beautiful irish ballad about 4 co. tyrone volunteers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FNOFI8PQko
Irish patriotic ballad in honour of the four IRA volunteers who died in the ambush by British forces at Clonoe,County Tyrone, 16th Feb 1992.
OLD CLONOE
Soft blows the breeze in old Clonoe,
Mid trembling leaves songbirds sing low; And deep blood-red wild roses grow,
For my true love in old Clonoe.
( chorus )
Ah Love, sweet Love, my heart is sore --
Oh will I see you nevermore ?
But I'll be true, come weal or woe --
I'll love you still, in old Clonoe.
Remember how we used to play,
In summer fields the livelong day;
And how each Sunday we would go,
To pledge our love in old Clonoe.
( repeat chorus )
'Tis well I mind that awful day,
When Freedom called you to the fray;
You made your stand 'gainst Ireland's foe,
Alas to fall in old Clonoe.
( chorus twice )
THE PROVIE BIRDIE
PROVIE BIRDIE SONG
Before Adams and his sham fein,scam fein faction went from 'volunteers to stormonteers', to be a provie,a provo or a provisional was an honourable patriotic tag and it still is. The current president of republican Sinn Fein was a founder of the provisional republican movement. Those murdered at loughgall and Clonoe were PIRA volunteers. Bobby Sands was a soldier of PIRA also. To be a member of the PIRA is an honour, not an insult and Adams' sell-out to the brits only means that he and his cronies have betrayed the principles of the Provisional Irish Republican cause.
PROVIE BIRDIE SONG written by seamus robinson/performed by the WOLFHOUND
( On the 31st of October 1973 a hijacked helicopter, "THE PROVIE BIRDIE",
swooped down upon the exercise yard of Mountjoy Jail in Dublin. It lifted three
top Irish rebel activists , J.B. O'Hagan, Seamus Twomey, and Kevin Mallon,to
freedom, much to the delight of the Irish people.)
Before Adams and his sham fein,scam fein faction went from 'volunteers to stormonteers', to be a provie,a provo or a provisional was an honourable patriotic tag and it still is. The current president of republican Sinn Fein was a founder of the provisional republican movement. Those murdered at loughgall and Clonoe were PIRA volunteers. Bobby Sands was a soldier of PIRA also. To be a member of the PIRA is an honour, not an insult and Adams' sell-out to the brits only means that he and his cronies have betrayed the principles of the Provisional Irish Republican cause.PROVIE BIRDIE SONG written by seamus robinson/performed by the WOLFHOUND
( On the 31st of October 1973 a hijacked helicopter, "THE PROVIE BIRDIE",
swooped down upon the exercise yard of Mountjoy Jail in Dublin. It lifted three
top Irish rebel activists , J.B. O'Hagan, Seamus Twomey, and Kevin Mallon,to
freedom, much to the delight of the Irish people.)
Sean McCaughey
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Lalor wrote: "The entire ownership of Ireland moral and material, up to the sun and down to the centre, is vested in the right of the people of Ireland. That they and none but they are the land-owners and law-makers of this island, that all laws are null and void not made by them and all titles to land are invalid not conferred by them."
Lalor wrote: "The entire ownership of Ireland moral and material, up to the sun and down to the centre, is vested in the right of the people of Ireland. That they and none but they are the land-owners and law-makers of this island, that all laws are null and void not made by them and all titles to land are invalid not conferred by them."
A beautiful song written by seamus robinson in memory of sean mc caughey, a true son of ireland.
Brendan Behan song
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written by seamus robinson and performed by Dominic MacShane and The Freemen
Castlereagh song by Patrick Robinson
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CASTLEREAGH RUC TORTURE
British imperialism was an old dog, but it was not averse to adapting its tricks. To replace internment a different regime was devised which would also have the advantage of criminalising the opposition. Brigadier Frank Kitson, later head of UK Land Forces, the British army’s expert on counter-insurgency techniques in the colonies, served in the north of Ireland from 1970-1972. He promised to ‘squeeze the Catholic population until they vomit the gunmen out of their system’. Kenneth Newman was promoted to Chief Constable of the RUC in 1976 by which time the new system was in place. Intelligence gathering was centralised, the CID was reorganised to specialise in interrogation and Castlereagh police station became the designated centre for most interrogations to take place. The Prevention of Terrorism Act (Temporary Provisions) 1974 was introduced by the Labour government in the face of ‘a clear and present danger’, allowing the arrest and interrogation of detainees, without access to solicitors, for up to seven days. All that the new system needed to do was extract the information by ‘softening up’ the detainees. Diplock courts with no juries allowed the prosecution to introduce confession evidence obtained under duress. The conveyor belt was in place.
From July 1976 to November 1979 5,067 ‘terrorist suspects’ were interrogated at Castlereagh. A pattern of brutal treatment emerged. In 1978 two priests, Faul and Murray produced an account of the treatment of detainees in Castlereagh. They listed examples of treatment used to ‘soften up’ detainees for interrogation, many of them designed not to leave marks on the body. Here are some of them:
Hair pulling • Punching to back of head • Heavy slaps across face and head and ears • Strangling • Chops to the throat • Gripping and pulling the Adam’s apple • Pushing fingers into pressure points on neck • Punches and kicks to the stomach, buttocks, kidneys, spine • Manual squeezing of testicles; punching and kicking testicles • Lifting naked prisoner by placing sticks between legs • Arm twisting • Bending wrists backwards • Finger twisting • Forced positions of stress against a wall • Sitting on non-existent chairs • Squatting on hunkers • Press- ups to the point of exhaustion • Wrestling holds until prisoner vomits • Trailing body along the floor • Prone on floor while personnel stand and jump on back • Riding prisoner like a horse • Placing plastic bag, hood, jacket, underpants over head to restrict breathing • Simulated execution by clicking gun behind the head • Simulated electrocution by putting plug into mouth and turning switch to on • Burning skin with matches and cigarettes • Degradation: making prisoner lick water or vomit off floor or behave like a dog • Spitting in the face • Stripping prisoner naked and making obscene remarks about his body, his wife, his children • Pouring liquid into ears • Threats to execute prisoner secretly • Threats to harm family • Women detainees sexually abused and threatened with rape.
CASTLEREAGH RUC TORTURE
British imperialism was an old dog, but it was not averse to adapting its tricks. To replace internment a different regime was devised which would also have the advantage of criminalising the opposition. Brigadier Frank Kitson, later head of UK Land Forces, the British army’s expert on counter-insurgency techniques in the colonies, served in the north of Ireland from 1970-1972. He promised to ‘squeeze the Catholic population until they vomit the gunmen out of their system’. Kenneth Newman was promoted to Chief Constable of the RUC in 1976 by which time the new system was in place. Intelligence gathering was centralised, the CID was reorganised to specialise in interrogation and Castlereagh police station became the designated centre for most interrogations to take place. The Prevention of Terrorism Act (Temporary Provisions) 1974 was introduced by the Labour government in the face of ‘a clear and present danger’, allowing the arrest and interrogation of detainees, without access to solicitors, for up to seven days. All that the new system needed to do was extract the information by ‘softening up’ the detainees. Diplock courts with no juries allowed the prosecution to introduce confession evidence obtained under duress. The conveyor belt was in place.
From July 1976 to November 1979 5,067 ‘terrorist suspects’ were interrogated at Castlereagh. A pattern of brutal treatment emerged. In 1978 two priests, Faul and Murray produced an account of the treatment of detainees in Castlereagh. They listed examples of treatment used to ‘soften up’ detainees for interrogation, many of them designed not to leave marks on the body. Here are some of them:
Hair pulling • Punching to back of head • Heavy slaps across face and head and ears • Strangling • Chops to the throat • Gripping and pulling the Adam’s apple • Pushing fingers into pressure points on neck • Punches and kicks to the stomach, buttocks, kidneys, spine • Manual squeezing of testicles; punching and kicking testicles • Lifting naked prisoner by placing sticks between legs • Arm twisting • Bending wrists backwards • Finger twisting • Forced positions of stress against a wall • Sitting on non-existent chairs • Squatting on hunkers • Press- ups to the point of exhaustion • Wrestling holds until prisoner vomits • Trailing body along the floor • Prone on floor while personnel stand and jump on back • Riding prisoner like a horse • Placing plastic bag, hood, jacket, underpants over head to restrict breathing • Simulated execution by clicking gun behind the head • Simulated electrocution by putting plug into mouth and turning switch to on • Burning skin with matches and cigarettes • Degradation: making prisoner lick water or vomit off floor or behave like a dog • Spitting in the face • Stripping prisoner naked and making obscene remarks about his body, his wife, his children • Pouring liquid into ears • Threats to execute prisoner secretly • Threats to harm family • Women detainees sexually abused and threatened with rape.
kathleen largey singing TAKE ME HOME TO MAYO
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TAKE ME HOME TO MAYO
TAKE ME HOME TO MAYOThis is a link to a rare but beautiful rendition of this song about the brave irish hunger-striker Michael Gaughan, written ofcourse by belfast songwriter seamus robinson.
Also on the same page is a version of the song performed by the great WOLFHOUND.
the voice of freedom
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Padraig Pearse. A quote from his ‘The Sovereign People’ written shortly before the Rising: "So that the nation’s sovereignty extends not only to all men and women of the nation but to all material possessions of the nation, the nation’s soil and all its resources, all wealth and wealth-producing processes within the nation. In other words, no private right to prosperity is good against the public right to secure strictly equal rights and liberties to every man and woman within the nation."
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Irish Republican Blog with links to rebel songs, irish republican voices past and present.
Lalor wrote: "The entire ownership of Ireland moral and material, up to the sun and down to the centre, is vested in the right of the people of Ireland. That they and none but they are the land-owners and law-makers of this island, that all laws are null and void not made by them and all titles to land are invalid not conferred by them."
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