# Galloping Hogan

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**Michael "Galloping" Hogan** was an Irish [rapparee](/source/Rapparee) or brigand following the [Cromwellian conquest of Ireland](/source/Cromwellian_conquest_of_Ireland).[1]

He was born in the parish of [Doon](/source/Doon%2C_County_Limerick), at the foot of the Slieve Phelim hills in East Limerick, and was possibly a relatively wealthy landowner before becoming a rapparee.

Under his guidance in 1690, [Patrick Sarsfield](/source/Patrick_Sarsfield) and 500 Jacobite troops blew up the Williamite siege train at [Ballyneety](/source/Ballyneety), County Limerick.[2] One eyewitness account says that Galloping Hogan was given the honour of lighting the fuse.[3]

The Williamite war continued until the [Treaty of Limerick](/source/Treaty_of_Limerick) was signed in October 1691, but Galloping Hogan refused to accept the treaty and carried on the struggle for a further six months before leaving Ireland from Cork in late Spring of 1692 with the last contingent of *[Wild Geese](/source/Flight_of_the_Wild_Geese)*.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

He went to France, where he became a general. In 1706 he was forced to leave France as he reputedly killed a fellow officer in a duel in Flanders. He fled to Portugal, where he continued his military career. Years later he ended his career as a senior officer in the Portuguese army.[4]

In May 1712 he contributed to the victory of the Portuguese Army against the Spanish at the battle of [Campo Maior, Portugal](/source/Campo_Maior%2C_Portugal). He remained in Portugal until his death, and reared a family whose descendants still live in Portugal.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Further reading

- Culligan, Matthew J. (1979). *The quest for the Galloping Hogan*. [Crown Publishers](/source/Crown_Publishers). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-517-53665-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-517-53665-0).

- Haddick Flynn, Kevin (2000). ["Ballyneety"](https://www.historyireland.com/early-modern-history-1500-1700/ballyneety/). *History Ireland*. Vol. 8, no. 4.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Ó hAllmhuráin, Gearóid (1998). *A pocket history of Irish traditional music*. [O'Brien Press](/source/O'Brien_Press). p. 31. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-86278-555-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-86278-555-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** D'Alton, Edward Alfred (1923). *History of Ireland: from the earliest times to the present day, Volume 4*. The Gresham Publishing Company. p. 428. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [59363032](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/59363032).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Haddick-Flynn, Kevin (2003). *Sarsfield and the Jacobites*. [Mercier Press](/source/Mercier_Press). p. 162. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-85635-408-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85635-408-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Haddick-Flynn, Kevin (Winter 2000). "Ballyneety". *[History Ireland](/source/History_Ireland)*. **8** (4): 25–29. [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [27724825](https://www.jstor.org/stable/27724825).

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