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To: ManyMoose who wrote (2745)6/16/2009 6:45:50 AM
From: Tom Clarke  Respond to of 32405
 
It's a great song and Mary Black is a great singer. Here's a copy and paste history of Oró, Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile.

>>In it's original form, it was an Irish Jacobite song about Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie"), whom it originally referred to as "A Shéarlais Óig, a mhic Rí Shéamais", in English, "Young Charles, son of King James".

In the early 20th century it received new verses by the nationalist poet Pádraig Pearse and was often sung by IRA members and sympathizers, during the Easter Rising. It was also sung as a fast march during the Irish War of Independence.

Since 1916 it has also been known under various other titles, notably Dord na bhFiann (Call of the Fighters) or An Dord Féinne. The latter title is associated with Pádraig Pearse in particular.

Scene from The Wind That Shakes The Barley

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