Where high upon a gallows tree, a yelling wretch is seen—
'Tis Hackett of Dungarvan—he who steered the Algerine!
He fell amid a sullen shout, with scarce a passing prayer,
For he had slain the kith and kin of many a hundred there—
Some muttered of MacMurchadh, who brought the Norman o'er—
Some cursed him with Iscariot, that day in Baltimore.
LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF EOGHAN RUADH O'NEILL.[77] ]
I.
"Did they dare, did they dare, to slay Eoghan Ruadh O'Neill?"