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John Keegan "Leo" Casey (1846 – 17 March 1870), known as the Poet of the Fenians, was an Irish poet, orator and republican who was famous as the writer of the song "The Rising of the Moon" and as one of the central figures in the Fenian Rising of 1867. He was imprisoned by the English and died on St. Patrick's Day in 1870.
He wrote the song at about the time of the 1916 Rising, referring back to the earlier Fenian Rising of 1867. [1] It evokes the memory of the freedom-fighters of the previous generation ( strong, manly forms...eyes with hope gleaming ), as recalled by an old woman down by the glenside .
The Fenian Rising of 1867 (Irish: ... In 1865, Henry Wood wrote the words for and Henry Tucker wrote the music for a song called "When Fenians Fight for Freedom".
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 ...
Edward O'Meagher Condon (27 January 1840 - 15 December 1915) was an Irish nationalist and Fenian who fought in the American Civil War and attempted to participate in the Fenian Rising of 1867 in Ireland. After the Fenian Rising failed, In September 1867 O'Meagher Condon led a rescue party which attempted to save Irish Republican Brotherhood ...
"The Bold Fenian Men" – song about the Fenians by poet Michael Scanlon, recorded by the Wolfe Tones "The Felons of Our Land" – written by Arthur Forrester of County Monaghan "The Fields of Athenry" – 1970s song by Pete St. John about the Great Irish Famine [1] "God Save Ireland"- Irish nationalist anthem, written by T. D. Sullivan in 1867 ...
The song was sung at football matches by fans of Celtic F.C. and the Republic of Ireland team. [citation needed] The melody of the chorus was adapted for "Ally's Tartan Army", the Scotland national football team's anthem for the FIFA World Cup 1978, this was itself adapted as the chorus of "Put 'Em Under Pressure", the anthem for the Republic of Ireland team for the FIFA World Cup 1990.
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