Lo Arthur Leary, Generous
 Handsome, Brave, slain in
His Bloom Lies in this Humble
Grave. Died May 4th 1773
Aged 26 years.

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Arthur O'Leary was born at Raleigh near Macroom in 1747. He was a member of a prosperous
Catholic family, which, despite the Penal Laws, managed to retain extensive land holdings between
Macroom and Gougane Barra. Denied educational and career opportunities at home because of the
Penal Laws, Arthur, like many Catholic young men of good family, went abroad where he served as
a captain in the Hungarian Huzzars.