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Come All You Warriors" (also known as "Father Murphy") is a ballad concerning the 1798 Rising. The narrative focuses on the predominant figure in the Wexford Rising, Father John Murphy of the parish of Boulavogue .
The song was inspired by songs contemporary to the events of 1798 such as "Come All You Warriors". Liam Gaul [ 1 ] states that "Boolavogue" is the song most closely associated with PJ McCall, and has become an anthem for Wexford.
This category is for ballads or songs historically and/or thematically related to the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Pages in category "Ballads of the Irish Rebellion of 1798" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Songs about prior rebellions are a popular topic of choice among musicians which supported Irish nationalism and republicanism. When they discuss events during the 20th and 21st centuries, Irish rebel songs focus on physical force Irish republicanism in the context of the Easter Rising , the Irish War of Independence , the Anti-Treaty IRA ...
"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.
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Irish: Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster-Scots: The Turn out, [6] The Hurries, [7] 1798 Rebellion [8]) was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was the Society of United Irishmen.
The album was released in 1998 to commemorate the bicentenary of the events and is accompanied by a detailed booklet about the rebellion and each of the songs on the album. 'The booklet, as well as containing a concise account of the rising, has biographies of all the leaders of the 1798 rebellion, and a handsome cover illustration.
The ballad has taken the tune of another Irish ballad, "The Wearing of the Green", [1] and was first published in John Keegan Casey's 1866 collection of poems and songs, A Wreath of Shamrocks. The lyrics were written by Casey (1846–70), the " Fenian Poet", who based the poem on the failed 1798 uprising in Granard , County Longford .