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Across The Broad Atlantic
''Across the Broad Atlantic'' is the eighth album by Irish folk and rebel band The Wolfe Tones. The album features songs about Irish emigration to the United States. Track list # The Rambling Irishman # Paddy on the Railway # The Great Hunger # Many Young Men of Twenty # Sweet Tralee # Shores of America # A Dream of Liberty # Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore # Goodbye Mick # Spancil Hill # The Fighting 69th ''The Fighting 69th'' is a 1940 American war film starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, and George Brent. The plot is based upon the actual exploits of New York City's 69th Infantry Regiment during World War I. The regiment was given that nickna ... # The Boston Burglar # Farewell to Dublin The Wolfe Tones albums 1976 albums {{1970s-folk-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wolfe Tones
The Wolfe Tones are an Irish rebel music band that incorporate Irish traditional music in their songs. Formed in 1963, 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. History 1963–1964: Formation The origins of the group date back to August 1963, where three neighbouring children from the Dublin suburb of Inchicore, Brian Warfield, Noel Nagle, and Liam Courtney, had been musical friends from childhood. In August 1964 Brian's brother Derek Warfield joined the band, and in November 1964 Tommy Byrne replaced Courtney, creating the band's most recognizable line-up, which would last for nearly 37 years until January 2001. 1964–2001 In 1989, a contract was signed by Derek Warfield, signing rights to an American distributor, Shanachie Records. The contents of this contract were apparently misrepresented to the other member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Folk
Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. In ''A History of Irish Music'' (1905), W. H. Grattan Flood wrote that, in Gaelic Ireland, there were at least ten instruments in general use. These were the ''cruit'' (a small harp) and '' clairseach'' (a bigger harp with typically 30 strings), the ''timpan'' (a small string instrument played with a bow or plectrum), the ''feadan'' (a fife), the ''buinne'' (an oboe or flute), the ''guthbuinne'' (a bassoon-type horn), the ''bennbuabhal'' and ''corn'' ( hornpipes), the ''cuislenna'' (bagpipes – see Great Irish warpipes), the ''stoc'' and ''sturgan'' (clarions or trumpets), and the ''cnamha'' (bones).''A History of Irish Music: Chapter II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish To The Core
''Irish to the Core'' is the seventh album by Irish folk and rebel band The Wolfe Tones. The album features a number of political songs including ''Botany Bay'' and ''Rock on Rockall''. Track list # Botany Bay Botany Bay (Dharawal: ''Kamay''), an open oceanic embayment, is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, south of the Sydney central business district. Its source is the confluence of the Georges River at Taren Point and the Cook ... # The Water is Wide # The Irish Brigade # Graine Mhaoil # Whelan's Frolics # The Night Before Larry was Stretched # Fiddler's Green # The Vale of Avoca # The Limerick Races # The Jackets Green # The Cook in the Kitchen and the Rambling Pitchfork # Kevin Barry # Rock on Rockall References The Wolfe Tones albums 1976 albums {{1970s-folk-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belt Of The Celts
''Belt of the Celts'' is the ninth album by Irish folk and rebel band The Wolfe Tones. The album features political songs such as '' Some Say the Devil is Dead'' Track list # Misty Foggy Dew # Quare Things in Dublin # The Fairy Hills # Connaught Rangers # Bold Robert Emmet # The Hare in the Heather # Ta Na La # Some Say the Devil is Dead # General Munroe # Hurlers March # The West's Asleep # The Boys of Barr na Sraide # The Rose of Mooncoin # Rory O'Moore Sir Rory O'Moore ( ga, Ruaidhrí Ó Mórdha) (c. 1600 – 16 February 1655), also known Sir Roger O'Moore or O'More or Sir Roger Moore, was an Irish landowner of ancient lineage, and is most notable for being one of the four principal organizer ... The Wolfe Tones albums 1978 albums {{1970s-folk-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
