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Dominic Behan

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Dominic Behan (Irish: Doiminic Ó Beacháin, 22 October 1928 – 3 August 1989) was an Irish songwriter, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. He was also a committed socialist and Irish Republican. Born into a literary family, Dominic Behan was one of the most influential Irish songwriters of the 20th century. Behan was born in inner-city Dublin into an educated working-class family. His father, Stephen Behan, fought for the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the Anglo-Irish War.

Top songs

  1. Dicey Riley
  2. The Patriot Game
  3. Biddy Mulligan
  4. The Recruiting Sergeant
  5. The Boys from the County Cork
  6. Arkle
  7. Ering Go Bragh
  8. Get Me Down Me Filling Knife
  9. Barry's Column
  10. Down By The Liffeyside
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  1. Liverpool Lou
  2. Sergeant William Bailey
  3. Red Roses For Me
  4. A Grand Old Country
  5. Take It Down From The Mast
  6. The Saint
  7. Ross' Farewell To Dublin
  8. Slean Libh
  9. Finnegan's Wake
  10. Sean Tracy
  11. Master McGrath
  12. The merry ploughboy
  13. The Spanish Lady
  14. John Mitchell
  15. Easy And Slow
  16. Erin Go Bragh
  17. The Finding Of Moses
  18. The Woman Are Worse Than the Men
  19. It's a Grand Old Country
  20. Thank You Mam, Said Dan
  21. The Twang Man
  22. The 18th Day of November
  23. Bold Robert Emmett
  24. Johnston's Motor Car
  25. The Boys of County Cork
  26. The Ould Alarm Clock
  27. Kevin Barry
  28. Roscarbery
  29. Kerry
  30. Erin go brath
  31. The Sea Around Us
  32. Soldiers of the Rearguard
  33. The Castle of Drumboe
  34. Sean South
  35. The Recruitment Sergeant
  36. The Boys of the County Cork
  37. The Oul' Alarm Clock
  38. Get Me Down My Filing Knife
  39. The Women Are Worse Than The Men
  40. Thank You Mam Said Dan
  41. Master Magrath
  42. The Kerry Boat Song
  43. Spanish Lady
  44. The Irish Rover
  45. Erin Go Brath (feat. John Hasted)
  46. Who Fears To Speak Of Easter Week
  47. Turpin Hero
  48. As Down the Glen One Easter Morn
  49. The Grand Canal
  50. Macaldine's Fusiliers
  51. Parnell
  52. Grand Old Dame
  53. The Labour Exchange
  54. Paddy Works On The Railway
  55. The Patriot Game (feat. John Hasted)
  56. Mambo
  57. Coulther's Candy
  58. Come Out Ye Black And Tans
  59. Merry Ploughboy
  60. Johnny Redmond
  61. William Brown
  62. On The Deck of Patrick Lynch's Boat
  63. The Recruiting Sergeant (feat. John Hasted)
  64. It's a Grand Old Country (feat. John Hasted)
  65. From The Rifles Of The I.R.A.
  66. Johnny Ramensky
  67. Get Out Ye Black and Tans
  68. A Row in the Town
  69. The Leaving Of Liverpool
  70. Manchester Hikes
  71. Home, Family, Neighbors, Streets & Oaths
  72. Night, Miscellaneous Street Songs, and the Day's End
  73. Come Out, Ye Black and Tans
  74. Connolly
  75. Ballad of Ashtown Road
  76. My Bold Sinn Feiner
  77. The Ass The King and Me
  78. The Kelvin Lass
  79. The Nightingale
  80. Pearse's Address To His Court Martial
  81. 01-The Irish Rover
  82. The Old Triangle
  83. Oh Father Dear I'm Over Here
  84. May We Also Have Ten
  85. (The Bonnie) Shoals Of Herring
  86. The Boys of County Cork (feat. John Hasted)
  87. Pearse's Graveside Panegyric for O'Donovan Rossa
  88. Pearse's Court Martial Speech
  89. Pearse's Poem The Rebel
  90. a Slean Libh

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