IRISH REBEL MUSIC

'Irish rebel music' is a sub genre of Irish folk music, with much the same instrumentation, but with lyrics about the fight for Irish freedom, people who were involved in liberation movements, Celtic unity, and attacks on the 'British invaders'. It has also being used to record history and historical events in song. This is not confined to Irish history though, but includes the exploits of the Irish Brigades who fought for both France and Spain, and also those who fought during the American civil war. [1]
Over the years, a number of bands have performed "Crossover" music, that is, Irish rebel lyrics and instrumentation mixed with other, more pop styles like hip hop. Bands like Seanchai and the Unity Squad perform hip-hop-influenced music.

Irish rebel music has occasionally gained international attention. The Wolfe Tones' version of ''A Nation Once Again'' was voted the number one song in the world by BBC World Service listeners in 2002.[2] Many of the more popular groups recently such as Eire Og (band), Athenry (band), Shebeen (band), etc. are from Glasgow. The Bog Savages of San Francisco are fronted by an escapee from Belfast's Long Kesh prison who made his break in the September 1983 "Great Escape" by the I.R.A.
The parody band Ding Dong Denny O'Reilly and the Hairy Bowsies satirize this musical genre with songs such as ''The Craic We Had the Day We Died For Ireland''.
Music of this genre has often courted controversy with some of this music effectively banned from the airwaves in the Republic of Ireland in the 1980's. More recently, Derek Warfield's music was banned from Aer Lingus flights, after the Ulster Unionist politician Roy Beggs Jnr. compared their songs to the speeches of Osama bin Laden [3].

Contents

Irish rebel bands

Irish rebel songs

See also

Irish rebel bands

★ Athenrye

★ Barleycorn (band)

★ Battering Ram

★ Black 47

★ Blarney Pilgrims

★ The Bog Savages

★ Derek Warfield

★ Éire Óg

★ Gary Óg

★ Irish Brigade (band)

★ Mise Éire

★ The Paddywagon Band

★ Padraig Mór

★ Pangur Bán

★ Rebel Hearts

★ Saoirse (band)

★ Seanchai

★ Slievenamon (band)

★ Music of Mark O'Neill

★ Spirit of Freedom

★ The Unity Squad

★ Ten Second March

★ The Foggy Dew (band)

★ Wolfhound (band)

★ Wolfe Tones

★ The Ravens (Irish band)
The Village Folk

Irish rebel songs

★ Ambush At Drumnakilly

★ A Nation Once Again

★ Banna Strand (song)

★ Belfast Brigade

★ Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six

★ The Black Watch

★ Back Home in Derry

★ Blood Stained Bandage

★ Bobby Sands MP

★ Bold Robert Emmet

★ Boys of '98

★ Boys of the County Cork

★ Boys of the Old Brigade

★ Brave Frank Stagg

★ Bring Them Home

★ British Army (song)

★ The Broad Black Brimmer

★ Catholic and True

★ Come Out Ye Black And Tans

★ Connaught Rangers also known as The Drums were beating

★ Crossmaglen (song)

★ Down by the Glenside (The Bold Fenian Men)

★ Crumlin Kangaroos

★ Dungannon'57

★ Dying Rebel

★ Eamonn an Chnuic

★ Erin Go Bragh

★ Fenian Record Player

★ Fenians from Cahirciveen

★ Fightin' Men Of Crossmaglen

★ The Fields of Athenry

★ Foggy Dew

★ Follow me up to Carlow

★ Four Green Fields

★ Free Belfast

★ Free The People

★ Gibraltar Three

★ Give Ireland Back To The Irish

★ Go On Home British Soldiers

★ God Save Ireland

★ H-Block Song

★ Helicopter Song

★ Hughes Lives On

★ I.R.E.L.A.N.D

★ The Informer (rebel song)

★ Ireland Divided

★ Ireland Unfree

★ Ireland United, Gaelic and Free

★ Irish Soldier Laddie

★ Irish Ways And Irish Laws

★ James Connolly

★ Joe McCann (IRA)

★ Joe McDonnell

★ Johnson's Motor Car

★ Kevin Barry

★ Let the People Sing

★ Long Kesh

★ London's Derry

★ Loughgall Martyrs

★ Luck Of The Irish

★ Maire

★ Meet Me At The Pillar

★ Merry Ploughboy

★ Michael Collins

★ My Little Armalite

★ Ned of the Hill

★ Northern Gaels/Crumlin Jail

★ Old Fenian Gun

★ On The One Road

★ One Shot Paddy

★ Only Our Rivers Run Free

★ Oró Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile

★ Our Day Will Come

★ Paddy Public Enemy Number 1

★ Padraic Pearse

★ The Patriot Game

★ Pearse Jordan

★ The Fighting Men of Crossmaglen

★ The People's Own MP

★ Protestant Men

★ Provo's Lullaby

★ Rebel Hip Hop

★ The Rifles of the IRA

★ The Rising of the Moon

★ Rock on Rockall

★ Roddy McCorley

★ Roll of Honour

★ Salty Dog

★ SAM Song

★ Say Hello To The Provos

★ Sean South of Garryowen

★ Séan Larkin

★ Sean Treacy

★ Skibbereen

★ Sniper's Promise

★ Soldier's Song

★ Song Of The Celts

★ Streets of New York

★ Sweet Carnlough Bay

★ Take It Down From The Mast

★ Take Me Home To Mayo

★ The Ballad of Mairead Farrell

★ The Bold Fenian Men

★ The Broad Black Brimmer

★ The Decommission Song

★ The Great Fenian Ram

★ The Impartial Police Force

★ The Men Behind The Wire

★ The Peeler and the Goat

★ The Provie Birdie

★ The Recruiting Seargent

★ The Teddy Bear's Head

★ The Valley of Knockanure

★ The Volunteer

★ Tom Williams

★ Tri-Coloured Ribbon

★ Wearing of the Green

★ West's Awake

★ White, Orange and Green

★ Women Of Ireland

★ Wrap The Green Flag Around Me, Boys

★ Whiskey in the Jar
Rebel songs with guitar chords
http://www.martindardis.com/rebelsongs/index.html

See also

★ Protest song