The Irish Rebel Music of Pádraig Mór...
(Saoirse & Shebeen)

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"LEGENDS" is the second solo album by Pádraig and also includes the recording debut of his daughter Siobhán, who performs a beautiful rendition of Eleanor McEvoy's classic ballad "A Woman's Heart". It was released on 3rd Sept 2008.

 

TRACK LISTING

1. Lullaby To Heaven	8. Erin's Flag
2. Protestant Men	9. Mandela
3. Black & Tan Gun	10. Boys From The Co. Cork
4. Billy Reid	11. Instrumental (Polkas)
5. Sad Song For Susan	12. This Land of Mine
6. George & Pop	13. A Woman's Heart
7. Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears	14. Let The People Sing

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This was our first album, recorded in The Blast Furnace Studios, Derry City, in 1997. It was a somewhat rushed affair as our "tour manager", Jim F, had booked a 3 hour recording session in his local studio for the Saturday morning...without informing us beforehand! Considering we had been gigging & partaking in a glass or ten of Guinness into the wee small hours of that same Saturday morning our preparations for this project were not quite what they should have been. It turned out not too bad though!

TRACK LISTING...

1. Aidan McAnespie	7. The Ferryman
2. Show Me The Man	8. Go On Home
3. Ordinary Sunday	9. Tom Williams
4. Paddy Lie Back	10. The People's Own M.P.
5. Death Before Revenge	11. Bring Them Home
6. George & Pop	12. The Informer

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Our next endeavour was recorded nearer home & with a bit more organisation employed than in our previous offering! Robert, Fran & myself began work on this album at Chow Studios in Glasgow in November of '99 & with the assistance of Julie (Scealai) on fiddle & Joe (Shebeen) on drums, released it in January 2000.

TRACK LISTING...

1. Freedom's Walk	8. Old Brigade/Tell Me Ma
2. Loughgall Martyrs	9. Snipers Promise
3. My Last Farewell	10. Sing Irishmen Sing
4. Winds Are Singing Freedom	11. Ethel Lynch
5, Meet Me At The Pillar	12. Broad Black Brimmer
6. This Land Is Your Land	13. Ultimate Sacrifice
7. Town I Loved So Well

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Early in 2002 I invested in a digital home recording studio. (God bless all at Roland Electrics!) After experimenting with it for a while I came to the conclusion that the quality of the recordings were, in my opinion, just as good as on the previous 2 albums we had made in professional studios... & a damn sight less expensive into the bargain. So I decided to stick the tracks I had recorded onto disc and my first solo album came to be. (Although I did again seek the assistance of Julie to add  her own inimitable style of violin playing onto a few of the tracks).

TRACK LISTING...

1. Martin(Doco)Doherty	8. Boston Snows
2. Kelly The Boy From Killane	9. Helicopter Song
3. Grace	10. Athenry/Garvaghy Road
4. Clonoe Ambush	11. Shoot To Kill The Policy
5. Ireland Unfree	12. Pardon Me For Smiling
6. Song For Marcella	13. Dying Rebel
7. Crossmaglen	14. Raymond McCreesh

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Compilation Album released to coincide with recent gig trip to Benidorm by Pádraig Mór (ex Shebeen & Saoirse) and Alan (lead vocalist of Shebeen).

Track Listing

1. Loughall Martyrs (Pádraig Mór/Saoirse)

2. Willie & Danny (Alan)

3.Ambush at Clonoe (Padraig Mór)

4. Song For Ireland (Alan)

5. Grace (Pádraig Mor)

6. Belfast Brigade (Alan)

7. Song For Marcella (Pádraig Mór)

8. Tom Williams (Alan)

9. Town I Loved So Well (Pádraig Mór/Saoirse)

10. Athenry/Garvaghy Rd. (Alan)

11. Broad Black Brimmer (Padraig Mór/Saoirse)

12. Youngest of Them All (Alan)

13. Winds Are Singing Freedom (Pádraig Mór/Saoirse)

 

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On 5th June 1798, Sean Kelly, leading his company of some 800 Pikemen, set out from his base on Corbet Hill, overlooking the town of New Ross, Co.Wexford, in an assault on the heavily fortified Garrison stronghold.

Kelly's gallant, but untrained militiamen, consisting in the main of farmers & peasant labourers, fought valiantly but proved no match against the highly trained & better equipped british soldiers based within the walled town. When the battle had ended almost all of his men had perished on a day that will be remembered as one of the darkest in the long & bloody struggle for Irish independence.

Kelly was arrested in the aftermath of the battle, tried by court martial & hanged in Wexford town. (In all over 3,000 Rebels from 6 Companies died in the battle.)

   

Left to Right

• United Irishmen standard bearer leads a company of Pikemen into battle.
• Emblem of United Irishmen. 
• Theobald Wolfe Tone. Leader & founder of United Irishmen.

     

1

What's the news, what's the news oh my bold Shelmalier

With your long barreled gun of the sea

Say what wind from the north brings your messenger here

With a song for the dawning of the free

Goodly news, goodly news do I bring you from Forth

Goodly news shall you hear Bargey man

For the boys march at dawn from the south to the north

Led by Kelly the boy from Killane

2

Tell me who is the giant with the gold curling hair

He who rides at the head of your band

Seven feet is his height with some inches to spare

And he looks like a king in command

Oh me boys that the pride of our bold Shelmaliers

Among the bravest of leaders a man

Raise your beavers aloft & give three rousing cheers

For Sean Kelly the boy from Killane

3

Enniscorthy's in flames & old Wexford is won

And the Barrow tomorrow we will cross

On a hill o'er  the town we have planted our guns

And tomorrow we will march into Ross

All the Forth men & Bargey men march o'er the heath

With young Harvey to lead on the van

But the foremost of all in that grim gap of death

 Will be Kelly the boy from Killane

4

But the gold sun of freedom grew dark o'er New Ross

And it sets on the Slaney's red waves

And poor Wexford stripped naked hung high on a cross

And her heart is by traitors displaced

Glory o', glory o' to our brave sons who died

For the cause of long downtrodden man

Glory o' to Mount Leinster's own gallant & pride

Dauntless Kelly the boy from  Killane

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