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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.
"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".
"The Mero" - a song about a former cinema in Mary St., Dublin, popular with children, by Pete St. John [27] "Johnie McGory" - a song about children, by Pete St John, recorded by The Dubliners [27] "Ringsend Boatman" - by Pete St John [27] "The Maid From Cabra West" - an Irish version of an English song, sung by Frank Harte [5]
"The Spark" is a song by the Irish children's hip hop groups Kabin Crew and Lisdoonvarna Crew. It was first released as a music video on 16 May 2024 by Creative Ireland—an Irish government organization that organizes Cruinniú na nÓg, an annual day dedicated to children's creativity—and later released as a single onto streaming platforms by Rubyworks Records on 13 June 2024.
Children of the Unicorn is the 12th album by Irish folk music group The Irish Rovers. It is an album of songs for children, and features a re-recording of their 1968 hit, " The Unicorn ". Track listing
"The Rakes of Mallow" is a traditional Irish song and polka. The song is about the rakes from the town of Mallow, a town in County Cork. [1] The song was written about the Creagh family who came from Doneraile, seven miles away. [citation needed] It is similar to the tune of The Rigs of Marlow, from which it may have been adapted.
Nicholas Carolan, Director Emeritus, holding a lecture at the "Craiceann Bodhrán Festival" 2014. The archive has published two major printed publications deriving from historical manuscript collections of Irish traditional music: Tunes of the Munster Pipers: Irish Traditional Music from the James Goodman Manuscripts, 500 pre-Famine melodies edited by Dr Hugh Shields from a Trinity College ...
The tradition of rebel music in Ireland date back to the period of English (and later British) crown rule, and describe historical events in Irish history such as rebellions against the Crown and reinforcing a desire for self-determination among the Irish people and the Irish diaspora.