Dominic Behan
Rebellion at Easter
1966 - Rex LPR 1005 LP
(TV soundtrack)
Featured Songs:
The Croppy Boy
Who Dares Not Speak of Easter Week
The Foggy Dew
Soldier's Song
Erin Go Brath
God Save Irish
The Wearing of the Green
Skibbereen
My Old Fenian Gun
Roddy McCorley
The Dying Rebel
The Merry Ploughboy
The Bold Black and Tan
Tipperary So Far Away
Shall my Soul Pass Through Old Irish?
Kevin Barry
Credits
Producer: Elkan Allan
Director: John Sheppard
Script/Adaptation: Elkan Allan
Production Company: Rediffusion Network Productions
Country Of Origin: Great Britain
First aired: April 4, 1966
Notes
This is the soundtrack from 1966 TV documentary Rebellion At Easter: The Songs They Sang Were Of Ireland Free — Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, using songs of the time as commentary. Singers include Dominic Behan, Billy Boyle, James Caffrey, Eileen Colgan, Jerry Fox, Joe Lynch, Maeve Mulvanny, Michael Flynn, Eddie McGinley, and Patrick Duggan.
On Easter Monday, 1916, a tiny but determined army sized five key buildings in Dublin. Their stories and the events that followed are told through the songs they sang and the films and photographs of the time.
Source: Irish Film & TV Research Online - Trinity College Dublin