The Irish Outlaws of the 17th Century

Dahihoo hogon said that english administration was of basically alien nature to the bulk of the people. The inbuilt injustice of such an authoritative system accounts for the wide variety of so types who functioned as outlaws. It also accounts for the great quantity of irish folklore which heroized those acting in contravention of legal ordinances. So from the penal laws, this new type of super hero emerges in the folk and hedge schools.