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Irish songs of resistance (1169-1923) |
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Author:  |
Galvin, Patrick |
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Publisher:  |
Oak Publications |
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Place of Publication:  |
London |
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Date of Publication:  |
1962 |
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Publication Number:  |
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Number of Pages:  |
[viii], 102 p. |
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Binding Style:  |
Paperback |
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Dimensions:  |
8.5 in. |
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Contents:  |
Ballad poetry and nationhood -- History and song are one: The Danes -- The Normans -- The Tudors and Stuarts -- The birth of nationhood -- The Great Rebellion of 1798 and its aftermath -- From the Act of Union to young Ireland -- The Fenians -- Parliament and Land League -- From Parnell to the Easter Rising -- 'The Troubles', 1916-1923 -- Some other Irish songs. Song titles: After Aughrim's great disaster -- Batchelor's Walk -- The Blarismoore tragedy -- The bold Black and Tan -- The Bold Fenian men -- Bold Robert Emmet -- Boulavogue -- The boys from the county Cork -- By memory inspired -- The Cork men and New York men -- Clare's Dragoons -- The croppy boy -- Drumboe Castle -- Dunlavin Green -- The Fair of Turloughmore -- The famine song -- The Fenian Man o'War -- Follow me up to Carlow -- Good save Ireland -- The Grazier Tribe -- The green upon the cape -- Henry Joy McCracken -- The Irish free state -- The jackets green -- James Connolly -- John Mitchel -- Johnny Grey -- Kelly the boy from Killanne -- Kevin Barry -- Lonely Banna Strand -- The memory of the dead -- The men of the west -- Michael Dwyer -- A nation once again -- Native swords -- O'Donnell Aboo -- The patriot mother -- The rising of the moon -- The royal blackbird -- Sean Treacy -- The Shan van Vocht -- Skibbereen -- The smashing of the van -- The station of Knocklong -- Terence McSwiney -- Tipperary Recruiting song -- The wearing of the green -- The Wexford Massacre -- The wind that shakes the barley -- Wrap the green flag round me, boys |
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Notes:  |
Mostly a history of songs of resistance, with song texts and melodies (in musical notation) interspersed throughout the text. Seventeen additional songs in a supplement. Includes two pages of black and white photographs. |
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Format:  |
Book |
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Subject - Culture:  |
Irish |
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Subject - Topic:  |
Politics, Resistance |
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Subject - Genre:  |
History, Song-book |