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mopinko

(72,208 posts) Mon Aug 8, 2022, 10:07 AM Aug 2022

the things you bump into in the irish music rabbit hole. [View all]

so, 4 green fields is 'my song' i share a lot of points w the wise old woman. but yesterday i got the back story of the song. it's from the troubles, and the 4 green fields are the provinces at the time. ulster is the one in bondage.
i couldnt remember the one of the others, so i look it up. and i find this guy-

https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/meet-the-last-king-of-ireland-living-off-donegal

the song-

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the things you bump into in the irish music rabbit hole. [View all] mopinko Aug 2022 OP

Here's Another For Your Collection, Ma'am The Magistrate Aug 2022 #1

ty sir. i'd come across this one, but had forgotten it. mopinko Aug 2022 #2

this thread got bumped, mopinko Sep 2022 #7

Cheol agus craic - music and good times mactire Aug 2022 #3

most of what i know about irish history i learned by looking up the ppl in the songs. mopinko Aug 2022 #4

Have you heard of Tommy Sands, the Irish songman and peacemaker? Hekate Sep 2022 #5

ty. so many songs in this rabbit hole. mopinko Sep 2022 #6

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