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In medieval Ireland, the Kings of Mide were of the Clann Cholmáin, a branch of the Uí Néill. They came to dominate their Southern Uí Néill kindreds, including the Síl nÁedo Sláine in County Meath, the Uí Failghe and Uí Faelain tribes of the Laigin and the Kingdom of Dublin. Several were High Kings of Ireland.
"A Nation Once Again" is a song written in the early to mid-1840s by Thomas Osborne Davis (1814–1845). Davis was a founder of Young Ireland, an Irish movement whose aim was for Ireland to gain independence from Britain. Davis believed that songs could have a strong emotional impact on people. He wrote that "a song is worth a thousand harangues".
Sheet music cover, 1916 "Ireland Must Be Heaven, for My Mother Came from There" is a popular song with the music composition by Fred Fisher and lyrics done by Joseph McCarthy and Howard Johnson, published in 1916. A version of the song recorded by Charles W. Harrison in 1916 is considered to have been a #1 hit in its day. [1]
Ireland a Nation: Walter MacNamara: Barry O'Brien, P J Bourke, Fred O'Donovan, Barney Magee: Rebel drama: Expanded version produced in 1920. 1915: Regeneration: Raoul Walsh: Rockliffe Fellowes, Anna Q. Nilsson, Carl Harbaugh, James A. Marcus: Irish immigrant drama: Often cited as one of the first full length gangster films 1916: O'Neil of the ...
Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965, directed by Peter Whitehead and produced by the Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham, was the first documentary film about the Rolling Stones. It was intended as a screen test for the band, to see how their musical charisma would translate into film.
Irelande Douze Pointe" (transl. Ireland Twelve Points) is a 2008 novelty song by Irish puppet act Dustin the Turkey, played by John Morrison. The song was chosen to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 after winning Eurosong 2008 , Ireland's national final for that year's Eurovision Song Contest . [ 1 ]
This following is a list of one-hit wonders in Ireland, showing Irish musical acts who only managed to score one top forty hit in the Irish singles chart. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Many of the one hit wonders in the UK and the United States were also one hit wonders in Ireland , but are not listed here.
Also mentioned in the song are the towns of Athlone and Glassan, The Three Jolly Pigeons (a pub on the Athlone–Ballymahon road) and the River Shannon. [4] The song is from the point of view of a member of the Irish diaspora, working in construction in a foreign land and longing to return home. [5] The Three Jolly Pigeons pub, located on the ...