The Irish fought for independence for far too many years. There were multiple uprisings. It was very much an asymmetric war.
This song spoke to me earlier this week when thinking of how the left thinks and acts. I wish I had the skills to set new lyrics to this tune to describe how the murder of Charlie is the start of major change.
The version I have is from “Wolfe Tones”, quite a nice band. Another interesting song of theirs is “Rock on Rockall” which prompted me to find out just what the heck Rockall is. (Look it up.)
For a somewhat different flavor of Irish songs there’s Mary O’Hara. I like her “Red Fox” which is half English, half Gaelic. Gaelic is fun to listen to. It’s also rather mindbending to try to match the sound with the spelling…