819376068923

The Irish Uprising / 1916-1922

Various Artists

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Format: CD

Cat No: RRECD189

Release Date:  16 March 2018

Label:  Red River / BFR Music

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  819376068923

Genres:  Folk  

  • Description

    Originally released as a book/LP combination to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the1916 Easter Rising in Ireland, this magnificent, historically important production is now being released for the first time as a deluxe CD offering. Produced under the direction of Goddard Lieberson (legendary head of Columbia Records), this package comprehensively depicts the story of Ireland's fight for freedom in songs and ballads, interviews with survivors, excerpts from speeches by its leaders - including President Eamon de Valera - and many original photographs. Audio recorded live in Dublin, and by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, especially for this album.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Soldier's Song / Padraic Pearse's Oration at the Grave of O'Donovan Rossa / The Bold Fenian Men
      • 2. From a Speech by Eamon de Valera, first President of Ireland, on the 40th anniversary of the 1916 Ri
      • 3. The Rising of the Moon / The Proclamation of 1916
      • 4. Wrap the Green Flag 'Round Me Boys / From Interviews with Mrs. Eileen O'Hanrahan Reilly / From Inter
      • 5. Who Fears to Speak of Easter Week / From 'Easter 1916'Â�, by William Butler Yeats / Tipperary So Far A
      • 6. Down by the Glenside / From 'Drums Under the Window',Â� by Sean O'Casey / The West's Asleep
      • 7. Padraic Pearse's Surrender Order, April 1916 / The Foggy Dew / From 'Sixteen Dead Men', by William B
      • 8. The Dying Rebel / 'The Mother', by Padraic Pearse / From Eamon DeValera's 40th Anniversary Speech
      • 9. /Johnson's Motor Car / The Valley of Knockanure / From Eamon de Valera's 40th Anniversary Speech / Fr
      • 10. Boys from the County Cork / Kevin Barry / The Manifesto of Sinn Fein, Irish nationalist party, issue
      • 11. Shall My Soul Pass Through Old Ireland / From an Interview with Rory Brugha / From an Interview with
      • 12. From 'The Fool', by Padraic Pearse / A Nation Once Again / From 'The Easter 1966 Message' by Eamon De