Thirty Days of Song - Day Twenty-One
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elrhiarhodanDay Twenty-One A song you like with a person’s name in the title
Black 47 - James Connolly (Black 47 - EP)
Gah! Almost forgot to post this.
The theme for today's entry was the reason why I decided to do this meme - it gives me the chance to share a truly fantastic political song that still resonates today.
And a bit of a history lesson.
James Connolly was one of the principal leaders of the 1916 Easter Rebellion in Dublin. He was a Socialist through and through, and considered as much of a threat to English rule because of his trade unionism as he was for his Irish nationalism.
He was shot by the British at the General Post Office and executed (murdered) by the British while on his deathbed - he'd been taken from the hospital to the firing squad at Kilmainham Gaol and carried into the execution square on a stretcher. He could not stand and was tied to a chair and shot.
So much for the civilizing effects of the British Empire.
Black 47 - James Connolly (Black 47 - EP)
Gah! Almost forgot to post this.
The theme for today's entry was the reason why I decided to do this meme - it gives me the chance to share a truly fantastic political song that still resonates today.
And a bit of a history lesson.
James Connolly was one of the principal leaders of the 1916 Easter Rebellion in Dublin. He was a Socialist through and through, and considered as much of a threat to English rule because of his trade unionism as he was for his Irish nationalism.
He was shot by the British at the General Post Office and executed (murdered) by the British while on his deathbed - he'd been taken from the hospital to the firing squad at Kilmainham Gaol and carried into the execution square on a stretcher. He could not stand and was tied to a chair and shot.
So much for the civilizing effects of the British Empire.
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Date: 2020-05-14 04:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-05-14 04:52 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2020-05-14 07:28 pm (UTC)♥ ♥
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Date: 2020-05-14 08:06 pm (UTC)This song - and the history behind it - is so wonderfully, terribly moving.