Irish in Civil War? (USA)

Subject: RE: Irish in Civil War?
From: michaelr
Date: 26 Jul 05 - 09:57 PM

Guest Gerry -- thanks for jogging my memory. On Sinead's CD it's called "Paddy's Lament", while Andy M. Stewart recorded it as "By the Hush".

Hear ye boys, take my advice
To America I'll have you not be coming
There is nothing here but war
Where the murdering cannons roar
And I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin

Guest 8:34 -- thanks for your efforts, but the link returns an error message. And when I tried to replicate your search, I got "no results"...

Subject: RE: Irish in Civil War?
From: mack/misophist
Date: 26 Jul 05 - 09:48 PM

My collection isn't handy but you might google for a cd called "The Irish Volunteer". All Irish, all Civil War.

Subject: RE: Irish in Civil War?
From: GUEST,Gerry
Date: 26 Jul 05 - 09:37 PM

On her Sean Nos album, Sinnead O'Connor did a song about
an Irish immigrant who was not happy to find himself fighting
in the American Civil War.

Subject: RE: Irish in Civil War?
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Jul 05 - 08:37 PM

... I dont know if that link works now, or not... I typed Irish Brigades Civil War into the boxes on an Advanced Forum Search, and it returned quite a few references..

The Cat's a bit crazy at the minute...

Subject: RE: Irish in Civil War?
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Jul 05 - 08:34 PM

I couldn't start sifting through it, Michael... Sorry.

But here's a link to some of the results I got from a search... Click Here

Subject: Irish in Civil War?
From: michaelr
Date: 26 Jul 05 - 08:30 PM

There were Irish Brigades in the Civil War, as enlisting meant instant citizenship. I seem to remember a song about this appearing in the forum, but have no idea how to search for it.
Can somebody please point?

Also, is there a good book on the subject?

TIA,
Michael

(I feel a song coming on...)