 The executions appear to have been motivated by simple revenge and intimidation, rather than fear of the prisoners and the ongoing rebellion.Though the public exhibition may have been designed to intimidate and discourage rebels in the immediate area from taking to the field, news of the executions, as well as those at Carnew spread rapidly and played a part in the rapid mobilization of rebels in northern County Wexford over the next few days.The story of Dunlavin Green was quickly commemorated in the famous ballad "Dunlavin Green", which tells the story from the view of a sympathetic local eyewitness.