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10. The 1867 Uprising
48:12||Ep. 10The 1867 uprising was another failed uprising across Ireland organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood. These few songs are about men who fell during the uprising including Peter O'Neill Crowley and a young lad by the name of Ned Kelly from Kilcash in Co. Tipperary.Both borrowed the air from Charles Kickam's Poor Blind Patrick Sheehan, based on an older Celtic air to which many laments for fallen rebels were written.Songs include:Poor Blind Patrick Sheehan - Charles KickhamThe Ballad of Peter O'Neill Crowley - Edmond Houlihan (Rambling Jack)Rebel on the Run - John Ryan
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9. Sarsfield's Ride to Ballyneety
31:07||Ep. 9An account of Sarsfield's ride to Ballyneety leading to the Siege of Limerick with a few poems and revived ballads
8. Songs of Slievenamon
36:38||Ep. 8This episode looks at the folklore surrounding the mountain of Slievenamon in south Tipperary made famous but the Charles Kickham ballad The Maid of Slievenamon about which many poems and songs have been written. Songs include The Moon Behind the Hill by William Kennealy, The Old House in the Glen by Thomas Ryan aka Drangan Boy and I Love You Tipperary but Brian O'Higgins aka Brian NaBamba.
7. Darby Ryan - The Ashgrove Bard pt2
35:24||Ep. 7A recital of Darby's epic 47 verse long masterpiece Ireland's Lament which covers almost 1000 years of Irish history.
6. Darby Ryan - The Ashgrove Bard pt 1
37:18||Ep. 6Darby Ryan was a bard from Bansha in Co.Tipperary around the mid 1800s. Most famous for The Peeler and the Goat, a satire of the system of Penal Laws in act at the time, Darby composed many songs and ballads across numerous topics not least Irish nationalism.
5. The Ballagh War Pipers
25:56||Ep. 5The Ballagh War Pipers were a military band associated with the IRB and the Irish volunteers and came from a small village in Tipperary
4. A dive into product placement in Irish ballads
35:56||Ep. 4This week we're taking a look at the tradition of using ballads a forms of advertising and product placement from the early 1800s up until the 1970s in Ireland.