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Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men. When I was a young girl, their marching and drilling Awoke in the glenside sounds awesome and thrilling They loved dear old Ireland, to die they were willing Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men. Some died by the glenside, some died near a stranger And wise men have told us their cause was a failure
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The Fenian Movement in the United States, 1858–86 (Catholic University of America Press, 1947) Jenkins, Brian. Fenians and Anglo-American Relations during Reconstruction (Cornell University Press, 1969). Jenkins, Brian, The Fenian Problem: Insurgency and Terrorism in a Liberal State, 1858–1874 (Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press. 2008).
Portraits of the Manchester Martyrs – Larkin (left), Allen (centre) and O'Brien (right) – on a shamrock. The Manchester Martyrs (Irish: Mairtirígh Mhanchain) [1] [2] were three Irish Republicans – William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O'Brien – who were hanged in 1867 following their conviction of murder after an attack on a police van in Manchester, England, in which a ...
The Bold Fenian Men (1972), The Green Flag vol. 2; Ourselves Alone (1972), The Green Flag vol. 3; Ireland: A History (1980) 1939: The Year We Left Behind (1984); in US as 1939: In the Shadow of the War; We'll Meet Again – Photographs of Daily Life in Britain During World War Two (1984) with Joanna Smith; 1945: The World We Fought For (1985)
The word Fenian (/ ˈ f iː n i ə n /) served as an umbrella term for the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and their affiliate in the United States, the Fenian Brotherhood. They were secret political organisations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries dedicated to the establishment of an independent Irish Republic .
Tracks from the album were performed before its release during the John Peel sessions on July 14, 1984, and January 22, 1985. [1] Their cover version of Eric Bogle 's, " The Green Fields of France " reached number 3 on John Peel's festive 50 in 1984 and "Ironmasters", the second single from the album, reached number 11 in 1985. [ 2 ]
In early 1975, McTell released the album Streets..., which sold strongly and spent twelve weeks in the album charts. [44] Backing musicians on the album included Lindisfarne 's Rod Clements, Fairport Convention's Dave Pegg and Jerry Donahue , and Maddy Prior from Steeleye Span , who inspired McTell to write the song "Maddy Dances". [ 45 ]