The song you have playing is about the 69th NY regiment, but the photo that is posted is of the 28th Massachusetts Regiment of the Irish Brigade. The picture is a painting by Don Troiani and it is called "Clear the Way" or "Faugh a Ballagh."
@Nightrbinger24 The British had full control over Ireland. The Prince of Wales is the title of the Heir Apparent of the U.K., so I believe it is a reference to that. Also, before the war, Colonel Michael Cocoran refused to allow his regiment to march in a parade in New York which was in honor of the visit of the Prince of Wales.
This song makes me proud to be Irish, but I got to explain the cause of the Confederate states. The south populated only 30% of the united states but paid 80% of the taxes, and they had no say in congress. It was taxation without represention. Thats the real reason weither your ignorance can see it or not.
@rustynuts2255 The documents of secession of Georgia, the Carolinas, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and perhaps others specifically mention slavery as their primary cassus belli. Perhaps the average Confederate soldier cared not for slavery, but the government for which he fought undoubtably did. The real reason for the Civil War was in reality slavery, whether you subscribe to the revisionist doctrine of the south or not.
For those interested, the song refers to the following (from wikipedia):
After engaging in the assault in the First Battle of Bull Run, the regiment, along with the Fire Zouaves, formed the rear-guard of the Union Army and protected it as it made its retreat towards Washington. Corcoran was captured during the battle. Thomas Francis Meagher, Captain of the regiment's Zouave company, was promoted to Colonel.
More information under: 69th Infantry Regiment (New York)
I wish Americans sang folk songs. Right next to these same Irish soldiers and New York Firemen this song is about, in this same battle and same charge - was the 1st Minnesota Volunteers, first state ever to offer volunteers. They fought next to the Irish throughout the whole war. Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg, Antietam, Bull Run, and repulsed Picketts Charge where they captured a Virginia flag.
@pen24 i bet u forgot about the lynching of blacks in new yourk protesting the service of so many irish men in a fight most seen as the same as in ireland against the british lmao i love historical facts R.I.P. MY IRISH CONFEDERATE GRAND FATHERS!!!!!!!!
@rohan6612 I think its a reference to the sprig of shamrock they wore in there hats or it could be the flag the only ones that wore an actual Green Union uniform was the sharp shooters the first who were the first snipers in U.S. military history.
I don't think this was from DURING the Civil War. The mention of the "Prince of Wales" is what makes me sceptical. There was a noted incident from after the war where the commander of the Irish Brigade refused to participate in a salute to the Prince of Wales who was visiting the U.S.
@VictorLepanto It is a period ballad. The incident was from before the war. Corcoran was court-martialed in 1861 but the charges were dropped as war grew closer and they realized his value in recruiting the Irish population to fight for the Union.
@skorka32: Maybe you're right. I'll have to make an independent investigation of the subject. Now the impression I've been given of him on the History Channel is that the incident w/ the Prince of Wales as after the war. I've always been more a Lincoln enthusiast, on him my knowledge is highly detailed. On the war I am more vague. Civil War enthusiast tend to have the opposite malady.
Until last week after a year in the 69th Penn I was with THESE guys here in Cali. but left due to complications but even though Fa' a Ba'llach New York!!
I should also inform you the war lasted until 1865. The gatling gun was invented one year after the war started, and was used for the next 3 years. The war ranged from 1861-1865.
Im a confederate but I love the union as well I wish these men a good life in the afterlife of any sort thank you for this video its a good song god bless
I may not be irish, Confederate or Catholic.. But A Good man i am.. and i love a good fight. VikingFury and the will to die in battle for a just cause!
If The Troubles start over let us all die as Saints.
@tette666 Good question! He speaks about dashing Zouave's that run with the machine, who took the colors of Eire back. Zouave's were light infantryman, so heavy machineguns or something like that is very unlikely. To be honest i dont know the answer, perhaps another YouTube user could give an usefull reaction.
@FrijeFryskeGrun Je komt uit Friesland? denk ik? nou dan kan ik wel antwoorden in "Nederduits" denk ik :p, nee ik denk ook niet dat het iets met machineguns te maken heeft, gezien die nog niet bestonden in 1861.
If you dind't made anything up outta what I've just said... then tell me :p.
@FrijeFryskeGrun "the machine" refers to the firefighting equipment of the time. 1860's fire engine if you will. They were firemen in the city of New York before the war.
@skorka32 lol he is not singing about firemen. LOL He is speaking about fireteams. Firemen kept up heavy fire of rifle. Its a term. A "wimsical" way to say something. The zouaves were elite soldiers from new york whos uniform resembled the uniforms of french soldiers and foreign legions. I think it ment more of the unit moved like a machine then a literal interpritation . They didnt have firefighters on civil war battle fields.
@Archangelshithead2 You need to pick up a book or learn to use Google. They were New York City firemen before they volunteered for the Army. The term "firemen" literally means FIRE MEN. You know, guys who fought fires. To "run with the machine" literally was how they got to fires. They ran alongside the machine that pumped water to fight the fires.
@MikeMcMikerson You'd think that, but oddly enough, though they were firemen before enlisting, the Army forced them to take muskets and bayonets into battle.
@FrijeFryskeGrun It cant be machine guns, cause those had not been invented at the time of the Battle of Bull Run, my guess is they mean some kind of fireman machine used to put out water, since he refers repeatedly to those "gallant New York Firemen", I'm just speculating though, i dont know the actual answer
@FrijeFryskeGrun Zouaves were the light infantry men so they were often used as gurads for artillery batteries it is likely that it could refer to the dr. gatlings invention, or mortars.
@TJbivens403 The Gatling gun wasnt invented to 1862 and never saw field use during the war. Also Zouaves were used as regular infantry in the united states they were just called zouaves since they wore the uniform. It was a popular uniform in the years leading up to the war
@hospitaller1987 though you may be right about the Zouaves, I know for a fact the gatling gun WAS used in the war. there were many technological advancements it that era. I have ancestors who fought in that war, and one of them was killed by a gatling gun. He was stationed near the railroads at a city. the gatling gun was inside a train as it came up It shot and killed him. The town was taken as well. But i do appreciate the information on the uniform. I should also inform you the
@FrijeFryskeGrun The Zouaves (spelling is not right there is an h in theresome where I believe) was a group who formed their own unit during the Civil War.
@tette666 Would I be right in saying that the Red Shirts mentioned in this song were a regiment made up of firemen from New York? Perhaps the 'machine' is a reference to their fire engine, and as long as the New York City Fire Engines run through the streets the red shirts will be remembered?
@tette666 I think it is saying that they were part of the "military machine" as in they were part of the army fighting with another army. When an army gets into close combat like this it becomes a big cluster where the soldiers are mindless drone fighting for their lives, and where orders become lost and scrambled and it turns into a big huge meat grinder of death and carnage where men are just fighting to survive and for the lives of their "brothers in arms". This is just my take on it.
This was probably the most stupid war which our Irish compatriots took part in as they were frowned upon by the both sides of the conflict and their homeland was occupied by the English with tens of thousands of Irish families dying of famine and mistreatment by the English occupiers.
actually correct me if i'm wrong but Pennsylvania sent the most troops to fight in every war since the Revolutionary War. If not it was close between New York and Pennsylvania
No matter the place, the cause, the land or the nation in where the brave irish men have been fought, they have been put in all high the name of Ireland.
I've been reading some of these comments and except for a 'frenckebben' and a couple others I'd like to know WHAT IN THE HELL do they have to do with the Irish in the AMERICAN Civil War?! Get over yourselves, nobody is impressed except you.
Why is it that every retard thinks every Irishman that fking immigrated during the period was ulster-scot. You need to get over the biggotry, seriously.
I don't think that even a nominal number of the Irish that emigrated in the 19th century were Ulster Scots. I was merely referring the the 17th and 18th century settlers that played a significant part in the founding of the United States. The 19th century immigrant were predominantly catholic, and played no small part in our country's past. I was merely pointing out to the fellow that a significant number of the people of Irish descent in the US have no connection to the republican cause.
Funny because many, many Irish republicans throughout history were protestant. In southern Ireland nobody gives a damn what religon anybody is, it's not an issue.
The Ulster-scots or Scots-irish as they are called in the United states are the descendants of the scottish planters in Ulster that left during the late 17th and 18th centuries to colonize the americas. They are a separate cultural group from the gaelic catholic Irish immigrants in the 19th century. The scots irish were scots who lived for a time in ulster or of scottish descent from Ulster.
The "ulster scots" are a fictitous group like the leprachauns who were invented by loyalists post GFA to lay claim to funds being handed out as part of the "peace process". The term did not exist before that. Anyway the origin of "Scottish" is "Irish" - the Romans word for "Gael"
So you are denying the existence of a population in Northern Ireland that is mostly of lowland Scottish descent with a language known as Ulster-Scots? And yes, the term "Scotti" was originally used for raiders from the north of Ireland who eventually settled in Caledonia and intermarried with the Picts. However in the intervening millennium, a separate culture developed. In fact, go tell as Scotsman that he is really just Irish and see what happens.
There is no language "Ulster-Scots", there is no "seperate culture" among the northern loyalists, just a fetish for english kitsch. So you realise that Ulster is an Irish prvoince and the origin of "Scot" means Irish, you're learning. Go try giving instructions to an Irishman in real life and see what happens.............
I suppose next you're gonna tell us that Wales doesn't exist, cuz the blood running through my veins, will tell you that Scots-Irish and Wales both exist
No I'm not I am saying that the title Ulster-Scots is a made up name to refer to the descendants of the planters who colonised the north in the wake of the English invasions. How come there are ZERO people claiming to be "ulster-scots" in the three counties of Ulster in the reppublic then?
America has always had a reasonably good relationship with the Irish, and traditionally a very poor relationship with Britain until WWI really. PM Palmerston in the 1860's saw what he believed was the scheming hand of the US in all his problems with the Irish in Ireland and Canada. The US turned a blind eye to the Irish assaults against Canada a few years later. Most of our history their was simply no way to cross the ocean, defeat the British navy, and land troops in Ireland, lol, not practical
well said mo chara.but wernt the southerners mostly scotts irish? a very differrent people from the gaelic celtic irish but lets not forget it was among them the irish republican cause was born and many of their symbols are green and gold so in many ways they were just irish all be it many were orange sash wearing guys(so say loyalists)a bit strange loyal to the crown in erin against it in the uk and decended from rebel scottish lol
Palmerston had Americans traveling to Ireland monitored, and said
"The American assault on Ireland under the name of Fenianism may be now held to have failed, but the snake is only scotched and not killed. It is far from impossible that the American conspirators may try and obtain in our North American provinces compensation for their defeat in Ireland."
The song you have playing is about the 69th NY regiment, but the photo that is posted is of the 28th Massachusetts Regiment of the Irish Brigade. The picture is a painting by Don Troiani and it is called "Clear the Way" or "Faugh a Ballagh."
FrenchMusicBeagle14 4 weeks ago
Massachusetts was there not just new york and all of Ireland ....
Join the army boys
lynchmob9642 1 month ago
ya'll dumbasses stupied yanks
secfootballfan94 1 month ago
@secfootballfan94 Stupid* :) or are we not supposed to spell either? Fuck face.
devildrive04 3 weeks ago in playlist Liked videos
@devildrive04 idk shit nuggets or are u still got your damn head up lincolns ass
secfootballfan94 3 weeks ago
whats a zouaves ????
olfox88 1 month ago
@olfox88 Light infantry.
0Griffinhawk0 1 month ago in playlist Civilwar
I really like the song.
But why does he metion the Prince of Wales in the second verse?
Nightrbinger24 2 months ago
@Nightrbinger24 The British had full control over Ireland. The Prince of Wales is the title of the Heir Apparent of the U.K., so I believe it is a reference to that. Also, before the war, Colonel Michael Cocoran refused to allow his regiment to march in a parade in New York which was in honor of the visit of the Prince of Wales.
CAPace09 1 month ago
im not being that one sick dick on youtube and i love Ireland but inset it a little gross that the number is 69 did no one else notice that
TheThegreatmightypoo 2 months ago
@TheThegreatmightypoo are u bein serious??
DrrnTW 1 month ago
my ancestor wore the green of the northern Carolina. He was a liaison officer.
bweber2k 2 months ago
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Legionairius807 3 months ago
This album is much better than his second album... I wore this cd out when I first got it almost 15 years ago.
3mate1 4 months ago
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This song makes me proud to be Irish, but I got to explain the cause of the Confederate states. The south populated only 30% of the united states but paid 80% of the taxes, and they had no say in congress. It was taxation without represention. Thats the real reason weither your ignorance can see it or not.
rustynuts2255 4 months ago
@rustynuts2255 The documents of secession of Georgia, the Carolinas, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and perhaps others specifically mention slavery as their primary cassus belli. Perhaps the average Confederate soldier cared not for slavery, but the government for which he fought undoubtably did. The real reason for the Civil War was in reality slavery, whether you subscribe to the revisionist doctrine of the south or not.
TheCory2015 1 month ago
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rustynuts2255 4 months ago
that was a terrible war that draged many a good man to the grave for a terrible cause(slavery) even if it was the souths main thing
goldenboy443 5 months ago 4
Can sombody find me the music for this? I HAVE to learn it. Full music. Guitar, violin, everything.
DragonForce92293 5 months ago
i thought theey meant the war machine of the south
leonkerr19 5 months ago
For those interested, the song refers to the following (from wikipedia):
After engaging in the assault in the First Battle of Bull Run, the regiment, along with the Fire Zouaves, formed the rear-guard of the Union Army and protected it as it made its retreat towards Washington. Corcoran was captured during the battle. Thomas Francis Meagher, Captain of the regiment's Zouave company, was promoted to Colonel.
More information under: 69th Infantry Regiment (New York)
Kailhun 6 months ago
we are the fighting 69th airsoft team.
sermax6 6 months ago
I've played this album so much, it's nearly worn out! Thank you David Kinkaid -
Let me know when the sequel comes out!
Archaeolass 7 months ago
I wish Americans sang folk songs. Right next to these same Irish soldiers and New York Firemen this song is about, in this same battle and same charge - was the 1st Minnesota Volunteers, first state ever to offer volunteers. They fought next to the Irish throughout the whole war. Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg, Antietam, Bull Run, and repulsed Picketts Charge where they captured a Virginia flag.
They deserve a folk song too! :)
pen24 8 months ago 13
@pen24 Some of us still do, those who like music with meaning anyway.
smellincoffee 8 months ago
@pen24 Interesting fact, the 1st Minnesota Volunteers suffered 83% casualties at Gettysburg, only 44 men walked away from their engagement there.
pitatapiu 3 months ago
@pen24 i bet u forgot about the lynching of blacks in new yourk protesting the service of so many irish men in a fight most seen as the same as in ireland against the british lmao i love historical facts R.I.P. MY IRISH CONFEDERATE GRAND FATHERS!!!!!!!!
Southernjuggalo63 1 month ago
EH! IF YOU IRISH, YOUR LUCKY ENOUGH! IF YOU STAND WITH THE IRON BRIGADES, THEN YOUR DAMN IRISH, SHOW THEM THE IRON FIST!
MKbaddog 9 months ago
@MKbaddog old irish proverb "if your lucky enough to be irish, then your lucky enough"
theboyoofoly 6 months ago
@theboyoofoly eh the best of em
MKbaddog 6 months ago
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pen24 9 months ago
do the were green the irish in the union army
rohan6612 9 months ago
@rohan6612 I think its a reference to the sprig of shamrock they wore in there hats or it could be the flag the only ones that wore an actual Green Union uniform was the sharp shooters the first who were the first snipers in U.S. military history.
californiafart 9 months ago
@californiafart thank you forsying man i know hows its like now
rohan6612 9 months ago
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Fagh a Ballah!!!
Alue26 10 months ago
Fagh a Ballah
Alue26 10 months ago
I don't think this was from DURING the Civil War. The mention of the "Prince of Wales" is what makes me sceptical. There was a noted incident from after the war where the commander of the Irish Brigade refused to participate in a salute to the Prince of Wales who was visiting the U.S.
VictorLepanto 10 months ago
@VictorLepanto It is a period ballad. The incident was from before the war. Corcoran was court-martialed in 1861 but the charges were dropped as war grew closer and they realized his value in recruiting the Irish population to fight for the Union.
skorka32 9 months ago
@skorka32: Maybe you're right. I'll have to make an independent investigation of the subject. Now the impression I've been given of him on the History Channel is that the incident w/ the Prince of Wales as after the war. I've always been more a Lincoln enthusiast, on him my knowledge is highly detailed. On the war I am more vague. Civil War enthusiast tend to have the opposite malady.
VictorLepanto 9 months ago
PS I recreated the battle this is singing about
jesseusgrantcanales 11 months ago
Until last week after a year in the 69th Penn I was with THESE guys here in Cali. but left due to complications but even though Fa' a Ba'llach New York!!
jesseusgrantcanales 11 months ago
my great great grand father fought in the scoish battalion
legostarwarsguy0515 1 year ago
four people are fools
jonluck77 1 year ago
my great grandfather fought in the 69th
11bravo402 1 year ago
fuck the ulster scots !! orange hure!!
nk11090 1 year ago
wot about the ulster scots.....NO SURRENDER
mooseylad 1 year ago
@mooseylad no one gives a shit about the ulster scots not even the british
gt2e 6 months ago
u got say us irish boys have always been fighters
MrBrandonannette 1 year ago
fág an bealach!!!
StarF0x97 1 year ago
Their names we will keep where the fenians sleep
'neath the shroud of the foggy dew.
pythag123 1 year ago
I should also inform you the war lasted until 1865. The gatling gun was invented one year after the war started, and was used for the next 3 years. The war ranged from 1861-1865.
TJbivens403 1 year ago
the zouves were firefighters in new york the machine is the horse drawn engines they used to pump water with
rangerdensmore 1 year ago
HURRAH FOR THE IRISH BIRGADES!!!!!!
69th New York
24th Georgia
Brother against brother.
KatushaShortFilms 1 year ago
Thumbs up if you think war is stupid :-P
kleuter15 1 year ago
Im a confederate but I love the union as well I wish these men a good life in the afterlife of any sort thank you for this video its a good song god bless
deo vindice
REfanboys1 1 year ago
This is a absolutely beauitful song it brings a tear to my eye
0Griffinhawk0 1 year ago
simply epic
Legionairius807 1 year ago
I may not be irish, Confederate or Catholic.. But A Good man i am.. and i love a good fight. VikingFury and the will to die in battle for a just cause!
If The Troubles start over let us all die as Saints.
Djevelhund 1 year ago
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Legionairius807 1 year ago
This song makes you think, that you can always fight for a good cause, even if you lose the battle.
Alue26 1 year ago
If you ask me I think running with the machine means mabye running without fatigue.
Miklu93 1 year ago
what do they mean with the "machine"?
tette666 1 year ago
@tette666 Good question! He speaks about dashing Zouave's that run with the machine, who took the colors of Eire back. Zouave's were light infantryman, so heavy machineguns or something like that is very unlikely. To be honest i dont know the answer, perhaps another YouTube user could give an usefull reaction.
FrijeFryskeGrun 1 year ago 3
@FrijeFryskeGrun Je komt uit Friesland? denk ik? nou dan kan ik wel antwoorden in "Nederduits" denk ik :p, nee ik denk ook niet dat het iets met machineguns te maken heeft, gezien die nog niet bestonden in 1861.
If you dind't made anything up outta what I've just said... then tell me :p.
tette666 1 year ago
@FrijeFryskeGrun "the machine" refers to the firefighting equipment of the time. 1860's fire engine if you will. They were firemen in the city of New York before the war.
skorka32 1 year ago 20
@skorka32 That makes sence. Thank you!
FrijeFryskeGrun 1 year ago 2
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mrbrownstone123 1 year ago
@skorka32 lol he is not singing about firemen. LOL He is speaking about fireteams. Firemen kept up heavy fire of rifle. Its a term. A "wimsical" way to say something. The zouaves were elite soldiers from new york whos uniform resembled the uniforms of french soldiers and foreign legions. I think it ment more of the unit moved like a machine then a literal interpritation . They didnt have firefighters on civil war battle fields.
Archangelshithead2 1 year ago
@Archangelshithead2 both sides have Zouave regiments and Irish regiments.
Archangelshithead2 1 year ago
@Archangelshithead2 You need to pick up a book or learn to use Google. They were New York City firemen before they volunteered for the Army. The term "firemen" literally means FIRE MEN. You know, guys who fought fires. To "run with the machine" literally was how they got to fires. They ran alongside the machine that pumped water to fight the fires.
skorka32 1 year ago 2
@Archangelshithead2 you are playing too much call of duty with your "fireteam" bullshit,dont over think it
gt2e 6 months ago
@gt2e I dont play video games man but whatever its a great song i think on this we can find common ground bro.
Archangelshithead2 6 months ago
@skorka32 One thing I don't understand about that..how did a fire brigade help take back the 69th's colors? using hoses and axes? lol
MikeMcMikerson 9 months ago
@MikeMcMikerson You'd think that, but oddly enough, though they were firemen before enlisting, the Army forced them to take muskets and bayonets into battle.
skorka32 9 months ago
@FrijeFryskeGrun It cant be machine guns, cause those had not been invented at the time of the Battle of Bull Run, my guess is they mean some kind of fireman machine used to put out water, since he refers repeatedly to those "gallant New York Firemen", I'm just speculating though, i dont know the actual answer
Lambchop08 1 year ago
@FrijeFryskeGrun put out fire*, not water, my bad, im tired haha
Lambchop08 1 year ago
@FrijeFryskeGrun Zouaves were the light infantry men so they were often used as gurads for artillery batteries it is likely that it could refer to the dr. gatlings invention, or mortars.
TJbivens403 1 year ago
@TJbivens403 The Gatling gun wasnt invented to 1862 and never saw field use during the war. Also Zouaves were used as regular infantry in the united states they were just called zouaves since they wore the uniform. It was a popular uniform in the years leading up to the war
hospitaller1987 1 year ago
@hospitaller1987 though you may be right about the Zouaves, I know for a fact the gatling gun WAS used in the war. there were many technological advancements it that era. I have ancestors who fought in that war, and one of them was killed by a gatling gun. He was stationed near the railroads at a city. the gatling gun was inside a train as it came up It shot and killed him. The town was taken as well. But i do appreciate the information on the uniform. I should also inform you the
TJbivens403 1 year ago
@FrijeFryskeGrun The Zouaves (spelling is not right there is an h in theresome where I believe) was a group who formed their own unit during the Civil War.
wannamoremusic 7 months ago
@tette666 Would I be right in saying that the Red Shirts mentioned in this song were a regiment made up of firemen from New York? Perhaps the 'machine' is a reference to their fire engine, and as long as the New York City Fire Engines run through the streets the red shirts will be remembered?
Just a guess.
cameramanAL 1 year ago
@tette666 I think it is saying that they were part of the "military machine" as in they were part of the army fighting with another army. When an army gets into close combat like this it becomes a big cluster where the soldiers are mindless drone fighting for their lives, and where orders become lost and scrambled and it turns into a big huge meat grinder of death and carnage where men are just fighting to survive and for the lives of their "brothers in arms". This is just my take on it.
mrbrownstone123 1 year ago
Hurah for all Irish and Scottish boys in action!
washingtonboy09 1 year ago
Truly a Great Song about Brave Men
ag47wings 1 year ago
i think the english should give back the isle to irland and the irish have held their own in every war they were in their even braver the hilghanders
cornalhuey 1 year ago 4
God Bless the lads of the 69th PVI( Philadelphia Irish) that held the wall at Gettysburg
FireMan1240 1 year ago
Wonderful!!! I'm all fan!
TheFinancenerd 1 year ago
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Legionairius807 1 year ago
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This was probably the most stupid war which our Irish compatriots took part in as they were frowned upon by the both sides of the conflict and their homeland was occupied by the English with tens of thousands of Irish families dying of famine and mistreatment by the English occupiers.
BostonEm 1 year ago
FAUGH-AH-BALLAH!!!
(Clear The Way)
generaltodd2 1 year ago 2
Erin go bragh!!
HiramAbiff06 1 year ago
god bless the irish in the us army
gobabygo90809 1 year ago
during the 1800's the british needed about 100,000 men station in ireland that is more then the whole british army in all of india during that time
naughton101 1 year ago
@naughton101 the british army did not even number 100,000 men in the 1800s
677222 1 year ago
@677222 sorry about that typo on my part i ment to put 1900
naughton101 11 months ago
i wish everyone would just shut up about a war that happened almost 150 years ago... i guess time dosent heal old wounds
xWhocaresxX 2 years ago 3
well without that war, this beautiful song wouldn't exist.
StormoftheNorth 2 years ago 8
I have to aggree with that statement.
Rsfan259 2 years ago
the best songs are written in wars
ViccardXViccc 2 years ago 9
sadly
Rsfan259 1 year ago 2
@StormoftheNorth war brings the best out of people and yet also the wrost
MKbaddog 6 months ago
nice song
Rsfan259 2 years ago
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CONFEDERATES WILL RISE AGAIN
pwnsome1 2 years ago
@pwnsome1 yep, just like zombie elvis.
StormoftheNorth 2 years ago
thats only a threat, nothing real.
Pourleduc 2 years ago
Just like zombies and do you know what we have to do with zombies? We burn them into piles of ash. Who wants to start with Georgia?
WolfLord5 2 years ago
@WolfLord5 Too late. Sherman got there first.
HiWayLady49 1 year ago
New York troops won the civil war. and some Mass-holes.
rifleman1122 2 years ago 6
New York did send the most troops to the army of the potomac. It was the first state to volunteer. Massachusetts was the second.
bullyboy1863 2 years ago 5
actually correct me if i'm wrong but Pennsylvania sent the most troops to fight in every war since the Revolutionary War. If not it was close between New York and Pennsylvania
Enjoi4659 2 years ago 7
NY- 370,000 Volunteers (not including regular army, navy or marines)
PA- 427,286 (counting Navy and militia)
I can't seem to find any numbers on those other troops. Unless someone else can, then I believe you're correct
rifleman1122 2 years ago
is very easy to say that
ViccardXViccc 2 years ago
Erin go Bragh!
andyp909 2 years ago 29
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@andyp909 that means ur fucked and the irish sure got there ass whopet by we the british for like 8 hundred years rule britannia
princecharles014 1 year ago
@princecharles014 out-numbered-100-to-one-england-with-all-the-guns-biggest-army-navy-political-power-and-yet-there-is-the-republic-now-englands-power-slips-more-every-year-soon-they-will-not-matter-they-kiss-yankee-ass-hoping-to-hang-on-to-what-little-is-left-but-inevitably-they-will-succumb-to-their-own-stupidity-and-completely-crumble-and-ireland-will-be-free-they-dont-even-want-those-embarrassing-bigots-in-orange-any-more-they-served-their-purpose-as-canon-fodder-but-thats-all-over-now
paul1x1 1 year ago 2
@princecharles014 That explains why Britain still holds Ireland, American, Canada, Australia, India...O wait, they don't
ViccardXViccc 1 year ago
@andyp909 english?
Monopoly907 1 year ago
@Monopoly907 it means ireland forever
djc807 1 year ago
@djc807 o
Monopoly907 1 year ago
No matter the place, the cause, the land or the nation in where the brave irish men have been fought, they have been put in all high the name of Ireland.
Erin go brah
metalkat77 2 years ago 48
@metalkat77 aye erin go brah i come from cork
andrewceg 1 year ago 3
@andrewceg
One would imagine you'd spell it Éireann go Brách, as the town of Cúil Aodha is almost entirely gaelic.
LAHFaust 1 year ago
@LAHFaust well i come from cork my mum can speek gealic i did make a misstake in the spelling im not a good speller
thank your for the correction have a nice day :)
andrewceg 1 year ago
@LAHFaust one would imagine you'd loose the pomp and come down off your high horse
gt2e 6 months ago
@metalkat77 hurrah thats something a scott and an irishman can agree on! dio vindice!
REfanboys1 1 year ago
@REfanboys1 Viva Cristo Rey / Dios Patria Honor y Fuerza(God, Country, Honor and Strenght)
metalkat77 1 year ago
@metalkat77 indded I like that
REfanboys1 1 year ago
I've been reading some of these comments and except for a 'frenckebben' and a couple others I'd like to know WHAT IN THE HELL do they have to do with the Irish in the AMERICAN Civil War?! Get over yourselves, nobody is impressed except you.
7thKansasCav 2 years ago 5
did you know that if banners were taken the regiment lost its honour... they were often displayed in the hometown of the regiment....
frenckebben 2 years ago 2
@frenckebben that took 'em
frenckebben 2 years ago 2
strip to the pants we did advance at the battle of bull run
naughton101 2 years ago 2
The only reson why most irish fought for the north was because alot of the ports they came into where in the north.
but some did john the south because in the north the irish (catholics) where treated very badly and in the south they where given more repect
irishbuy 2 years ago
yep, and now the Irish run the country. north and south. we rock
rifleman1122 2 years ago 6
we have fought for america
we helped build america
so many famous americans have irish blood
but when it came down do us irish fighting for our struggle
our freedom....the american flag was no where in sight in any irish battle fought on irish soil for irish freedom.
or no american voices where heard crying for irish freedom.
pitty
irishbuy 2 years ago 7
That might be because a significant number of the Irish you speak of were Ulster-Scots.
asmodeon 2 years ago
Why is it that every retard thinks every Irishman that fking immigrated during the period was ulster-scot. You need to get over the biggotry, seriously.
Fizpipp 2 years ago 4
I don't think that even a nominal number of the Irish that emigrated in the 19th century were Ulster Scots. I was merely referring the the 17th and 18th century settlers that played a significant part in the founding of the United States. The 19th century immigrant were predominantly catholic, and played no small part in our country's past. I was merely pointing out to the fellow that a significant number of the people of Irish descent in the US have no connection to the republican cause.
asmodeon 2 years ago
Funny because many, many Irish republicans throughout history were protestant. In southern Ireland nobody gives a damn what religon anybody is, it's not an issue.
jarsonist 2 years ago 8
And the vast majority of Scots-Irish protestant were not, none of this has anything to do with my statement.
asmodeon 2 years ago
@jarsonist exactly its not a about religon wolfetone the father of irish republicanism was a protestant for example
gt2e 6 months ago
Make up your mind do you mean from the nine counties of Ulster or Scotland? Or doh yuh onlee spake Olster Scooots
Uptoyourfacelads 2 years ago
The Ulster-scots or Scots-irish as they are called in the United states are the descendants of the scottish planters in Ulster that left during the late 17th and 18th centuries to colonize the americas. They are a separate cultural group from the gaelic catholic Irish immigrants in the 19th century. The scots irish were scots who lived for a time in ulster or of scottish descent from Ulster.
asmodeon 2 years ago
The "ulster scots" are a fictitous group like the leprachauns who were invented by loyalists post GFA to lay claim to funds being handed out as part of the "peace process". The term did not exist before that. Anyway the origin of "Scottish" is "Irish" - the Romans word for "Gael"
Uptoyourfacelads 2 years ago
So you are denying the existence of a population in Northern Ireland that is mostly of lowland Scottish descent with a language known as Ulster-Scots? And yes, the term "Scotti" was originally used for raiders from the north of Ireland who eventually settled in Caledonia and intermarried with the Picts. However in the intervening millennium, a separate culture developed. In fact, go tell as Scotsman that he is really just Irish and see what happens.
asmodeon 2 years ago
There is no language "Ulster-Scots", there is no "seperate culture" among the northern loyalists, just a fetish for english kitsch. So you realise that Ulster is an Irish prvoince and the origin of "Scot" means Irish, you're learning. Go try giving instructions to an Irishman in real life and see what happens.............
Uptoyourfacelads 2 years ago
I suppose next you're gonna tell us that Wales doesn't exist, cuz the blood running through my veins, will tell you that Scots-Irish and Wales both exist
tr230023 2 years ago
Having a mixed background doesn't equate to a country. Hows about Somali-Japanese, Nepaili-Israel while you're at it
Uptoyourfacelads 2 years ago
Well, you're saying that an entire group of people don't exist...
tr230023 2 years ago
No I'm not I am saying that the title Ulster-Scots is a made up name to refer to the descendants of the planters who colonised the north in the wake of the English invasions. How come there are ZERO people claiming to be "ulster-scots" in the three counties of Ulster in the reppublic then?
Uptoyourfacelads 2 years ago
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You are a fucking moron! truly!
scotsirishmac 2 years ago
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You speak the truth me boyo! All he is trying to tell you Eurotrash is that there were two culturally different migrations to the U.S.
scotsirishmac 2 years ago
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Shut the fuck up Eurofag!!
The best already migrated bitch!
scotsirishmac 2 years ago
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I would meet you or any Euro on any field and destroy you! American-Celt Bitch! You want some?
scotsirishmac 2 years ago
Want what cunt? Very brave on the internet you shitheap, mouth off like that in real life you'd be picking up your teeth with broken fingers
Uptoyourfacelads 2 years ago
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HAHA Internet chest bumping. Love it. Fuck you and the E.U.
scotsirishmac 2 years ago
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cunt. grow up s.i.m.
cesarsuave 2 years ago
sadly none of us who wanted it where in power
orckiller91 2 years ago 2
America has always had a reasonably good relationship with the Irish, and traditionally a very poor relationship with Britain until WWI really. PM Palmerston in the 1860's saw what he believed was the scheming hand of the US in all his problems with the Irish in Ireland and Canada. The US turned a blind eye to the Irish assaults against Canada a few years later. Most of our history their was simply no way to cross the ocean, defeat the British navy, and land troops in Ireland, lol, not practical
Robertz1986 2 years ago 3
well said mo chara.but wernt the southerners mostly scotts irish? a very differrent people from the gaelic celtic irish but lets not forget it was among them the irish republican cause was born and many of their symbols are green and gold so in many ways they were just irish all be it many were orange sash wearing guys(so say loyalists)a bit strange loyal to the crown in erin against it in the uk and decended from rebel scottish lol
TaZBhoyFontenoy 2 years ago
@TaZBhoyFontenoy
The South Carolina Irish were Catholic Irish, Tennessee were Orange, Louisana Catholic, Missouri Catholic........
PatsGrandson 2 years ago
Palmerston had Americans traveling to Ireland monitored, and said
"The American assault on Ireland under the name of Fenianism may be now held to have failed, but the snake is only scotched and not killed. It is far from impossible that the American conspirators may try and obtain in our North American provinces compensation for their defeat in Ireland."
Robertz1986 2 years ago 3
LONG LIVE THE SOUTH OF AMERICA
makedeido 2 years ago
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zust502 2 years ago 4
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Fuck the fenian cunts,, The Niggers Ov Europe, F.G.A.U The famine is over so why dont you go home? No Surrender The Empires Calling
StBritish 2 years ago
a song about brave men
ag472benzin 2 years ago 6
This is a great song!!!
00JTM 2 years ago 6
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Enjoi4659 2 years ago
Good Song Love it!!!
Radiowave440 2 years ago 11
I love this song. Thanks for posting it up!
Headguard03 2 years ago 11