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Thread #3926   Message #3084590
Posted By: GUEST,Desi C
29-Jan-11 - 07:26 AM
Thread Name: Info on 'Slieve Na Mban'
Subject: RE: Info on "Slieve Na Mban"
The English spelling is Slievenamon and generally used in Ireland now so use that in searches. I grew up with a fine view of Slieve, it's a hill on tyhe border of my home county Kilkenny and neighbouring Tipperary, indeed Slievenamon is the country anthem of Tipperary, much as I'm a Kilkenny man, when we played Tipp at hurling I always remember Slievenamon bing played than our own anthem Rosse Of Mooncoin! It's one of the nicest Irish tunes. The Song was written by Charles T Kickham in the 1840's, he was a revolutionary, and I've heard he wrote the song while jailed in England as a political prisiner, his crime, writing his views in the newspapers. You can find full words and Chords on Martin Dardis's site www.unitedirelandtripod.ie