Along side Carrig River (not much of a river really, more of a stream) is the once beautiful old graveyard of Carrig.Hence the words "We often go to view the place where our comrades they do lie." Victims of the rebellion of 1798 ,from both sides are buried there.The song is still sung regularly in Wexford town, particularly among those from above the Cock of John Street at the north end of town.For that is the home of the St John's Volunteers, famous local Gaelic Football team,and the home of the two men who wrote the song.