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with the words "God Save
Ireland", a motto taken up by supporters in the public gallery. All five were convicted and sentenced to death, again responding "God Save Ireland". One was acquitted on appeal as the evidence was shown to be unreliable; although the others were convicted on the evidence of
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Manchester. An attempt to shoot the lock off the carriage door caused the death of a police guard. In the following weeks, 28 men were arrested, 26 sent for trial, and five tried on 29 October. None had fired the fatal shot; all were charged with
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were first published on 7 December 1867, the day before the
Martyrs' funeral. Two other songs with the same title had been published before Sullivan's. To hasten his song's adoption, Sullivan set it to the well-known tune of
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the same witnesses, their sentences stood, though Condon's was commuted. The other three, Michael Larkin, William
Phillip Allen, and Michael O'Brien, were hanged on 23 November 1867 and dubbed the
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The phrase "God Save
Ireland" was quickly repeated by campaigners for their pardon and, after their hanging, by organisers of commemorations. The lyrics to "God Save Ireland" written by
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In the late 19th and early 20th century, "God Save
Ireland" was habitually sung at gatherings of Irish nationalists, both in Ireland and abroad; it was considered the anthem of the
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Writers of "The Nation," Wth Original and Ancient Music, Arranged for the Voice and Piano-forte
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60:'s yelling of "God Save Ireland!" during the Manchester Martyrs trial transformed the phrase into an Irish nationalist rallying cry
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of 1916, but thereafter it fell out of favour. The heavily wounded
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Climbed they up the rugged stair, rang their voices out in prayer,
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Close beside the gallows tree kissed like brothers lovingly,
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singing the song with his pistol still in hand. Just as the
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of the 1890s, "God Save
Ireland" was the anthem of the anti-
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High upon the gallows tree swung the noble-hearted three.
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prisoners by ambushing the carriage transporting them to
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Speeches from the dock, or, Protests of Irish patriotism
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For they thought of hearts that loved them far and near;
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executed in 1867. It served as an unofficial anthem for
637:"Brugha, Cathal (National Archives of Ireland webpage)"
258:", the anthem for the Republic of Ireland team for the
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But on the cause must go, amidst joy and weal and woe,
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Never till the latest day shall the memory pass away,
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Also 'Oh, no matter when for
Ireland dear we fall!'
194:who was presumed dead was discovered by Commandant
493:Recollections of troubled times in Irish politics
277:And they went with souls undaunted to their doom.
1148:Republic of Ireland national football team songs
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309:Then with England's fatal cord around them cast,
313:True to home and faith and freedom to the last.
273:By the vengeful tyrant stricken in their bloom;
186:The song was sung by the insurgents during the
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242:. The melody of the chorus was adapted for "
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901:Down by the Glenside (The Bold Fenian Men)
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301:And the friends in holy Ireland ever dear.
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357:Other songs using the same tune include "
214:, so "God Save Ireland" was eclipsed by "
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284:"God save Ireland!" said the heroes;
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467:. New York: P. J. Kenedy. pp.
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678:"The Story of the National Anthem"
540:. In Davis, Thomas Osborne (ed.).
14:
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487:Sullivan, Timothy Daniel (1905).
286:"God save Ireland" said they all.
538:"The Place where Man should Die"
100:physical force Irish republicans
775:The Wind that Shakes the Barley
379:
359:Jesus Loves the Little Children
248:Scotland national football team
875:1916 & War of Independence
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536:Barry, Michael Joseph (1845).
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644:Dictionary of Irish Biography
429:10.1080/09670882.2015.1078565
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85:doctrines. One of the five,
39:from the 1870s to the 1910s.
1138:Irish Republican Brotherhood
676:Sherry, Ruth (Spring 1996).
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288:Whether on the scaffold high
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983:Civil War & Anti-Treaty
906:The Boys of the Old Brigade
891:Come Out, Ye Black and Tans
332:
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990:Take It Down from the Mast
824:Famine & Young Ireland
544:. J. Duffy. pp. 223–4
290:Or the battlefield we die,
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200:Irish Parliamentary Party
165:Irish National Federation
154:Irish Parliamentary Party
1026:Only Our Rivers Run Free
944:Grand Old Dame Britannia
911:The Valley of Knockanure
795:The Wearing of the Green
240:Republic of Ireland team
232:sung at football matches
1062:Timothy Daniel Sullivan
1016:The Men Behind the Wire
931:Who Is Ireland's Enemy?
921:The Broad Black Brimmer
861:The Peeler and the Goat
365:'s anti-American song "
183:records of it in 1906.
134:, published in 1843 in
115:Timothy Daniel Sullivan
87:Edward O'Meagher Condon
58:Edward O'Meagher Condon
882:
780:The Rising of the Moon
755:
750:Follow Me up to Carlow
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256:Put 'Em Under Pressure
108:miscarriage of justice
102:but more generally by
61:
1153:Irish patriotic songs
1057:Patrick Joseph McCall
866:The Black Velvet Band
856:Join the British Army
831:The Fields of Athenry
810:Come All You Warriors
635:Quinn, James (2009).
597:Morris, Ewan (2005).
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603:Irish Academic Press
563:O'Day, Alan (1987).
471:–269, 329, 331, 346.
417:Irish Studies Review
152:, in particular the
132:Michael Joseph Barry
120:Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
91:speech from the dock
1158:The Dubliners songs
1031:The People's Own MP
851:A Nation Once Again
805:The Boys of Wexford
785:Kelly from Killanne
688:(1). Dublin: 39–43.
625:O'Day (1987), p. 16
260:FIFA World Cup 1990
252:FIFA World Cup 1978
916:Tri-Colored Ribbon
841:Back Home in Derry
657:on 6 February 2014
250:'s anthem for the
244:Ally's Tartan Army
216:The Soldiers' Song
150:Home Rule movement
144:Nationalist anthem
128:American Civil War
104:Irish nationalists
96:Manchester Martyrs
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49:Manchester Martyrs
37:Irish nationalists
29:Manchester Martyrs
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1112:Mickey MacConnell
926:Rifles of the IRA
884:Amhrán na bhFiann
727:Irish rebel songs
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206:were eclipsed by
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220:Irish Free State
175:residing in the
158:Parnellite split
98:, not merely by
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27:celebrating the
25:Irish rebel song
21:God Save Ireland
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582:20 November
370: [
363:Ernst Busch
236:Celtic F.C.
234:by fans of
171:, an Irish
106:who felt a
43:Composition
1133:1867 songs
1127:Categories
938:Daily Mail
836:Skibbereen
790:Boolavogue
576:0826421172
393:References
181:phonograph
162:Parnellite
137:The Nation
77:under the
47:See also:
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376:" (1952).
345:Footnotes
328:(Chorus)
208:Sinn Féin
333:See also
316:(Chorus)
304:(Chorus)
238:and the
226:In sport
210:and the
202:and the
31:, three
23:" is an
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281:Chorus:
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266:Lyrics
75:murder
66:Fenian
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173:tenor
124:Union
663:2015
607:ISBN
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