That's even the case in Ireland. How many people know the names of the men behind The Soldiers' Song (Amhrán na bhFiann), Peadar Kearney and Patrick Heeney? Not many, I'm guessing, although ...

Moreover, songs and the ceremonies surrounding them demonstrated that Ireland was a legitimate nation. “Shoot me like a soldier, for I fought to free Ireland”, goes Kevin Barry. Not a rebel or ...