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Dec 23, 2023 · “James Connolly” is a tribute to the Irish revolutionary James Connolly, who played a key role in the Easter Rising of 1916. The song’s lyrics describe the events leading up to Connolly’s execution by the British authorities, as well as the impact of his death on the Irish people.
A beautiful Irish rebel song sung here by Margo O'Donnell. James Connolly was a leading figure in recent Irish history.
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Jul 8, 2003 · Transcribed by The James Connolly Society in 1997. Come workers sing a rebel song, A song of love and hate, Of love unto the lowly. And of hatred to the great. The great who trod our fathers down, Who steal our children’s bread, Whose hands of greed are stretched to rob. The living and the dead.
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- Easter Uprising and James Connolly
- The Wolfe Tones
Over the summer, I attended a wedding of two friends at my alma mater in Sewanee, Tennessee. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, Sewanee is a small liberal arts college with some of the most devoted alumni the world over. To meet a fellow Sewanee graduate is to meet a friend, someone who understands the unique beauty and spirit of the place, ...
James Connolly was a prominent Irish socialist and political theorist. He was born in Scotland to Irish parents who had moved there, and spent years studying Marxism and socialism in Scotland and America before focusing on Irish independence. He was the leader of the Easter Rising, an anti-British revolution that began April 24, 1916 in Dublin. Aft...
Our first ballad about James Connolly was recorded by The Wolfe Tones in 1972 on their album Let the People Sing. The Wolfe Tones are a deeply patriotic group, dedicating a portion of their website to the history of the Irish Famine, and taking their name from 18th Century Irish Revolutionary Theobald Wolfe Tone. On their website, they publish a cr...
James Connolly lyrics. The Wolfe Tones. Video. A great crowd had gathered outside of Kilmainham, Their heads all uncovered they knelt to the ground, For inside that grim prison lay a brave Irish Soldier, His life for his Country about to lay down. He went to his death like a true son of Ireland,
Aug 19, 2000 · James Connolly was born in Edinburgh in 1868 and executed in Dublin in 1916. - Christy recorded this track specially for the album. (Notes 'If It Wisnae for the Union - STUC Centenary Album')
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Aug 18, 2024 · One of the most famous of all Irish ballads about the 1916 leader, James Connolly, who was shot while propped up against a wall because of a broken leg. The author of the lyrics is unknown. The...
