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Jennifer Burdoo Lyr Add: Galtee Mountain Boy (26) RE: For Mick Lowe - Galtee Mountain Boy 28 Apr 99

I'm a military historian (Leastways I'm majoring in it) so this song intrigues me. What sources can anyone give me to answers to the following questions:

What was the "Flying Column?" (I know what a flying column is, yes, but this sounds like a specific unit.)

Who are Free Staters? Which side? I can't tell whether the song's protagonist is on the Protestant or Catholic side.

And what are all those names? Are they specific people (heroes of the Rebellion) or generic throwaways? Sean Moylan, Dinny Lacey and so on?

Thanks for any help,
Jennifer

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