Florence Wilson (1874-1946) was a Protestant, a Quaker. Lived in Bangor. All the founding members of the United Irishmen were Protestant (Belfast, October, 1791). However; there were remained many Protestant unionists, the Orange Order being founded in 1795. The rising in the south, which happened first, and separately, was "Catholic", though many Protestant supported it, and lost their lives in it. Many southern Protestants, most probably, opposed it.

The poem has been set to music, at least twice.

1. Five Hand Reel (mainly by Tom Hickland) in 1979, on their "A Bunch of Fives" album.

2. Brian Moore. Not available commericially.