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Kearney's songs were highly popular with the Volunteers (which later became the IRA) in the 1913–22 period. Most popular was "The Soldier's Song". Kearney penned the original English lyrics in 1907 and his friend and musical collaborator Patrick Heeney composed the music. The lyrics were published in 1912 and the music in 1916. [15]
"Dublin in the Rare Old Times" - 1980s song about Dublin before the 1960s (composer: Pete St. John) [26] "Grace" - written in 1985 by Frank and Seán O'Meara about Grace Gifford; recorded by Jim McCann, Anthony Kearns, the Wolfe Tones and others. "My Dublin Bay" - composed by Waterford-born May O'Higgins. "Old Dublin Town" by Pete St. John
Its lyrics refer to the Irish Civil War (1922–23), while the flag in question is the Irish tricolour. The song tells supporters of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the Irish Free State to take down and cease using it, as it is also the flag of the Irish Republic , which the "Free Staters" betrayed.
The song tells the story of young volunteer who joined a flying column during the war of independence and was later captured and sentenced to die by Free Staters in the Civil War. [45] "Drumboe Martyrs" (or "Drumboe Castle") – written about a Civil War incident by Michael McGinley (1853–1940) of Ballybofey. [15] [39]
The 1983 U2 album War includes the song "Sunday Bloody Sunday", a lament for the Northern Ireland troubles whose title alludes to the 1972 Bloody Sunday shooting of Catholic demonstrators by British soldiers. In concert, Bono began introducing the song with the disclaimer "this song is not a rebel song". [6]
After welcoming Swift and her touring team to the city, the Garda Band began to play Swift’s hit song “Shake It Off” from her 2014 album 1989 as crowds gathered around to enjoy the music ...
The setting of the song is the Dublin into which Behan was born in the late 1920s, and the main character in the song (who is calling his neighbours "Black and Tans"), is believed to be Behan's father, Stephen Behan, [4] who was a prominent Irish republican, and who had fought in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. [1] [2] At ...
Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated acoustic set did not disappoint when her Eras Tour arrived in Dublin.. The singer, 34, is performing three shows at Aviva Stadium in Ireland on Friday, June 28 ...