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Rifles of the I.R.A. is the fourth album by Irish folk and rebel band The Wolfe Tones. The album title Rifles of the I.R.A. makes reference to the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
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Released | 1970 | |||
Studio | Eamonn Andrews Studios[1] | |||
Genre | Irish folk Psychedelic folk | |||
Label | Dolphin Records | |||
Producer | The Wolfe Tones[1] | |||
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The album was the first that the band released on the Dolphin Records label.[1] The cover shows the band members dressed in the traditional dress of the IRA. The folk singer Christy Moore said of the cover, "I equate that particular record sleeve with Foster and Allen, dressed up as leprechauns. It was the very same thing. It had the same significance at the time."[3]
Track list
edit- Slievenamon
- Erin Go Bragh
- God Save Ireland
- The Sun is Burning
- Big Strong Man
- In Garran na Bhile
- Four Seasons
- Rifles of the I.R.A.
- Skibbereen
- Sweet Carnlough Bay
- Ships in Full Sail
- Sean Tracy (Tipperary So Far Away)
- Holy Ground
- Uncle Nobby's Steamboat
References
edit- ^ a b c Stewart, Ken (4 July 1970). "From The Music Capitals of the World: Dublin". Billboard. Vol. 82, no. 27. p. 72. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ Mason, Stewart. "Rifles of the I.R.A. - The Wolfe Tones". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ Bailie, Stuart (2018). Trouble Songs. Belfast: Bloomfield. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-5272-2047-8.
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