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  2. Myles Keogh - Wikipedia

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    Myles Walter Keogh (25 March 1840 – 25 June 1876) was an Irish soldier. He served in the armies of the Papal States during the war for Italian unification in 1860, and was recruited into the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving as a cavalry officer, particularly under Brig. Gen. John Buford during the Gettysburg Campaign and the three-day Battle of Gettysburg.

  3. Stan Jones (songwriter) - Wikipedia

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    As the guide for a group of Hollywood scouts who were looking at potential locations for films, he sang "Riders in the Sky" when they wanted to hear a sample of campfire music. [1] Assigned as technical advisor to the filming of The Walking Hills, he became friends with director John Ford, who opened his way into Hollywood. [2] [4]

  4. List of Irish ballads - Wikipedia

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    "Arthur McBride" – an anti-recruiting song from Donegal, probably originating during the 17th century. [1]"The Recruiting Sergeant" – song (to the tune of "The Peeler and the Goat") from the time of World War 1, popular among the Irish Volunteers of that period, written by Séamus O'Farrell in 1915, recorded by The Pogues.

  5. Land of the Silver Birch - Wikipedia

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    Another variation is sung at the opening and closing campfires at Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation in Pearson, Wisconsin. [citation needed] Cuyuna Scout Camp of Crosslake, Minnesota uses this song as one of the three it uses to close its Sunday and Friday night campfire programs, [8] as does Camp Babcock-Hovey in Ovid, New York. [citation needed]

  6. John Barry (VC) - Wikipedia

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    John Barry (1 February 1873 – 8 January 1901), born St Mary's parish, Kilkenny, Ireland, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

  7. John Locke (poet) - Wikipedia

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    For the first time in 30 years, he looked upon his native land. As an exile and one destined never to see Ireland again, Locke was deeply moved by the man's emotional account of his return to the Emerald Isle. The resulting poem has been quoted at parties, conferences, patriotic rallies and in thousands of pubs and hotels over the past 120 years.

  8. William Hillcourt - Wikipedia

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    He went on to earn the highest award in Danish Scouting, Knight-Scout in 1918, [3] at age 17. He was selected to represent his troop at the 1st World Scout Jamboree in Olympia in 1920 where he first met Baden-Powell, with whom he was later to work. [4] [5] While Hillcourt studied pharmacy in Copenhagen, he became more involved in Scouting.

  9. Garryowen (air) - Wikipedia

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    The song features in the 1941 biographical western They Died With Their Boots On, featuring Errol Flynn as Custer. It is also heard in John Ford westerns She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949) and The Searchers (1956), both starring John Wayne. [8] The 7th Cavalry became a part of the 1st Cavalry Division in 1921. The word "Garryowen" was used often ...