They sought to wipe the column out, From east to west, from north to south, “Till at Crossbarry’s bloody rout They woke from their day dreaming Though ten to one they were that day Our boys were victors in the fray, And over the hills we marched away With bagpipes merrily screaming.*
* From: The Men of Barry’s Column
Tom Barry’s legend as a great flying column commander during the Irish War of…