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  2. Insurrection (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Insurrection is an Irish documentary drama portraying the 1916 Easter Rising. It was written by Hugh Leonard and directed by Michael Garvey and Louis Lentin. It was first broadcast on Telefís Éireann in Ireland on 10 April 1966, and later on the BBC in the United Kingdom, ABC in Australia, and several other European countries. Only one series ...

  3. The Boys of the Old Brigade - Wikipedia

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    The song describes a veteran of the Easter Rising telling a young man about his old comrades in the Irish Republican Army. Each chorus ends with the Irish language phrase "a ghrá mo chroí (love of my heart), I long to see, the Boys of the Old Brigade". [2] [3] Oh, father why are you so sad On this bright Easter morn' When Irish men are proud ...

  4. Foggy Dew (Irish songs) - Wikipedia

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    "Foggy Dew" is the name of several Irish ballads, and of an Irish lament.The most popular song of that name (written by Fr.Charles O'Neill) chronicles the Easter Rising of 1916, and encourages Irishmen to fight for the cause of Ireland, rather than for the British Empire, as so many young men were doing in World War I.

  5. Category:Easter Rising films - Wikipedia

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    Films about the Easter Rising (1916), an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week.The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was fighting the First World War.

  6. List of films featuring the Irish Republican Army - Wikipedia

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    The Rising of the Moon: Deborah Baxtrom IRA member Bobby Sands is visited by his mother while imprisoned in Northern Ireland. [citation needed] 2002 Boxed: Marion Comer Tom Murphy: A priest is called upon to provide last rites to an IRA prisoner. [87] 2002 Drama The Maze: A history of the notorious HMP Maze and its role in the troubles. [88] 2002

  7. Easter Rising - Wikipedia

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    The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca), [2] also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was fighting the First World War.

  8. List of Irish revolutionary period films - Wikipedia

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    Easter Rising: 1941 Nazi Germany My Life for Ireland: Mein Leben für Irland: Max W. Kimmich: Drama. Irish War of Independence: 1957 Ireland The Rising of the Moon: John Ford: Comedy, Drama. Based on the play The Rising of the Moon. Irish War of Independence: 1959 Ireland United States Shake Hands with the Devil: Michael Anderson: Action, Drama ...

  9. Battle of Ashbourne - Wikipedia

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    The Rising, also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic. It was the first armed conflict of the Irish revolutionary period.