History of Ireland in song
From Rhaworth
Performer | ||||
1014 April 23 | For What Died the Sons of Roisin | Luke Kelly | Battle of Clontarf | |
1580 | Follow Me Up To Carlow | Planxty | with lyrics | |
1607 Sept 14 | Flight of the Earls | Paddy Reilly | ||
1608 Aug 1 | O'Donnell Abu | Makem & Clancy with Schooner Fare | date is death of Rory_O'Donnell | |
1690 Jul 12 | Green Grassy Slopes of the Boyne | Wolfe Tones | words - RHW file for this and several others | |
1691 Oct 3 | Jackets Green | Eileen Donaghy | lyrics • Sarsfield • Treaty | |
1798 May 26 | Boulavogue | Jim McCann | lyrics (need extract) | |
1798 Jun 21 | Kelly the Boy from Killane | Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy | ||
1798 | The Wearing of the Green | Wolfe Tones | ||
1798 | Rising of the Moon | |||
no date | The Orange and the Green | Jimmy Ferguson - Irish Rovers | ||
1800 Feb 28 | Roddy McCorley | Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem | ||
1845 - 1850 | Fields of Athenry | Paddy Reilly | Written 1970s (irrelevant photo) | |
1862 ++++ | The Irish Brigade (Confederate) | AmericanZeus | ||
Rosin the Beau | The Corries | Tune for the above | ||
1867 Sep 18 | The Smashing Of The Van Manchester Martyrs | |||
1916 July 1 - Nov 18 | Battle of the Somme / Freedom Come All Ye | Luke Kelly | words | |
1916 April 21 | Banna Strand | Wolfe Tones | ||
1916 Apr 24 | The Foggy Dew | Luke Kelly | Easter Proclamation of 1916 | |
The Foggy Dew | Sinead O'Connor and The Chieftains | |||
1916 ? | Erin Go Bragh | The Wolfe Tones | poor sound | |
1916 May 12 | James Connolly | The Wolfe Tones | ||
1920 Oct 25 | Shall My Soul Pass Through Old Ireland | Bridie Gallagher | lyrics • MacSwiney | |
1920 Nov 1 | Kevin Barry | |||
1920 Nov 28 | The Boys of Kilmichael | |||
1922 Aug 22 | Michael Collins | date is death | ||
1922 Nov 24 | Death of Erskine Childers | tomasocarthaigh | Patriot or traitor | |
1922 Dec 6 | The Soldiers' Song | or 1926 Jul 12 | ||
1937 Feb | Viva la Quinta Brigada | Christy Moore | Kit Conway | |
Viva la Quinta Brigada | Christy Moore | |||
too much audience noise and typo in the visual! | ||||
1939 Sept 1 | McAlpine's Fusiliers | Ronnie Drew | McAlpine's last words | |
McAlpine's Fusiliers | Ronnie Drew | words • photos | ||
McAlpine's Fusiliers | Ronnie Drew looking very young! | |||
1957 Jan 1 | Seán South | The Wolfe Tones | Limerick Treaty Stone | |
1987 Jun 11 | Mrs Thatcher with lyrice | Alan Dean | written by Sean Brady | |
Mrs Thatcher left to guess | ||||
The Jail of Cluain Meala | Luke Kelly | lyrics | ||
The Battle o' Harlow | The Corries | Need details ++++ | ||
Boundary of the Gaeltacht photo |
Played to Tuesday group 2011 Mar 29:
- Follow Me up to Carlow
- The Sash My Father Wore
- Boulavogue
- The Fields of Athenry
- Michael Collins
- Seán South of Garryowen
- For What Died The Sons Of Róisín
- The Soldiers' Song
- Freedom come all ye
- Mrs Thatcher