" Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye " is a popular traditional Irish anti-war and anti-recruiting song.

French's sister was the suffragette, anti-war campaigner and Irish nationalist Sinn Féin member Charlotte Despard.

Category: Irish anti-war activists

Category: Irish anti-war activists

The Irish anti-war song Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye and " When Johnny Comes Marching Home " share the same melodic material.

*" Poor Paddy Works on the Railway " is a popular Irish and American folk song.

The song portrays an Irish worker working on a railroad.

Bronski also remixed the track " Flowers in the Morning " by Northern Irish electronic band, Electrobronze in 2007, changing the style of the song from classical to Hi-NRG disco

The incident has been commemorated by Irish band, U2, in their 1983 protest song " Sunday Bloody Sunday ".

The John Lennon album Some Time in New York City features a song entitled " Sunday Bloody Sunday ", inspired by the incident, as well as the song " The Luck of the Irish ", which dealt more with the Irish conflict in general.

Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler ( also of Irish descent ) wrote the lyrics to the Black Sabbath song " Sabbath Bloody Sabbath " on the album of the same name in 1973.

The Wolfe Tones, an Irish rebel music band, wrote a song also called " Sunday Bloody Sunday " about the event.

In October 2010, T with the Maggies released the song Domhnach na Fola ( Irish for Bloody Sunday ), written by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill on their debut album.

The Irish singer / songwriter Tommy Makem wrote a lighthearted song about the town, " Fare Thee Well, Enniskillen ," covered by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem and The Dubliners.

Another early appearance on record followed in 1987, where Enya provided spoken ( not sung ) vocals in Irish on the song " Never Get Old " on Sinéad O ' Connor's debut album, The Lion and the Cobra.

An Irish folk song, " Gallipoli ", written by the Fureys was also sung and recorded by many others.

The song Far Away in Australia sung by the Irish ballad group The Wolfe Tones portrays the sorrow of two young Irish lovers who are separated when the male youth is forced to make his living far away in Australia, leaving his girl behind.

" They Can't Stop The Spring ", a song by Irish journalist and songwriter John Waters, represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007.

" In the post-Classical period, these rules fell into desuetude, and in popular verse simple assonance often suffices, as can be seen in an example of Irish Gaelic rhyme from the traditional song Bríd Óg Ní Mháille:

Molly's name might be a reference to a Dublin fishmonger Molly Malone from a famous Irish folk song of the same name.

* " Van Diemen's Land ", also known as " The Gallant Poachers ", is a traditional Irish folk song

* Van Diemen's Land is mentioned in the Irish and Australian folk song " The Wild Colonial Boy ".

* Van Diemen's Land is the subject of the Irish song, " Back Home in Derry ".

* " Van Diemen's Land " is mentioned in the traditional Irish folk song, ' Black Velvet Band.

* 1954 – Johnny Logan, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer

* 1940 – Johnny Giles, Irish footballer

* September 10 – Johnny Fingers, Irish musician ( The Boomtown Rats )

He wrote Tompall Glaser's highest-charting solo single " Put Another Log on the Fire ", " One's on the Way " ( a hit for Loretta Lynn ), " The Unicorn " ( which became the signature piece for the Irish Rovers in 1968 ) and " 25 Minutes to Go ", sung by Johnny Cash, about a man on Death Row with each line counting down one minute closer.

* Honoured in an Irish ballad song released in 1984 entitled Clones Cyclone written by Johnny McCauley and sung by Big Tom

Pietri eventually crossed the line in first place, but the runner-up, American Johnny Hayes of the Irish American Athletic Club protested, leading to Pietri's disqualification.

However, the Irish sent Linda Martin, who had the past experience of coming in 2nd place in the 1984 contest, but also paired up once again with Johnny Logan, who won the contest twice before.

Johnny Torrio and his lieutenant, Al " Scarface " Capone, moved to the South side of Chicago, absorbed the territory and pushed the Southside O ' Donnells ( an Irish group of brothers that held a piece of the Southside and claimed it as their turf ) out of the way.

* Johnny Boyle, drummer for the Irish band, The Frames

During this period she also authored a nonfiction travel book and, with her husband, released two CDs of folk music, Leave Her, Johnny and The Very Best Dreams on which she played flute and Irish harp.

However, the most successful genres have been rock, popular and traditional fusion, with performers such as U2, Enya, Westlife, Boyzone, Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Horslips, Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats, Clannad, Stiff Little Fingers, Altan, Frank Patterson, The Corrs, The Dubliners, The Chieftains, The Bothy Band, De Dannan, The Divine Comedy, Josef Locke, The Irish Tenors, Van Morrison, Therapy ?, The Saw Doctors, Planxty, The Wolfe Tones, Snow Patrol, The Cranberries, In Tua Nua, The Undertones, Ash, B * Witched, Nadine Coyle, The Hothouse Flowers, The Script, Two Door Cinema Club, Something Happens, The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem, Dana, Mundy, Sinéad O ' Connor, Paul Brady, Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny, Val Doonican, Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Ruby Murray, Peter Cunnah ( of D: Ream ), Daniel O ' Donnell, Bridie Gallagher, Brendan Bowyer, Gilbert O ' Sullivan, Mary Black, Sir James Galway, Johnny Logan, Bill Whelan ( of Riverdance fame ), Damien Rice, Phil Coulter, Glen Hansard, and Celtic Woman achieving success nationally and internationally.

* Johnny Ryan ( hurler ), Irish hurler

* Johnny Ryan ( hurler born 1988 ), Irish hurler

* Johnny Wright ( footballer ), Northern Irish footballer

After Preston coach ( and former Irish international goalkeeper ) Alan Kelly became aware of the young player's Irish connections ( and informed Irish international manager Johnny Giles ), Lawrenson's solid performances earned him a call-up to the Republic of Ireland national squad, winning the first of 39 international caps at the age of 19.

* Johnny the Fox, the seventh studio album by Irish band Thin Lizzy

However, he read the script, liked the multi-leveled character of Johnny, and took the part anyway and Johnny was changed from being Italian to Irish.

* Johnny Burke ( footballer ) ( 1911 – 1987 ), Irish footballer

* Johnny Murphy ( hurler ) ( born 1954 ), Irish retired hurler