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Shane Bernagh Donnelly was a rapparee local to the Cappagh and Altmore area of County Tyrone during the 17th century who would use the mountains as a vantage point to launch daring hold ups on carriages passing through the area on the main Dublin to Derry road nearby. The heathery gap where the Rapparee, Shane Bernagh, saw his brother die. On a summer's day the dying sun stained its colours to crimson. So breaks the heart, Brish mó Cree. A verse from Montague's "A Lost Tradition".

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  • Shane Bernagh Donnelly was a rapparee local to the Cappagh and Altmore area of County Tyrone during the 17th century who would use the mountains as a vantage point to launch daring hold ups on carriages passing through the area on the main Dublin to Derry road nearby. The heathery gap where the Rapparee, Shane Bernagh, saw his brother die. On a summer's day the dying sun stained its colours to crimson. So breaks the heart, Brish mó Cree. A verse from Montague's "A Lost Tradition". (en)
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  • Shane Bernagh Donnelly was a rapparee local to the Cappagh and Altmore area of County Tyrone during the 17th century who would use the mountains as a vantage point to launch daring hold ups on carriages passing through the area on the main Dublin to Derry road nearby. Local legend has it that the highwayman assisted impoverished locals with his robberies, mainly from members of the Protestant Ascendancy, Anglo-Irish landlords. A barracks was built in the Altmore area in an attempt to curb his activities but to little avail. Because of this Bernagh has over time become a local legend in the mould of Robin Hood who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. He was eventually captured and executed by the English authorities in Ireland. His body was cast into a lough at the summit of Slieve Beagh, which straddles the counties of Tyrone, Fermanagh and Monaghan. He was immortalised further by the local scholar in his popular ballad "The Mountains of Pomeroy" and by local Irish poet John Montague in his poem "A Lost Tradition". There is a small rocky area on the outskirts of Cappagh and Altmore called , called so as it is shaped like a chair. It received its fame from the highwayman, who used the rugged mountain area to hide out and launch his next attack on his unsuspecting victims. The nearby Bernish Glen is named after Donnelly as local oral legend notes that he once jumped across the glen on horse back as he sought to evade the oncoming English troops. The heathery gap where the Rapparee, Shane Bernagh, saw his brother die. On a summer's day the dying sun stained its colours to crimson. So breaks the heart, Brish mó Cree. A verse from Montague's "A Lost Tradition". (en)
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