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The Government of Ireland Act 1920 partitioned the island of Ireland into two separate jurisdictions, Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland, both devolved regions of the United Kingdom. This partition of Ireland was confirmed when the Parliament of Northern Ireland exercised its right in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 to opt ...
1960s in Irish music (8 C, 8 P) P. 1960s in Irish politics (13 C, 2 P) R. ... Pages in category "1960s in Ireland" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of ...
Pages in category "Songs about The Troubles (Northern Ireland)" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
When they discuss events during the 20th and 21st centuries, Irish rebel songs focus on physical force Irish republicanism in the context of the Easter Rising, the Irish War of Independence, the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War, and, more recently, the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
The Troubles were a conflict in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s to 1998. [1] [2] [3] The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), an Irish republican paramilitary organisation, waged an armed campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unite the region with the Republic of Ireland.
Music portal; Ireland portal; 1960s portal; Topics specifically related to the decade 1960s in the music of Ireland, i.e. in the years 1960 to 1969. 1910s; 1920s; 1930s;
The Troubles were a period of conflict in Northern Ireland involving republican and loyalist paramilitaries, the British security forces and civilians. They are usually dated from the late 1960s to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.
The band was established in Dublin in 1962 by impresario Tom Doherty. He recruited an existing group, the Downbeats Quartet, comprising Joe Tyrell (piano), Tony Bogan (drums), Clem Quinn (guitar), and Martin Phelan (saxophone), and augmented them with singer Jimmy Harte who at the time was a member of The Ambassadors Showband in Dublin, joined trumpeter Tommy O'Rourke, trombonist and vocalist ...