List of Irish ballads

[edit] 1916-62

• Oró Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile -Originally a jacobite tune, it later received new verses and popularised by nationalist poet Padraic Pearse
• Amhrán na bhFiann - or the Soldiers Song, Irish Volunteers anthem, since 1927 the anthem of the Irish Free State/Éire/Republic of Ireland
• Come Out Ye Black and Tans - Loyalist-taunting song written by Dominic Behan, brother of Brendan
• The Foggy Dew - about the Easter Rising of 1916
• Kevin Barry - about a young medical student and Irish revolutionary controversially executed during the Irish War of Independence
• Salonica (song) - song about the Irish serving in the British Army in the First World War.
• The Man from the Daily Mail- song composed around 1918-19 mocking British media coverage of Ireland.
• Sean Treacy (song) - ballad about an IRA man killed in Dublin in 1920
• The Boys of Kilmichael -ballad about the Kilmichael ambush of 1920.
• The Boys of the Old Brigade-nostalgic ballad about the "old IRA".
• Dying Rebel
• The Rifles of the IRA- song disparaging the Black and Tans and praising the IRA
• The Valley of Knockanure - about an incident in 1921
• Some Say the Divil is Dead satirical song about the British Army
• The Broad Black Brimmer written by Noel Nagle of the Wolfe Tones in praise of the IRA during the War of Independence 1919-21 and specifically the IRA of the Civil War and after.
• Take It Down From The Mast -Anti-Treaty song about the Irish Civil War
• The Old Alarm Clock song by Brendan Behan about the Sabotage Campaign (IRA) of 1939.
• The Patriot Game written by Dominic Behan about Fergal O'Hanlon killed in action during the IRA border campaign of 1956-62 .
• Sean South from Garryowen about Seán South, killed in the same incident as O'Hanlon.
• Four Green Fields - 1967 folk song, an allegory about partition by Tommy Makem
• Hot Asphalt Written by Ewan MacColl, it was made famous by The Dubliners. Luke Kelly, a member of the band, also recorded it solo as an a'capella in an apparent session. This was the same time when he recorded his version of McAlpine's Fusiliers
• McAlpine's Fusiliers Dominic (Brendan?) Behan. Also made famous by The Dubliners; a fan favorite.

[edit] Northern Conflict 1969-98

• Go on Home British Soldiers
• The Men Behind the Wire - 1970s song about internment in Northern Ireland
• My Little Armalite - early 1970s militant republican song
• Fightin' Men Of Crossmaglen about south Armagh republicans
• Rubber bullets for the ladies - 1970s song about the British Army in Northern Ireland
• The Town I Loved So Well - 1980s song about the impact of The Troubles in Derry (Composer: Phil Coulter)
• Teddy Bear's Head - song about the partition of Ireland and the fact that the six counties of Northern Ireland belong with the rest (author unknown, heard sung by the Wolfe Tones)
• There Were Roses song by Tommy Sands that portrays a tragic story of two friends.
• Roll of Honour, Republican song about the hunger strike of 1981.
• Loughal Martyrs song about 7 IRA men killed at Loughgall in 1987.
• SAM Song song praising the Provisional IRA and their acquisition of surface to air missiles.
• Say Hello To The Provos, PIRA song
• Gibraltar (song), song in memory of three PIRA members killed in 1988 in Gibraltar

[edit] Unionist

• The Lambeg Drum
• The Billy Boys song dating to the 1930s, about sectarian murder, first heard in Glasgow.
• The Ballad of Michael Stone, song celebrating the Milltown Cemetery Attack in 1988.

[edit] Non-political