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Charles Cunningham Boycott (12 March 1832 – 19 June 1897) was an English land agent whose ostracism by his local community in Ireland gave the English language the term boycott. He had served in the British Army 39th Foot , which brought him to Ireland.
Ewan MacColl wrote a song about the strike, titled "Ten young women and one young man", for a concert in Dublin. [8] [9] Christy Moore sings the song "Dunnes Stores" written by Sandra Kerr about the strike. [10] [3] The UK pop group, Latin Quarter dedicated their 1989 album Swimming Against the Stream to the 11 workers. [11]
"Kilkelly, Ireland" is a contemporary ballad composed by American songwriter Peter Jones. It tells the story of an Irish family whose son emigrated to America, via a series of letters sent from the father back in Kilkelly. It has five stanzas, covering the period from 1860 to 1892.
The Alabama-born singer has been working hard to climb the country music ranks in Nashville, and her upcoming song "I Ain't a Cowgirl" (out April 26) describes her journey in Music City.
Frankie Cosmos – of Irish descent on her father's side; Henry Cowell – composer; AuliÊ»i Cravalho – singer and actress of partial Irish descent; Bing Crosby – singer and actor [13] Miley Cyrus, pop and country singer, songwriter and actress, daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus, sister of Noah Cyrus, ex of Nick Jonas and Liam ...
Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party has agreed to end a boycott that left the region’s people without a power-sharing administration for two years and rattled the foundations of ...
"The Voice" is a song recorded by Irish singer and composer Eimear Quinn with music composed and lyrics written by Brendan Graham. It represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 held in Oslo, resulting an unprecedented fourth win in five consecutive years for a country in the contest, being Ireland's seventh overall win, and its last win to date.
Feb. 15—A concert planned at Meow Wolf in Santa Fe was abruptly canceled hours before the show amid pressure from the company's labor union and other activists over alternative rapper Matisyahu ...