Kevin Barry, Tri-coloured ribbon,Wrap the green flag, the rising of the moon was perhaps more of a "98" song. James Connolly,The patriot game, The Dying Rebel,Freedoms sons,written to commemerate the 50th anniversary of the Easter rising, Many young men of twenty, The man from Mullingar, Take it down from the mast albeit a post Easter song but derived from the direct action taken at Easter, The Flying columns. There are a load of Easter Rebellion songs out there, I have just come back from commemerating the Easter rebellion at the plot in milltown Belfast and a lot of these songs plus modern day equivalents were still song today
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