The song is about Grace Gifford going to see her fiance Joseph Mary Plunkett for the last time in Kilmainham Gaol, he was executed on the 4th May 1916. sung by Anthony Kearns
here's Mary Black singing, Patrick Kavanagh's Raglan Road, from phil Coulter at Gaiety,Theatre, in Dublin. The Programme was called Songs For Ireland.recorded in 1986.
McAlpine's Fusiliers sung by The Ronnie Drew Group, who later Changed their name to The Dubliners from a programme called "Ballad Session", {1963}
Bobby Lynch,{guitar} John Sheahan, {Whistle} Ronnie Drew,{guitar} Ciaran Bourke {whistle} Barney McKenna,{Banjo}.
Ronnie Drew died in St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin on the 16th August 2008. God bless him, rest In Peace.
I recorded the Wolfe Tones singing the Flight of Earls on The Late Late Show, RTE.The song is from their Album Sing Out For Ireland, 1987, the song was written by Liam Reilly of Bagatelle fame.
Wolfe Tones singing Joe McDonnell, song recorded 1983, from their album "A Sense of Freedom". Joe was the fourth to go on Hunger-strike and the fifth to die
Here is Blackthorn singing Lonesome Boatman - Follow Me Up To Carlow.
Fiach Mac Aodh Ó Broin (anglicised as Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne) (1544 -- 1597) was chief of Clann Uí Bhroin, or the O'Byrne clan.