19th of August 1504 - The Battle of Knockdoe
Loud blares the trumpet, the field is set. Loud blares the trumpet, the
foe men are met. Steep slopes the hill, at Knockdoe in the West. There stood in
Battle, the South at its best. Hi Manny O'Kelly, with the Burkes is at War, and
Clanrickard has gathered his friends from afar. Kildare he advances like the
fox that doth stalk, O'Kelly sweeps down with the speed of a hawk. Loud sounds
the trumpet, the sunset is fair. Hi Manny triumphant. The Earl of Kildare.
(Local folklore has it that the above poem was found in the pocket of a
slain soldier.)
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