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Foggy Dew (Irish songs) " Foggy Dew " is the name of several Irish ballads, and of an Irish lament. The most popular song of that name (written by Charles O'Neill) chronicles the Easter Rising of 1916, and encourages Irishmen to fight for the cause of Ireland, rather than for the British Empire, as so many young men were doing in World War I.
Screaming Orphans. Screaming Orphans are a Pop and folk band from Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland. The band consists of the four Diver sisters – Joan, Angela, Gráinne and Marie Thérèse. The group combines their own original melodic old-school pop songs with a modern take on traditional Irish music and song, inherited from their family roots.
History and lyrics. The song is a ballad, first published on a broadside in the early nineteenth century. [1] Cecil Sharp collected eight versions of the song, [2] particularly in Somerset, England, but also in the United States. [3] Early versions of the song refer to her fear of the "bugaboo" rather than the foggy dew, [4] as do many recent ...
Peadar Kearney. Down by the Glenside (The Bold Fenian Men) is an Irish rebel song written by Peadar Kearney, an Irish Republican and composer of numerous rebel songs, including "The Soldier's Song" ("Amhrán na bhFiann "), now the Irish national anthem, and "The Tri-coloured Ribbon". Kearney was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood ...
Irish rebel song. In the music of Ireland, Irish rebel songs are folk songs which are primarily about the various rebellions against British Crown rule. Songs about prior rebellions are a popular topic of choice among musicians which supported Irish nationalism and republicanism. When they discuss events during the 20th and 21st centuries ...
Whiskey in the Jar. " Whiskey in the Jar " (Roud 533) is an Irish traditional song set in the southern mountains of Ireland, often with specific mention of counties Cork and Kerry. The song, about a rapparee (highwayman) who is betrayed by his wife or lover, is one of the most widely performed traditional Irish songs and has been recorded by ...
Allmusic. [1] A Parcel of Rogues is an album by The Dubliners, released through the Polydor label in 1976. It featured Barney McKenna, Luke Kelly, John Sheahan and Jim McCann.
The Foggy Dew (1965) Up the Rebels (1966) The Rights of Man (1968) Rifles of the I.R.A. (1970) Let the People Sing (1972) 'Till Ireland a Nation (1974) Irish to the Core (1976) Across the Broad Atlantic (1976) Belt of the Celts (1978) Spirit of the Nation (1981) As Gaeilge (1982) A Sense of Freedom (1983) Profile (1985) Sing Out for Ireland ...