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"The Mero" - a song about a former cinema in Mary St., Dublin, popular with children, by Pete St. John [27] "Johnie McGory" - a song about children, by Pete St John, recorded by The Dubliners [27] "Ringsend Boatman" - by Pete St John [27] "The Maid From Cabra West" - an Irish version of an English song, sung by Frank Harte [5]
"Arthur McBride" – an anti-recruiting song from Donegal, probably originating during the 17th century. [1]"The Recruiting Sergeant" – song (to the tune of "The Peeler and the Goat") from the time of World War 1, popular among the Irish Volunteers of that period, written by Séamus O'Farrell in 1915, recorded by The Pogues.
"Poor Paddy Works on the Railway" is a popular Irish folk and American folk song (Roud 208). Historically, it was often sung as a sea shanty. The song portrays an Irish worker working on a railroad. There are numerous titles for the song, including "Pat Works on the Railway" and "Paddy on the Railway" and "Fillimiooriay".
Pages in category "Songs about poverty" The following 85 pages are in this category, out of 85 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 4 + 20; A.
Foster, R. F. Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change from 1970 (2008), 227pp; Johnson, David S. "The economic history of Ireland between the wars." Irish economic and social history 1.1 (1974): 49–61. McCarthy, Charles. Trade unions in Ireland 1894–1960 (Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 1977). Mitchison, Rosalind.
1940s in Irish politics (12 C, 1 P) R. 1940s in the Republic of Ireland (13 C) S. 1940s in Irish sport (13 C) W. Independent Ireland in World War II (10 C, 35 P)
From the 1930s to the 1940s many people lived in squalid conditions. [2] From the 1930s to the 1950s reports by the society graphically described the conditions that people lived in, as well as advocating that children moved from their families live with new families rather than be sent to industrial schools. [ 2 ]
As well as a deep-rooted sense of tradition, rebel songs have nonetheless remained contemporary, and since the end of the Irish Civil War in 1923, the focus has moved onto the nationalist cause in Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State, including support for the Anti-Treaty IRA, the Provisional IRA, the INLA, and Sinn Féin. [1]