St. Patrick's Day in Two Days with help from Pat who lives in County Cork and Tully from NYC // Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin. Also, check out the links at your leisure.
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This song performed and recorded by many Irish traditional groups, including The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, The Dubliners, The Chieftains, Shane MacGowan and The Wolfe Tones
* - In Irish rebel song referring to the "Black and Tans", the name for the special reserve constables (mainly former World War I army soldiers), recruited in Great Britain, then sent to Ireland from 1920, to reinforce the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) during the I"rish War of Independence".
The Wolfe Tones are on a tour to play their last shows and retire after 60 years playing. They said at his funeral: "He may seem the fool who has given his all, by the wise men of the world; but it was the apparent fools who changed the course of Irish history" He was an IRA Provo and while in jail died in the hunger strike of 1981.
From the Youtube dessription: "Some of Ireland’s best known singers, musicians and performers came together for "Centenary", a special one-off cultural celebration, and the culmination of RTÉ’s programme of events over the Easter weekend, marking the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. ... As part of the show Danny O’Reilly (from The Coronas) joined forces with his sister Róisín O and cousin Aoife Scott, to record a very special version of “Grace” live in Kilmainham Gaol. // Click on the link, above/ left, to view the performance.
They are from Houston, TX, and describe their music as "Stout Irish Rock" - traditional Irish music mixed with rock n' roll. They formed in 2004. // I saw them live a couple times, playing in the public square in front of the Town Library in Rockville, MD; they're a lot of fun! - Larry A
* - and Lisa O'Neill, Terry Woods, Moya Brennan, Camille O’Sullivan, Steve Wickham, Aidan Gillen, Colm Mac Con Iomaire & Liam O'Maonalí // * - on the 'Poguetry In Motion' EP (Feb 1986) /// Click on the Link above/ left, to watch the COMPLETE tribute to MacGowan
Click on the link, above/ left, to view the original English single, with a picture sleeve / * - FULL title: 'Whiskey In The Jar (Essential Irish Drinking Songs & Sing Alongs)'
Irish Folk Band from Dublin, founded as a trio in 1963 by brothers Brian & Derek Warfield, and their friend Noel Nagle. they take their name from Theobald Wolfe Tone, one of the leaders of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, with the double meaning of a "wolf tone" – a spurious sound that can affect instruments of the violin family.
