Matt Dean and Fiana Ni Chonaill - Lament for Staker Wallace

Matt Dean and Fiana Ni Chonaill - Lament for Staker Wallace. Matt learnt this slow air from the playing of Matt Molloy.
Patrick "Staker" Wallace was born in 1733 in the Bulgaden-Ballinvana parish of County Limerick, Ireland, near the town of Kilfinane. He achieved some fame as an Irish patriot when he was brutally executed for independence activities by a pro-British nobleman in 1798. His nickname may derive from the fact that his severed head was placed on a stake to serve as a warning to others, although it more likely preceded his execution and was linked to stakes used in connection with the commonages. His body was buried at the Abbey burial grounds, Glenroe-Ballyorgan parish, County Limerick.
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