Whats your favourite rebel song?

13-03-2011 01:36AM

La Marseillaise is fairly stirring stuff

The Scientician · 15-03-2011 01:07AM

The Boys Of Barr Na Sráide is a bit of a rebel song but so much more. It's so epic (in the old sense of the term as well as the new).

countrynosebag · 25-09-2012 10:20AM

amazing pictorial history there - so thanks for that
my favourite song is The Foggy Dew by Luke kelly - of course....who else - great loss to the world that man

neil_hosey · 26-09-2012 02:34PM

the valley of knockanure for me.

or the bold fenian men, this version of it. Mainly because it was this song that probably got me into irish music, which is vastly wider than rebel songs.

TAlderson · 26-09-2012 10:31PM

Come out and fight is a great one in a high energy/fµck off kind of way. The Dying Rebel is a really beautiful one, one of those that makes you think more.

-Tyler

Pink Fox · 27-01-2013 06:28PM

I love 'Follow Me Up To Carlow'

countrynosebag · 27-01-2013 06:43PM

great footage again on the dublin city ramblers piece, there ought to be a photo and artefacts museum, also music there and any film rhat is available . This is such an important part of ireland's history that should not be constantly shovelled under the carpet but shown with pride.

Ted_YNWA · 27-01-2013 06:48PM

Not sure if Grace is technically a rebel song , but still a good one

iora_rua · 27-01-2013 06:50PM

The Rising of the Moon, or The Boys of Wexford, for me. Also like Whiskey in the Jar, but is that a rebel song?

Pink Fox · 27-01-2013 08:13PM

'Grace' is a beautiful song, I cried when I first heard it. Joseph Mary Plunkett and Grace Gifford's love story would make a wonderful film.

I love Mary Black singing 'Anne Devlin' and Patsy Watchorn singing 'Bold Robert Emmett'.

Casinoking · 30-01-2013 12:58AM

countrynosebag wrote: »

amazing pictorial history there - so thanks for that
my favourite song is The Foggy Dew by Luke kelly - of course....who else - great loss to the world that man

The Foggy Dew as in "when I was a bachelor" or the Foggy Dew as in "it was down the glen one Easter Morn"?

Faing · 08-02-2013 07:25PM

Back home in Derry has to be up there amongst me favourites.

barney 20v · 08-02-2013 07:28PM

This...end of discussion
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fXvt25IsIZ0

Pink Fox · 08-02-2013 08:10PM

great choice

countrynosebag · 08-02-2013 10:56PM

Casinoking wrote: »

The Foggy Dew as in "when I was a bachelor" or the Foggy Dew as in "it was down the glen one Easter Morn"?

hi
it is 'it was down the glen one easter morn'
moves me to tears

ft9 · 09-02-2013 12:37PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S47RseHY1Ms

countrynosebag · 09-02-2013 02:54PM

thank you for song - jave just started to look at videos provided but have to go off and will return to look at some more bit by bit
thank you for your trouble taken to tell me about all of this
i knew some of coursw, but was in england and you did not realise waht it was like for people there - already closing in as small things were clamped down on hard and it was just getting steadily worse as freedoms diminished, probably why you may have hoped margaret thatcher may be the sitting round the table and discuss type - she was not - democratic freedoms were increasingly eroded for all

Hondo75 · 13-02-2013 03:18PM

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNNv8NACJtg

Tom Creans favourite and mine on paddys day..
"One of the memories that comes to me from those days is of Crean singing at the tiller. He always sang while he was steering, and nobody ever discovered what the song was. It was devoid of tune and as monotonous as the chanting of a Buddhist monk at his prayers; yet somehow it was cheerful. In moments of inspiration Crean would attempt "The Wearing of the Green."

http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/biography/crean_thomas.htm

csallmighty · 13-02-2013 03:28PM

The patriot game
The boys of the old brigade
Back home in derry
The rising of the moon

Hard to pick just one as your favourite

the emperors innuendo · 16-03-2013 04:07PM

countrynosebag · 17-03-2013 07:45PM

Wouldn't it be great if this was all displayed? Pictures, films, songs played, all uniforms, documents etc.. A really good placed may be the post office and ready for the anniversary. I am sure so many would want to go, I would.
thanks for all the trouble taken to put these things on for us to see and enjoy like this.

mitosis · 17-03-2013 07:48PM

The West's Awake

Tim Toolman · 20-03-2013 04:50PM

Irish Ways and Irish Laws, Barr na straide, Follow me up to Carlow.

countrynosebag · 07-01-2014 02:35PM

No offerings but looking in and appreciating.
Bit off, tired just now, health oddities.
Really live the music
And would love to have videos of Sean nos if anyone willing and able!

TacAide · 09-01-2014 11:12PM

Love Boulavogue, but like everyone else so hard to pick a number one

funkey_monkey · 10-02-2014 11:16PM

Four Green Fields

Epic, emotional and powerful. For me, nothing comes near to this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d30rpdvtiA

sawdoubters · 10-02-2014 11:20PM

sunday bloody sunday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbNuIqiVPbU

Uriel. · 10-02-2014 11:21PM

A number of songs mentioned here I love, such as Joe mcdonnell, Valley of knockanure and the foggy dew. One that wasn't mentioned and I love is Kelly the Boy from Killane

Great song. Particularly luke Kelly's version

Muirshin Durkin · 17-02-2014 06:28PM

Edit: Never read above comment.

busheisha · 05-06-2017 01:55AM

'Paddy Public Enemy Number One', 'One Shot Paddy' - they are so irish, so irrepressible... but restful and profound.
Also I like 'My Little Armalite' and 'One Shot Paddy' because they are first rebel songs which I hear.
And I like mournful 'Roll Of Honnor' and 'Broad Black Brimmer'.
Severe 'Go On Home' and 'SAM song' likes too.
I can't choose favourite.

Whats your favourite rebel song?

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