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After the War of Independence, 26 counties of Ireland gained independence from the United Kingdom as a dominion called the Irish Free State – but 6 of the north-eastern counties remained in the UK as Northern Ireland. In 1937 the Irish Free State was re-established under its current name, Ireland.
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)
Lace curtain Irish and shanty Irish are terms that were commonly used in the 19th and 20th centuries to categorize Irish people, particularly Irish Americans, by social class. The "lace curtain Irish" were those who were well-off, while the "shanty Irish" were the poor, who were presumed to live in shanties , or roughly built cabins.
1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Subcategories. ... Pages in category "1950s in Irish music" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Joseph McLaughlin (23 March 1917 [1] – 15 October 1999), [2] known professionally as Josef Locke, was an Irish tenor. He was successful in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s. He was successful in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s.
"Molly Durkin" is a derivation made popular by Murty Rabbett in the 1940s in the United States. [5] The song has a lively tempo and tells a whimsical tale of a man who decides to give up his work as a mortar shoveller in order to take up mining gold. The song is not so much a song of leaving Ireland as it is an Irishman's response to a woman's ...
Delia Murphy Kiernan (16 February 1902 – 11 February 1971) was an Irish singer and collector of Irish ballads. She recorded several 78 rpm records in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. In 1962 she recorded her only LP , The Queen of Connemara , for Irish Prestige Records, New York, on the cover of which her name appears alongside the LP title.
Irish Republican Brotherhood, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Volunteers, Cumann na mBan: 1919–22 Irish Republic: War of Independence: Irish Republican Army (1917–22), Cumann na mBan: 1939–40 England Sabotage Campaign: Irish Republican Army (1922-1969) 1942–44 Republic of Ireland-United Kingdom border: Northern Campaign: Irish Republican Army ...