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The song has been performed live and recorded by The Dubliners, Wolfe Tones and Sinéad O'Connor as well as by many other contemporary Irish artists. In the film Michael Collins the Collins character, played by Liam Neeson, sings the song. [5] It makes an appearance in the Victoria television series.
The "Famine Song" is a song sung by some Ulster loyalists in Ulster and Scotland and is normally directed at Catholics and, in Scotland, Irish people, those of Irish descent or those with perceived affiliations to Ireland. [1] It is also sung by fans of Scottish football club Rangers due to rival Celtic's Irish roots.
"Plague" is a song recorded by the Canadian electronic music duo Crystal Castles. It is the first single of the band's 2012 album, (III) . On June 9, 2012, it was made available for free download on the duo's SoundCloud page.
The Cranberries’ protest song ‘Zombie’ has become a celebratory anthem for Ireland, first at the Rugby World Cup and now at the Six Nations, but some are unhappy with the lyrics
Mortality from bubonic plague today is between 1% and 10%, whereas septicemic plague may have mortality as high as 50% — and if untreated, it's over 90%. Fleas can spread other diseases too
The 1983 U2 album War includes the song "Sunday Bloody Sunday", a lament for the Northern Ireland troubles whose title alludes to the 1972 Bloody Sunday shooting of Catholic demonstrators by British soldiers. In concert, Bono began introducing the song with the disclaimer "this song is not a rebel song". [6]
The song is a prime example of the "Irish rebel music" subgenre. The song's narrator dreams of a time when Ireland will be, as the title suggests, a free land, with "our fetters rent in twain". The lyrics exhort Irish people to stand up and fight for their land: "And righteous men must make our land a nation once again".
The song concerns an incident during the Border Campaign launched by the Irish Republican Army during the 1950s. It was written by Dominic Behan, younger brother of playwright Brendan Behan, to the tune of an earlier folksong, "One Morning in May" (recorded by Jo Stafford and Burl Ives as "The Nightingale"). [3]