The Boys of Wexford

"The Boys of Wexford" is an Irish ballad commemorating the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and, more specifically, the Wexford Rebellion. The aim of rebellion was to remove English control from Irish affairs and it resulted in the 1801 Act of Union.[1] The ballad was lyrics were composed by Patrick Joseph McCall and music by Arthur Warren Darley, who also composed other Wexford ballads, "Boolavogue" and "Kelly the Boy from Killanne".[2]

Irish folk group, The Clancy Brothers, recorded "The Boys of Wexford" on the 1995 album, Older But No Wiser. The Wolfe Tones also recorded the song on their debut 1965 album The Foggy Dew

References

  1. ↑ Bartlett, Thomas. "The 1798 Irish Rebellion". BBC.
  2. ↑ Cómhrá na dTonn, a Book and CD About Irish Traditional Music

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