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Thread #69692 Message #1184642
Posted By: Fergie
13-May-04 - 08:26 AM
Thread Name: Lyr & Tune: Who Rolled The Stone Away?
Subject: RE: Lyr & Tune: Who Rolled The Stone Away?
In the Góilín Club in Dublin Manus O'Riordán occasionally sings a song with the chorus
Roll away the stone Lord Roll away the stone,
If my memory serves me right (and it often lets me down) the song he sings mentions Jim Larkin a famous and dynamic trade unionist and leader who together with James Connolly organised opposition to the bosses during the famous lock-out in Dublin in 1913. Mudcat member Martin Ryan could I am certain, answer this query with greater authority than I