Does anyone know more about the sotry of this song? What is "the hall"? What do "the times and the joys that are gone" mean? The words "my land, will you never uprise", and "see our flag unfurled" sound somewhat patriotic. Is Slievenamon a apecial place of historic interest? I tried in vain to look up it in a textbook of Irish history. I wonder if there is any relatioship of the song to the Great Famine, because the writer lived in those days.

I'll appreciate any information.

Thank you.

Teru