Father Roche was a commander of the United Irishmen, who following defeat at the Battle of Vinegar Hill and the surrender of Wexford, decided to capitulate, and went alone and unarmed to Wexford. On entering the town he was seized, dragged from his horse, kicked and beaten. He was tried by court-martial, and hanged on Wexford bridge on 25 June 1798, along others, and his body thrown into the river. The Father Murphy Centre at Boulavogue, County Wexford is the the original farmstead where Father Murphy the 1798 Insurgent Leader lived for many years. Father Murphy has been immortalised in the folk song “Boulavogue”. Father John Murphy was an Roman Catholic priest and one of the leaders of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 in Wexford. He was executed by British soldiers in 1798. The Father Murphy Centre, in Ferns County Wexford, is the original farmstead where Father Murphy lived for many years. The Centre features his cottage, a magnificent example of an 18th Century farm building, that gives an insight into farming in County Wexford in the 1700s. The cottage is situated in a restored farmyard which includes a cow house, pigsty, dairy, stable, dairy and labourers' lodge. The Garden of Remembrance is a lovely tranquil garden where one can sit or have a short walk and remember the 30,000 people who died in 1798.
The entrance to the Garden of Remembrance at the Father Murphy Centre.
1798 War Memorial, Gorey County Wexford.
