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In 2016 a recording was made by an Irish band Glaslevin as a fund-raiser for Celtic F.C.'s ultras supporters group Green Brigade, and in February 2024 members of the group were being encouraged to sing the song as a gesture of support for Palestine, with a statement: "'Grace' is a song of love, hope, loss, pain, steadfastness, resistance and ...
Factory Girl (Roud 1659) [1] is a traditional song. It was collected by Roud in both England and Ireland, and has been performed by The Roches, The Chieftains with Sinéad O'Connor, Lisa O'Neill with Radie Peat, Margaret Barry, Rhiannon Giddens, and Eric Burdon.
These songs can be grouped as: aislings, broken token songs, night visiting songs, modern songs, etc. "The Agricultural Irish Girl" – words and music by J F Mitchell, 1885, probably composed in America. Recorded by Val Doonican, among many others. [15]
The verse about police officers is very commonly omitted, even by nationalist bands such as the Irish Brigade and the Wolfe Tones, although Harvey Andrews and Declan Hunt included it unaltered. "They are lackeys for war never guardians of peace" is a reference to the Garda Síochána, the Irish police force, whose name means 'guardians of peace'.
"The Juice of the Barley" is a traditional Irish drinking song from around the mid-19th century. The Clancy Brothers, as well as several other bands have made recordings, and popular dance renditions of the song. The phrase "bainne na mbó ar na gamhna" in the chorus is Irish, and means "Cows' milk for the calves".
"Gartan Mother's Lullaby" is an old Irish song and poem written by Herbert Hughes and Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil, first published in Songs of Uladh [Ulster] in 1904. [1] Hughes collected the traditional melody in Donegal the previous year and Campbell wrote the lyrics. The song is a lullaby by a mother, from the parish of Gartan in County Donegal ...
"O'Donnell Abú" (Irish: Ó Domhnaill Abú) is a traditional Irish song.Its lyrics were written by a Fenian Michael Joseph McCann [1] in 1843. It refers to the Gaelic lord Red Hugh O'Donnell who ruled Tyrconnell in the late sixteenth century, first with the approval of the Crown authorities in Dublin and later in rebellion against them during Tyrone's Rebellion. [2]
"Kathleen Mavourneen" is a song written in 1837, composed by Frederick Crouch with lyrics by a Mrs. Crawford. [1] Crawford's name is variously cited as Annie, [2] Julia, [3] Louise Macartney, [4] Louise Matilda Jane, [3] or Marion; [5] Crouch is also sometimes incorrectly cited as the author of the song's lyrics. [6]