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The song (also sometimes known as Down the Glen) has been performed and recorded by many Irish traditional groups, including The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, The Dubliners, The Chieftains, Shane MacGowan and The Wolfe Tones among others. The verse that begins "Oh the night fell black and the rifles' crack" is almost always omitted in ...
The song is also sung in the first episode of the BBC series Days of Hope, written by Jim Allen and directed by Ken Loach. An Irish barmaid is forced to sing after being sexually harassed by British soldiers and impresses them with her song. A version of the song (Down by the Glenside) appears on Brigid Mae Power's 2023 album Dream from the ...
The song revolved around Donal, a soldier fighting under Patrick Sarsfield. Jackets Green is an Irish ballad by Michael Scanlan (1833–1917) concerning an Irish woman and her beloved, an Irish soldier fighting in the Jacobite army of Patrick Sarsfield [ 1 ] during the Williamite War of the late 17th century. [ 2 ]
"The Tumble Down Shack in Athlone" – one of several "Irish" songs written by Monte Carlo and recorded by John McCormack [96] "Lock Hospital" (also known as "St. James Hospital" and "The Unfortunate Rake"), Irish version of a song also found in Britain and the USA (where it developed into "The Dying Cowboy" and "St. James Infirmary)" [97]
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George Millar continues to write songs for the band, with Rover Records producing their last sixteen albums including Celtic Collection, Come Fill Up Your Glasses, Down by the Lagan Side, Still Rovin' After All These Years, and their Greatest Hits albums, 40 Years a-Rovin', and The Irish Rovers's Gems.
This list (like the article List of the Child Ballads) also serves as a link to articles about the songs, which may use a very different song title. The songs are listed in the index by accession number, rather than (for example) by subject matter or in order of importance. Some well-known songs have low Roud numbers (for example, many of the ...
The Glen of Aherlow (also known as Patrick Sheehan) is a traditional Irish song which originated as a ballad written by Irish republican Charles Joseph Kickham (1828–1882). It was first printed in The Kilkenny Journal , Kilkenny , on 7 October 1857, the writer using the pseudonym “Darby Ryan, Junior.” [ 1 ]