My mother played this most Saturdays. We grew listening to them. The rebel songs were forbidden in the UK, mum played them anyway. She was 25 in 1960 when she and dad came over to England, to a farm labourers job. My sister, my brother and I came with them. I still feel teary when I listen to them and I’m 70 in November. God bless.
This takes me back to my childhood brings a tear to my eye I’m Scottish not Irish love this album and believe it or not I’m a Rangers supporter but not a bigot
I was raised hearing this album from a very early age. My dad said he got this one and another Album by the Freedom Fighters, A Nation Once Again in Ireland, while he was based in Cork, with the Merchant Navy. He said that being there made him feel his Irish roots, and fall in love with the country. He always wanted to go back. He would speak of the beauty of the country, and the people. Many years later, he finally managed to return, even though it was only for a week, on the Shannon, it was a fantastic week.
My dad had this record and sang this version of Kevin Barry every Hogmanay. We played this album so often, our version had a different cover sleeve! This is fantastic! You've made my year dude! ❤
my old man had this album back in the early 70s ,he would blast it out every Sunday morning with all the windows open for our English neighbours to have a listen .i haven't heard it for over 40 years,thanks for the memory.
My mother had this album. She married a British soldier......... always knew when she was angry with my father or the army. Windows open this album on full blast, every one on the army housing estate had to put up with it. RIP mum.
It’s made my day finding this on RU-vid, despite the tears I wasn’t expecting. I have this album, it was my Dad’s. We don’t have any Irish connections that I’m aware of, my dad just loved the music and I grew up, like many others here, listening to to it in the 70’s. I’m now 61 and still know all the words. Currently reading a book set in West Cork in the 1920’s and it’s given me a whole different perspective to what came afterwards with the IRA. Thank you to whoever put this on here. It will be very much listened to now ☘️🇮🇪
There's a little Irish in everyone. After the long 100years war in Europe, it was the Irish monks who went out to educate the nobility in Europe as so many had died.
I have rebel songs as my ringtones on my phone was in the post office once when the phone rang it was blasting out come out yee black & tans was getting a few funny looks
My Father was Irish. We lived in London but my fathers heart was in Ireland. His mind was in the IRA. I was 7 years old. I am now 60. He played this album often. I had no idea all these songs were imprinted in my psyche. I never knew i knew all the words. When hearing these song it brought back my Sunday afternoons being told of the good old days of my now deceased father. Thank You. Dia dhaoibh Éire
my mother was from Ireland and lived in london, like you brought up on these songs, brings back memories of my youth and singing and humming these tunes
Me too, the album was a part of my childhood. I grew up in NY with an Irish mother and this record was played especially on Sundays. I love it so much, it's nostalgic.
I grew up listening to these songs, my late mum was from Adglass Co Down I'm proud of my Irish roots and have yesterday returned from a 10 day visit. My brother has this LP I know all the words. I feel very sad that these songs even exist. The suffering of the Irish people is something that should never be forgotten.. and certainly lesson should be learnt ❤
I watched an episode of Who Do You Think You Are featuring Boy George, In the episode he was saying as a teen, at family gatherings at his home, one of his Aunties would get a bit tipsy, and tell him to put the Freedom Fighters on. He actually sings some of Kevin Barry too. One of his relatives was hanged for being a part or the Uprising, and is buried next to or near Kevin Barry.
My brother in law played keyboard's with The freedom fighters ,Ian steele,,I remember belting these songs out as a wee boy and getting told off saying I would get onto trouble😂😂
Yes I also listened to it as a teenager. Such lovely voices and catchy songs. It’s a pity it’s not available on Spotify or in CD 💿 form. I believe it’s only available still on vinyl.
Memories from my childhood my mum knew every word and sang so proudly. She shared her love for Ireland 🇮🇪 with all of her children. Thanks for the memories ❤
i must have heard this Lp hundreds of times growing up , Like many with Irish parents around the World. i still have the original Lp . It's a classic Album for many . I heard Boy George talk about him listening to ' Kevin Barry' on 'Who do you think you are' awile back , and I'll bet it was this Lp he had. ,,,,🇮🇪🇪🇺🇮🇪🇪🇺🇮🇪🇪🇺🇮🇪🇪🇺🇮🇪🇪🇺🇮🇪🇪🇺🇮🇪🇪🇺🇮🇪
Born in London to an Irish mother, I have carried this LP with me around the world. Spent most of the time in storage. THank you for putting this out. Sweet childhood memories, I had no idea of the importance of these songs and turned the HiFi up load and my mother used to come in yelling me to turn it down in case we got into trouble.
I remember visiting Ireland as a kid in 1967 the year this album was released and my mum buying it. It was played to death throughout my childhood and it still resonates today. I know all the words to Kevin Barry and The Merry Ploughboy and will sing these at parties after a few Guinness. Long live the republican movement.
Omdz I’ve still got this LP , my mother use say don’t play it will upset some people so me being bad kid lol put it on my mama record plays and blasted it out at the time I didn’t no the full story behind these tunes love them all up to now 2021 x It’s history told by music Just like many more tunes from bk in the days x
0:00 Kevin Barry 5:28 The Merry Ploughboy 7:55 The Boys Of Kilmichael 11:40 The Wearing Of The Green 13:10 Peter Crowley 15:40 Black And Tan Gun 19:00 My Only Son Was Shot In Dublin 24:09 Boola Vogue 27:50 Tipperary Far Away 30:14 Roddy McCawley
My father and mother and my brother were born in Ireland i was born in England but I grew up with this music every Sunday morning and I loved my childhood
I'm another person whose father used to play this in England to keep the spirit of Ireland alive. I was cleaning out the loft this evening and found the record under a lot of other 'family history' things. It was hopelessly scratched, but here I am now, hearing it again!
I played the drums on this, we were the Fontana Showband playing in London. The flute player was an elderly session man who told me he had played with Jack Hylton back in the swing era.
Hi Art, was it a classical flute? Sounds like it. Well done on being part of this. A massive thing for us Catholics in Scotland. Everyone at my primary school seemed to have this record at home. Thank you!
Hey Art, d'u know the story of the "getting snowed in, after a helicopter ride, in the States, and missing an important meeting, which would have helped the freedom fighters brake America "? (I met Bernie Tobin, in his pub, the twilight zone, in fermoy, cork, Ireland, about 20 plus years ago. I met him to chat about rory Gallagher) Thanks.
I was over the moon when I found this album as my dear father would play this often in the house and my family and myself know all the words of the rebel song’s fantastic they have a great history behind each one on this album fair play to the Irish
I am English and have no Irish Connections but bought this Album 1969/70 and still listen to it today the songs tell great stories and the artists are great singers
@@studslannigan6286 His great uncle, Thomas Bryan, was an IRA member and was executed by the British in 1921 during the Irish War of Independence. He was one of a group of men hanged (14 of March 1921) in Mountjoy Prison in the period 1920-1921, commonly referred to as "The Forgotten Ten" : respect !
A bloke who my dad knew walked into a pub in Sheffield in the 70’s dressed in a green tunic and gave him this on cassette along some others and said look after this coz I might be in prison soon. I used to have to play it for him everyday when he came home from pub. He eventually borrowed it out and lost it. I looked everywhere for this version of Kevin Barry and somehow came across this page. Bought the vinyl and at 74 he couldn’t believe it. X
Mine too, I had this album and another one by the freedom fighters, I still have them but they're all scratched, I bought them in Woolworths in Scotland,
@@mariareid4158 Hi Maria, the other one was a nation once again. I have them both along at my Dad's. My favourites were 'The Wolfhound' though. They were a wee bit later.
I've got this LP still. When I brought it in 1967 my dad surprised me by knowing most of the words to most of the songs. He had learnt them as a young British soldier during WW2. Apparently they used to sing them to annoy the Officers.
Dad had this LP years ago he played it so much by the time he had finished with it, it was full of scratches, never got bored of listening to all the songs, dad has passed away now glad I have found this on RU-vid.
Tony McGovern... Check out Discogs.com Tony.... it’s a massive market place for original copies of vinyls of all types and genres...... currently 23 of this original album for sale as of 26-3-19
Tony ....we are from Donegal so as a Glasgow Celtic fan we are the best singers of the Rebel Songs bar none as u will see at Celtic Park with the Green Brigade and 60'000 others.....what a magical place for the Irish Diaspora to be... 3x3 = ETERNITY 😉😉😉😆😆😆😁😁😁
I think I bought this from a stall one Sunday in East Lane off the Walworth Road as a present for my Dad - I think every Irish family in South London had a copy - probably sold more copies than the No 1 in the LP charts at the time - I’m sure it wa pre decimal - 12s and 6p
This is amazing... You gotta love youtube... this album means so much to me... memories of listening to my Dads records when I was younger... memories of my childhood... it’s so awesome that I can listen to it again now without a record player!
My dad had this LP in his record collection, maybe borrowed from his Irish mum. As a London-born-and-bred boy I became familiar with these rebel songs because of this album, and cos some of the pubs near us (Hammersmith) had them on the jukeboxes. So pleased to hear these songs again, 50 years later! Thanks a million for the upload 🙏
Sadly the rank and file Hibee abandoned their links to the Rebs. It has lead to a shrinkage of the once massive Hibs support. Sadly . Glad that some are keeping the link.
Got 2 of these Albums...definitely different faces on the aul guy on front cover....God Rest Commandant Tom Barry and the Bhoys of Kilmichael who fought for the Green Flag of Ireland and Conquered the red white and blue🤗🤗
In the early seventies, mom took a trip to Ireland, and came back with this gem. It became a favorite of mine throughout the years. When I was young, we sang the first verse on a cassette tape I still remember the sound of us. Over time mom is gone, and over chaos, so is the album. I'm incredibly grateful that this is online, and I get to hear it again. Someday, this album will play through the hi-fi again. I'll have to be patient though, I don't imagine a remaster of this, and that leaves the original pressings. And I'm totally fine with that. Edit: I just learned through Discogs that there were 3 pressings of this album, 2 in GB, and one in Canada. The Canadian lacquer was cut at RCA Toronto, which was a decent mastering house. For the GB pressings, Pickwick handed that over to a CBS studio there.
Looks like there are some of the original vinyl LPs for sale on eBay; I'm tempted, but would have to dig out the old record player from the cupboard to play it!
Love these songs grew up listening to them..lost my dad 3 years ago and I lost his irish rebels cd and found this on youtube..thank you to whoever you are for uploading this album ♥️
@@SSJfraz Good man yourself for posting this...in Irving Welsh's book trainspotting the lads went to a party and played Irish Rebel music but this was not included in the film....can imagine Francis Begbie singing the oul war songs🤣🤣🤣
@@SSJfraz Ps...I'm sure the face of the old guy in your copy above is different from the face of the old guy in my copy? the fella singing Kevin Barry is Liam Tierney who went on to join The Barleycorn from Belfast.
@@torquemada3273 Are you sure he's different? The only 2 versions of this album i'm familiar with are this stereo version by Hallmark Records and the mono version by Allegro Records. But both versions feature the same cover art.
@@SSJfraz Just checked it...this is the allegro LP (possibly the original one) and does indeed have identical cover but the old guy's face on the Hallmark edition is not the same as the one on Allegro version...think he is the real chap but they stuck a different coupon on the hallmark one for some reason...maybe a copyright issue with the original photo? there's always someone out there who will know (usually with a tweed jacket and pipe)😁 Slainte.
I love this record, my dad came from youghal in Cork and he played it all the time, so it was a big part of my childhood and it still is, thank you for putting it on.