They have called us Rebels and Traitors,
But themselves have thrown off that name of late;
They were called it by the English Invaders,
At home—in the year of "Ninety-Eight ..."
-- from "Kelly’s Irish Brigade"
For…
ContinueAdded by Joe Gannon on September 26, 2017 at 9:00pm — 4 Comments
The Irish green shall again be seen
As our Irish fathers bore it,
A burning wind from the South behind,
and the Yankee rout before it!
-- From the Civil War anthem 'Song for the Irish Brigade'
Since its…
ContinueAdded by The Wild Geese on September 26, 2017 at 9:00pm — No Comments
On the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, here are two different recordings of my song Prayer From Little Round Top, a song inspired by the story of a young irish immigrant who died there.
The Confederate soldier in this song left Connemara Ireland with his family when he was a boy. They had just buried his twin sister. In America the family settled in…
ContinueAdded by Jed Marum on July 2, 2013 at 10:30am — 5 Comments
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