and Hunter Gowan when he saw us come he called his men & away did run like a hunted fox he crossed the rocks when he heard the sound of a Wexford gun He shouted out to Capt Nixon that Major Chamley he couldn't come and long
Smith Slater he proved a traitor He too fell that day by a Wexford gun Heres sweet success to the Boys of Wexford They were not afraid to shoot an Orangeman or pike a Briton and on their bodies a slaughter made.
Referring to the above Tom says "Forty years ago we were coming from the races at Carnew and old Mat Nolan "ruse" that up the street of Carnew and all the ould women