17 Mar 06 - 08:22 AM (#1696033) Subject: happy? - Mar 17 (Drumboe Martyrs) From: Abby Sale
From John McLaughlin's (Mudcat's Big Tim) excellent account in his One Green Hill – Journeys through Irish Songs, 2003. He points out the big surprise – this is one of those rare Irish traditional songs in which Irish Repulicans are not killed by the English, they're killed by other Irish Repulicans during the post-independance Irish Civil War. [June 1922 – May 1923] (Patrick, c.385-c.461) Early warning notice: This series of the Happy File noncontinues beginning April 16. Copyright © 2005, Abby Sale - all rights reserved What are Happy's all about? See Clicky |
17 Mar 06 - 12:16 PM (#1696266) Subject: RE: happy? - Mar 17 (Drumboe Martyrs) From: GUEST,Guest, Big Tim The booklet "The Story of the Drumboe Martyrs" has been reissued as the 80th anniversary edition (2003). It is available from Sinn Fein's online bookstore, or at least it was recently. |