Tw British soldiers from Antrim, Northern Ireland were shot and killed Sunday by a group calling themselves the "Real IRA." This is the first killing of Britsh soldiers here since 1997. This group "carried out the worst single atrocity of over 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland when it bombed the County Tyrone town of Omagh, killing 29 people, in August 1998." The IRA has been assumed to be dead after being swallowed up in the current peace process by Sinn Fein- their political arm.
Dell computer leaving, Waterford going bust,Wedgewood, too. Oh, woe is me! Waterford glass was opened in the 1750's but closed about 100 yrs. later. It was revived in 1947- for all those rich Amercian tourists, I'm supposing.
I was asked by the original band & song writers of this song to post some info about them (yes, I have world-wide readers & connections). They are a Limerick band (hey, I've been to Limerick!). Limerick, Kenmare, Sneem- they ALL have Newport, Rhode Island connections, you know. So with the greatest of pleasure:
The Limerick Band Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys have been invited to perform at the Democratic Party- Michiganders for Obama inauguration Party (if he wins)
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama
Irish band rocking the usa with Obama Song-Massive Youtube hit-Theres no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama
O'Leary, O'Reilly, O'Hare and O'Hara There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama You don't believe me I hear you say But Barack's as Irish As was JFK His granddaddy's daddy Came from Moneygall A small Irish village Well known to you all Toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a lama There's no one as Irish As Barack O'Bama He's as Irish as bacon And cabbage and stew He's Hawaiian he's Kenyan American too If he succeeds And he has a chance I'm sure our Barack Will do Riverdance Toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a lama There's no one as Irish As Barack O'Bama
The Limerick band have appeared on MNSBCs Hardball in the USA- 7 MILLION viewers MSNBCs Renowned Hardball with Chris Matthews program featured "There's no one as irish as Barack O'bama" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/24546292#24546292" Watch to 58 seconds
Good genes triumph! In case you are wondering about the words in the backdrop by James Connolly:
'No revolutionary movement iscomplete with out its poetic expression. If such a movement has caught hold of the imagination of the masses,they will seek a vent in song for the aspirations, fears, and hopes, the loves and hatreds engendered by the struggle. Until the movement is marked by the joyous, defiant singing f revolutionary songs, it lacks one of the most distinctive marks of a popular revolutionary movement; it is the dogma of the few and not the faith of the multitude."
This quote, written on the back wall of the Starry Plough pub in Berkeley, is a quote from James Connolly, one of the Irish revolutionaries who was shot by the British, in the aftermath of the 1916 Irish rebellion. It ultimately led to the overthrow of British rule in the south of Ireland.
He helped to found the Irish Labour Party. James Connolly also formed the Irish Citizens Army during the so-called ‘Great Lock-Out’ of 1913. This was created to protect the workers from any groups that might have been employed by the employers to ‘rough up’ any striking worker.
In 1915, James Connolly was appointed acting General Secretary of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union. He also commanded units of the Irish Citizens Army and took an active part in the preparations for the 1916 Rising. He was appointed Military Commander of the Republican Forces in Dublin, which encompassed the Irish Citizens Army.
When the rebellion started on Monday 24th April, James Connolly was one of the seven signatories to the Proclamation. Connolly was in charge of the General Post Office during the rebellion – the rebels headquarters. He was severely wounded during the fighting and was arrested once the rebels had surrendered. He was court-martialled in a military hospital in Dublin. Charged with treason, there was no doubt as to what the verdict and punishment would be.
On May 12th,1916, Connolly was shot by firing squad. He had been taken by military ambulance to Kilmainham Prison, carried on a stretcher to a courtyard in the prison, tied to a chair and shot. With the other executed rebels, his body was put into a mass grave with no coffin.
All the executions of the rebels angered many Irish people who had shown little support for the rebels during the rebellion. However, it was the circumstances of Connolly’s execution that created the most anger. In death, Connolly and the other rebels had succeeded in rousing many Irish people who had been, at best, indifferent to the rebels and their desires when they had been alive.
