The O'Carolan Project: Tune no. 3 - Lament for Terence MacDonough

Tune No. 3 is the Lament for Terence MacDonough AKA and see "McDonogh’s Lamentation," "Young Terrance McDonough." It was composed on the occasion of the death of Terence MacDonough of Sligo in 1713. Terence MacDonough (?-1713) of Sligo was an interesting man, indeed--a soldier, lawyer, man of affairs, patron, and poet himself. An able Counsellor-at-law, the MacDonough represented the borough of Sligo in King James's Irish Parliament of 1689. He was the only Catholic Counsel admitted to the Irish bar in his day. He fought for King James at the end of the 17th century, attaining the rank of Captain in Colonel Henry Dillon's regiment of infantry. He was captured at the siege of Derry in 1689, but after the end of hostilities in 1691 MacDonaough resumed his practice at the bar, and attained great renown. He was much mourned at his death, not the least by numerous Irish poets and bards from whom several poems expressive of the grief survive, for not only was he a fellow-poet, but as a patron his house was "a seminary to the Bards of Ireland." www.ailierobertson.com   / theocarolanproject   ________________________________________________________________ PATREON: If you like my videos and you want to keep them coming, even a small amount of support on Patreon will make a huge difference!   / ailierobertson   ________________________________________________________________ My ALBUMS: https://ailierobertson.bandcamp.com/ ________________________________________________________________ SOCIAL MEDIA (join the fun!) Facebook:   / theocarolanproject   Twitter:   / ailierobertson   Website: http://www.ailierobertson.com/