Valley of Knockanure

The famous Irish ballad "The Valley of Knockanure" was written by the Kerry teacher, poet, and writer Bryan MacMahon. Daoirí Farrell and Piaras Ó Lorcáin both have version of the song which are both equally as good each others, give them a listen. This song tells the story of a Thursday on May 12, 1921, in a field in Gortaglanna, in the parish of Knockanure in North Kerry, three unarmed IRA men, Jerry Lyons, Paddy Walsh and Paddy Dalton, were lined up and executed by a company of Black and Tans from Listowel. A fourth IRA man, Con Dee, managed to escape.