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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 ...
MTV 80s: From 28 February to 31 March 2020, the channel rebrand as MTV 80s playing 80s music videos similar to MTV 90s and the decade-themed Now channels. The channel was permanently launched in New Zealand on 6 July 2020 replacing the Australian version of MTV Classic and later in Europe on 5 October 2020 replacing VH1 Classic Europe. The ...
On 5 October 1962, Elvis Presley's "She's Not You" was declared Ireland's first number one. This is a list of number-one songs as recorded by IRMA’s Top 50 Singles chart — a weekly national survey of popular songs in Ireland. It is compiled by the IRMA from single sales. The lists below show the songs that have topped the chart.
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.
[7] [8] [9] Kevin Myers described it as "one of the most influential songs of pre-Troubles Ireland." [10] O'Brien confessed to being less comfortable with singing the song once the Troubles had begun, saying in 1975 "at that time [1966] there was no trouble in the North and the record was a great hit. I am still asked to sing it, although I am ...
The band later spent time in Dublin, [7] [d] and Kemp began writing the songs for their next album there over the course of six months in 1985. [8] [e] After spending an evening reading about the history of The Troubles, he was again consumed by the political climate in Belfast and his memory of the visit to Kidso's grave.
This is a list of singles which topped the Irish Singles Chart in 1970. Note that prior to 1992, the Irish singles chart was compiled from trade shipments from the labels to record stores, rather than on consumer sales.
Music of this genre has often courted controversy with some of this music effectively banned from the airwaves in the Republic of Ireland in the 1980s. More recently, Derek Warfield's music was banned from Aer Lingus flights, after the Ulster Unionist politician Roy Beggs Jr compared his songs to the speeches of Osama bin Laden. [3]