Ballad of the Irish Horse (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Ballad of the Irish Horse Type = Album Artist = The Chieftains Released = 1986 Recorded = Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin Genre = Celtic Length = Label = Shanachie Records Producer = Paddy Moloney Reviews = *Allmusic… … Wikipedia
Executions during the Irish Civil War — The executions during the Irish Civil War took place during the guerrilla phase of the Irish Civil War (October 1922 – May 1923) This phase of the war was bitter, and both sides, the Government forces of the Irish Free State and the Anti Treaty… … Wikipedia
The Patriot Game — is an Irish ballad that critically examines the posture of the IRA during the 1950s. The song is set in the period following World War II when the IRA launched a new campaign to bring about the reunification of Northern Ireland (which is… … Wikipedia
Irish diaspora — Emigrants Leave Ireland , engraving by Henry Doyle (1827–1892), from Mary Frances Cusack s Illustrated History of Ireland, 1868 … Wikipedia
Irish Literature — • It is uncertain at what period and in what manner the Irish discovered the use of letters. It may have been through direct commerce with Gaul, but it is more probable, as McNeill has shown in his study of Irish oghams, that it was from the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Irish Rebel Music — („Irische Rebellenmusik“) ist ein Subgenre von Irish Folk, die häufig mit identischen Musikinstrumenten gespielt wird; allerdings hat diese Lyrik den irischen Nationalismus zum Gegenstand. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Geschichte 2 Jüngste Zeit 3 Bekannte … Deutsch Wikipedia
The Clancy Brothers — and Tommy Makem The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in the 1960s. Background information Origin County Tipperary County Armagh, Ireland … Wikipedia
The Night Before Larry Was Stretched — is an Irish execution ballad written in the Newgate cant.AuthorThe ballad is estimated to have been written around 1816. Will (Hurlfoot) Maher, a shoemaker from Waterford, wrote the song, though Dr. Robert Burrowes, the Dean of St. Finbar’s Cork … Wikipedia
Irish poetry — The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work… … Wikipedia
The Wearing of the Green — is an anonymously penned Irish street ballad dating to 1798. The context of the song is the repression around the time of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Wearing a shamrock in the caubeen (hat) was a sign of rebellion and green was the colour of the … Wikipedia
