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Thread #170494   Message #4191696
Posted By: GeoffLawes
19-Nov-23 - 06:17 PM
Thread Name: Any November Songs?
Subject: RE: Any November Songs?

SONGS ABOUT EXECUTIONS IN THE IRISH CIVIL WAR

17 November 1922. The first official executions in the Irish Civil War took place at KIlmainham Gaol , when James Fisher, Peter Cassidy, Richard Twohig and John Gaffney were shot by a Free State army firing squad.

TAKE IT DOWN FROM THE MAST   -  Dominic Behan     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b2EL8Jytao
Take It Down from the Mast from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_It_Down_from_the_Mast
THE CASTLE OF DRUMBOE   -  Dominic Behan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_A1xTiY98Q
Castle Of Drumboe Lyrics from Susannes Folksong-Notizen    http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/c/castleof.html
DRUMBOE MARTYRS Various recordings     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Drumboe+Martyrs+song
ONLY IRELAND NEEDS YOUR TEARS    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq3zQhiYMXw
MUDCAT: Irish Civil War executions     /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=167684&messages=18#top
Kilmainham Jail It's Heroes And Songs     https://www.irish-folk-songs.com/kilmainham-jail-its-heroes-and-songs.html
Irish State executions - a new phase in the Civil War, from RTE     https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/1117/1336580-gaffney-fisher-cassidy-twohig/