The Northern Ireland Troubles in popular culture

The Northern Ireland Troubles have been referenced numerous times in popular culture, particularly through films, novels, songs and poems. This article aims to provide a complete list of such works.

Films

• Angel (1982)
• Bloody Sunday (2002)
• Blown Away (1994)
• The Boxer (1997)
• Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
• Cal (1984)
• Children in the Crossfire (1984)
• The Crying Game (1992)
• Dear Sarah (1990)
• The Devil's Own (1997)
• Elephant (Alan Clarke film) (1989)
• An Everlasting Piece (2000)
• Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
• Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
• The General (1998)
• H3 (2001)
• Harry's Game (1982)
• Hidden Agenda (1990)
• Holy Cross (BBC Documentary) (2003)
• Hunger (2008)
• In the Name of the Father (1993)
• The Informant (1997)
• Johnny Was (2006)
• The Long Good Friday (1980)
• Mickybo and Me (2004)
• My Brother's War (1998)
• Nothing Personal (1995)
• Omagh (2004)
• Omagh the Legacy: Claire and Stephen's Story (1999)
• Patriot Games (1992)
• Patriots (1998)
• A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
• The Railway Station Man (1993)
• Resurrection Man (1997)
• Ronin (1998)
• Some Mothers Son (1996)
• Sunday (2002)
• Titanic Town (1998)

Novels

• Joan Lingard's children's series: The Twelfth Day of July (1970), Across the Barricades (1972), Into Exile (1973), A Proper Place (1975), and Hostage to Fortune (1976)
• Harry's Game by Gerald Seymour (1975)
• A Breed of Heroes by Alan Judd
• Cal by Bernard MacLaverty (1983)
• Maura's Angel by Lynne Reid Banks (1984)
• Ourselves Alone by Anne Devlin (1985)
• Patriot Games by Tom Clancy (1987)
• Divorcing Jack by Colin Bateman (1994)
• Cycle of Violence by Colin Bateman (1995)
• Belfast Diaries: War as a Way of Life by John Conroy (1995)
• Drink with the Devil by Jack Higgins (1996)
• Eureka Street by Robert McLiam Wilson (1996)
• Fifty Dead Men Walking by Martin McGartland (1997)
• Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe (1998)
• The Bombmaker by Stephen Leather (1999)
• The Marching Season by Daniel Silva (1999)
• Mohammed Maguire by Colin Bateman (2001)
• No Bones by Anna Burns (2001)
• Rogue Element by Terence Strong (1997).
• Stand by Stand by by Chris Ryan
• Trinity
• Watchman by Ian Rankin (1988)
• The Watchman by Chris Ryan (2001)

Instrumental compositions

• "Lest we forget" by Robert Candeloro (2006)
• "The Seeming Insanity of Forgiveness" by Dr Thomas Fitzgerald (composer) (2002)

Songs

• "Armalite Rifle" by Gang of Four
• "Alternative Ulster" by Stiff Little Fingers
• "Armagh" by Au Pairs
• "Belfast" by Boney M
• "Belfast" by Orbital
• "Belfast" by Elton John
• "Belfast Child" by Simple Minds
• "Belfast (Penguins and Cats)" by Katie Melua
• "Belfast to Boston (God's Rifle)" by James Taylor
• "Big Decision" by That Petrol Emotion
• "Broken Land" by The Adventures
• "Crimson Days" by Silent Running
• "Don't forget about us" by Paul J Miles (2008)
• "Drunken Lullabies" by Flogging Molly
• "Each Dollar a Bullet" by Stiff Little Fingers
• "Ether" by Gang Of Four
• "Fly the Flag" by Stiff Little Fingers
• "Forgotten Sons" by Marillion
• "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Paul McCartney
• "Go on Home British Soldiers by Tommy Skelly
• "God Kicks", "Potato Junkie" and "Church of Noise" by Therapy?
• "Hang the IRA" by Skullhead
• "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" by Megadeth
• "The House of Orange" by Stan Rogers on From Fresh Water
• "Invisible Sun" by The Police
• "It's Going To Happen" by The Undertones
• "It's Only Tuesday" by Eric Bogle
• "Last Night Another Soldier", "Brighton Bomb" and "Soldier" by The Angelic Upstarts
• "Letter from Louise" by The Saw Doctors
• "My Little ArmaLite" by Unknown
• "Northern Industrial Town" by Billy Bragg
• "Oliver's Army" by Elvis Costello
• "Pie Jesu" by Andrew Lloyd Webber
• "What's Left of the Flag" by Flogging Molly
• "Sean O'Farrell" by The Celibate Rifles
• "Shankill Butchers" by The Decemberists
• "Smash the IRA" by Skrewdriver
• "Soldier" by Harvey Andrews
• "Some Time in New York City" and The Luck of the Irish by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
• "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" by The Pogues
• "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Please", "Peace on Earth" and "North and South of The River" by U2
• "Sunrise" by The Divine Comedy
• "Ten Men Dead" by Blaggers ITA
• "That's Just the Way It Is" by Phil Collins
• "The Greening of Belfast" by Michael Card
• "The Island" by Paul Brady
• "The Men Behind the Wire" by Barleycorn
• "The More I See (The Less I Believe)" by Fun Boy Three
• "There Were Roses" by Tommy Sands
• "The Town I Loved So Well" by Phil Coulter
• "The Troubles" by The Roches
• "The Troubles" by XTC
• "Theme from Harry's Game" by Clannad
• "This Is a Rebel Song" by Sinéad O'Connor
• "Through the barricades" by Spandau Ballet^[1][2]
• "Ulster" by Sham 69
• "White Noise" by Stiff Little Fingers
• "Zombie" by The Cranberries

Poems

References