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A group of Black and Tans and Auxiliaries outside the London and North Western Hotel in Dublin following an IRA attack, April 1921 "Come Out, Ye Black and Tans" is an Irish rebel song, written by Dominic Behan, which criticises and satirises pro-British Irishmen and the actions of the British army in its colonial wars.
An Armalite AR-18, the subject of the song "Little Armalite" (also known as "My Little Armalite" or "Me Little Armalite") is an Irish rebel song which praises the Armalite AR-18 rifle that was widely used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) as part of the paramilitary's armed campaign in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. Irish Provisional IRA member (1954–1981) Bobby Sands MP Roibeárd Ó Seachnasaigh Sands in Long Kesh, 1973 (aged 18–19) Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone In office 9 April 1981 – 5 May 1981 Preceded by Frank Maguire Succeeded by Owen Carron Personal details Born ...
The techniques in the manual were banned after the Vietnam War, but they continued to be taught to American personnel. [3]: 3 [4]: 5 Trainees of the interrogation preparation program, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE), were subjected to looping, cacophonous sounds such as babies crying and a Yoko Ono album. [5]
Following a terrorist incident in London that year, however, he acceded to EMI's request to omit the song, recognising that its inclusion might be viewed as a gesture of support for the IRA. [ 18 ] "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" and McCartney's political stance formed one of the Beatles-related parodies included on National Lampoon magazine's ...
Roll of Honour is an Irish rebel song by the Irish rebel band, the Irish Brigade. It commemorates the ten Provisional IRA and INLA volunteers who died during the 1981 Irish hunger strike in Northern Ireland. It was written by Gerry O'Glacain, [1] and was released on the band's 1983 album of the same name. [2]
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Kevin Barry" is a popular Irish rebel song recounting the death of Kevin Barry, a member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) who was hanged on 1 November 1920. He was 18 years old at the time. He is one of a group of IRA members executed in 1920–21 collectively known as The Forgotten Ten.