REMEBER MAY 8TH 1987

I've sung so many songs of fallen heroes
I really thought I had said it all
But if a song can fill our hearts and rise our spirits
We will sing about our martyrs of Loughgall

Well the Irish nation bowed its head in sorrow
Such sadness this country has seldom known
For Monaghan has lost a gallant soldier
With seven more from green Tyrone

Oh England do you really think it's over?
If you do you're going to have to kill us all
For until you take your murderers out of Ireland
We will make you rue the blood spilled at Loughgall

It was on a warm and misty Friday evening
The scent of apple blossom filled the air
That village street seemed quiet and deserted
but hidden eyes were watching every where

Oh the digger bomb had only reached its target
The trap was sprung and gunfire filled the air
The SAS did not want any prisoners
Shoot to kill their orders were quite clear

Oh England do you really think it's over?
If you do you're going to have to kill us all
For until you take your murderers out of Ireland
We will make you rue the blood spilled at Loughgall

Well they butchered eight brave volunteers that evening
they were kicked and punched in case they were not dead
They dragged them up and down that Armagh village
And filled their bodies full of British lead

Did you think it would teach us all a lesson?
At such savagery the whole world was appalled
Oh don't you know that there are twenty more men waiting
For every one you butchered at Loughgall

Oh England do you really think it's over?
If you do you're going to have to kill us all
For until you take your murderers out of Ireland
We will make you rue the blood spilled at Loughgall

Farewell to Paddy Kelly and Jim Lynagh
no more you will lead your gallant unit forth
Side by side with Padraig Mc Kearny and Tony Gormley
you died to drive the British from the north

Declan Arthurs and youthful Seamus Donnelly
on that night you were the youngest of the all
Gerry O'Callaghan and the gallant Eugene Kelly
Oh your blood still stains the pavement at Loughgall

Oh England do you really think it's over?
If you do you're going to have to kill us all
For until you take your murderers out of Ireland
We will make you rue the blood spilled at Loughgall

TIOCFAIDH AR LA

best wishes from germany

I don't believe I've met you Ted.... nice song there .... good to have you here and a warm welcome from one of this forums newest members :D

:ph34r: One of my favs too, Welcome Ted

THX for the nice welcome.

here is another very nice song of eire og.


Say hello to St. Pauli, say hello to the Celts
Say hello to St. Pauli, for we are the best of friends

Oh, ah, up the Celts, oh, ah, St. Pauli
Oh, ah, up the Celts, oh, ah, St. Pauli

In the year of our Lord 1995, from the sweat Glasgow town we set sail
With a cargo of near 80 gallons of beer singing: Tiocfaidh �r L� and Hail Hail
Now the Celtic Boys came by bus and by plane to see St. Pauli in Hamburg
And soon we all knew it fine it would be party time so we startet as soon as we landed
Singing:

(Chorus)
Oh, ah, up the Celts, oh, ah, St. Pauli
Oh, ah, up the Celts, oh, ah, St. Pauli

Well we went down the town with the white and the brown in the morning to see what can be done
In our mass�es and throngs, singing rebel songs and the german boys knew every one
And then on to Millerntor we didn�t mind the score, and when the football was over
going down the Reeperbahn we fixed up our plan and pretty soon not one of us was sober
We sang:

(Chorus)

Now St. Pauli Fans are renowned at Celtic Park, our home their fans come to watch Celtic play,
In Parkhead an Bairds, and in the Brazen Head, St. Pauli Fans are welcome everyday
So fascists beware, take us on if you dare, but you�ll see there is nothing surer,
St. Pauli and the Celts is simply the best ! We are the greatest supporters in Europe !
We sang:

(Chorus)

Well we spent all our time drinking Lager, Schnaps and wine from jugs, bottles, cans and from glasses
Then a shout went up loud that some of our crowd had encountered some bother with nazis
And down in the docks the scum got a shock, we fairly turned them over
That was the end of our stay, here in St. Pauli, for we all got deported to Dover.
And we are still singing:

(Chorus) 2x

Oh, for heavens sakes.


The first song IS NOT BY EIRE OG!!! My father, a member of the Irish Brigade, wrote The Loughall Martyrs. I was in the room when he did.

Eire Og repeatedly steal/claim copyright from my father's band, THE IRISH BRIGADE, and from my mother, who is credited as McNally on all Irish Brigade albums for which she wrote songs.

In fact, Eire Og steal and claim copyright from many others too. I'm getting fed up with having to constantly correct this.

Simply put: Eire Og write songs along the lines of "Go on home British Bastards" (although, that's probably stolen too). When it comes to beautiful, moving ballads, like those written by the various members of the Irish Brigade, I can assure you they've stolen them.

They even claimed that they wrote "The Ballad of Pearse Jordan"...having never met the guy.

I was brought up with Pearse. His parents are (and have been for more than 25 years) close friends of my parents.

This is my first look here in ages... I wonder how many more songs Eire Og are claiming as their own?

Well, it's a very serious acusation. But many of rebel songs can be considered as in some way traditional and many bands are playing them.
And a large number of such songs is to say "Go on home British" in more or less polite way.

When the song "celtic and st. Pauli" is concerned... today Celtic Glasgow is playing the match in the town I live. But unfortunalety it isn't transmitted by any tv and I couldn't go and see.
But the song itself is very joyful and always make me smile when I listen to it.
I like Eire Og's songs most becouse of the voice and a way of singing of Gary. And the well-known songs played by them are much more "rebel" then in other versions. What I like the most.

FAO Spacekitten.

Firstly let me start by saying that nowhere in TW's post does he say that "The Loughall Ambush" was written by Eire Og. He makes the statement in his second post " here is another song by Eire Og" (which incidentally is one of our songs). At no place on this website, or another website, or anywhere else in print or audio will you be able to back up your allegation.

I do not , nor does any other band member claim to write songs that we have not. In fact your mother is credited on the back cover of my cd "Live in Glasgow" as the author of the song Pearse Jordan. If I wanted to dupe people into thinking I wrote the song, why would I credit your mother with the song?

It also seems that you misunderstand how the whole process of copyright works. I cannot steal, even if I wanted to, the copyright of a song that does not belong to me. On no ocassion have I attempted to steal copyright, again another baseless accusation on your part.

The song "Go on Home British Soldiers" was in fact written by a fella named Tommy Skelly who played with the band "South Dublin Union", a very nice man whom I had the pleasure of playing with in Glasgow on a couple of occassions. Again, nowhere have I claimed I wrote this song.

On a final note, let me finish by saying that I have nothing but respect for the "Irish Brigade", their music and songs included. I know each member of the band personally and have done so for a number of years. However, I won't allow you to spread unfounded and un-true allegations against me and my former band mates. Especially without a hint of proof or evidence to back it up.

Best Wishes

Gary Og

Well said Gary, it was a serious allegation indeed. I think nipped in the bud now though.
Here's a nice wee ballad and I don't give a monkeys who wrote it, I just love it.


There you go Gary, I've never heard the Ballad of Roger Casement sung as well as you do it, hope you like this one enough to record it some day, copyright my a**e.

"the spirit of a proud people never conquered, never broken, patriots and heroes".

having just read this I have to make one or two remarks. One is the fact you only credited maire mcnally with her work after you had been take to task for not doing so. Secondly let me explain the way copyright works the clue is in the word..............the right to copy, did you at any time ask the authors of songs you have recorded permission to do so? as only then do you have the right to copy their work. Thus recording something without permission is stealing copyright. And PS you did on a number of occasions say you wrote
Pearse Jordan, you even told Maire you did and she challenged you in the Brazenhead in front of witnesses for doing so.