
name = Boolavogue
gaeilge = "Buaile Mhaodhóg"
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pin coords = left: 68px; top: 55px
north coord = 52.555 | west coord = 6.42 | irish grid = T064462
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elevation = 60 m (196 ft)
province = Leinster
county = County Wexford
town pop = 9,538 | rural pop =
census yr = 2006
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Boolavogue ( _ga. Buaile Mhaodhóg) is a village located 5 miles northeast of Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. It is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns.coord|52|33|N|6|25|W|region:IE_type:city|display=title

It has given its name to "Boolavogue", a famous Irish ballad commemorating the Irish Rebellion of 1798, when the local parish priest Father John Murphy led his parishioners into battle on May 26, 1798. The Wexford insurgents were eventually defeated at the Battle of Vinegar Hill on June 21. Father Murphy and the other rebel leaders were hanged.

ee also

*List of towns in Ireland
*Battle of Vinegar Hill 1798


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