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Shane MacGowan

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Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (born 25 December 1957) is an English born musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic punk band the Pogues. [1]

98 relations: Again (Alan Stivell album), Alan Stivell, Alcohol intoxication, Autobiography, Babyshambles, Banjo, Binge drinking, Bobby Gillespie, Bodhrán, Brendan Behan, Brian Whelan, Brighton, Celtic punk, Celtic rock, Children in Need, Chrissie Hynde, County Tipperary, Cruachan (band), Daily Mail, Dropkick Murphys, Dublin, Eat the Rich (film), Eliza Doolittle (singer), Fairytale of New York, Fiesta (The Pogues song), Foggy Dew (Irish ballad), Folk punk, Folk rock, Glen Matlock, GuilFest, Harry Hill's TV Burp, Hell's Ditch, History of Ireland, Holmewood House School, How to Train Your Dragon 2, I Put a Spell on You, If I Should Fall from Grace with God, In Tua Nua, Irish dance, Irish diaspora, Irish nationalism, Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, James Clarence Mangan, Janet Street-Porter, Joe Strummer, Johnny Depp, Kent, Kirsty MacColl, Langton Green, Lou Reed, ..., Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist), Mo-dettes, Murder Ballads, My Way, Nick Cave, Outlaw Heaven, Paloma Faith, Peace and Love (The Pogues album), Pembury, Perfect Day (Lou Reed song), Pete Doherty, Punk rock, Red Roses for Me, Republic of Ireland, Ronnie Drew, Rum Sodomy & the Lash, Shane MacGowan and The Popes, Sinéad O'Connor, Siobhan MacGowan, Steve Earle, Stoned & Dethroned, Straight to Hell (film), Suite Sudarmoricaine, The Clash, The Clash: Westway to the World, The Crock of Gold (album), The Dubliners, The Filth and the Fury, The Independent, The Irish Rover, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Libertine (2004 film), The Libertines, The Nips, The Pogues, The Punk Rock Movie, The Snake (Shane MacGowan album), The Sun (United Kingdom), The Wild Rover, This Week (BBC TV series), Tri Martolod, Vice (magazine), Victoria and Shane Grow Their Own, Victoria Mary Clarke, Westminster School, What a Wonderful World, World of Music, Arts and Dance, Yokohama. Expand index (48 more) »

Again (Alan Stivell album)

Again is the Alan Stivell's seventeenth album released in 1993 under the Keltia III label by Disques Dreyfus and Sony Music in France.

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Alan Stivell

Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou on 6 January 1944) is a Breton and Celtic musician and singer, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp.

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Alcohol intoxication

Alcohol intoxication, also known as drunkenness or alcohol poisoning, is negative behavior and physical effects due to the recent drinking of ethanol (alcohol).

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Autobiography

An autobiography (from the Greek, αὐτός-autos self + βίος-bios life + γράφειν-graphein to write) is a self-written account of the life of oneself.

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Babyshambles

Babyshambles is an English rock band established in London.

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Banjo

The banjo is a four-, five- or six-stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity as a resonator, called the head.

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Binge drinking

Binge drinking, or heavy episodic drinking, is a modern epithet for drinking alcoholic beverages with an intention of becoming intoxicated by heavy consumption of alcohol over a short period of time.

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Bobby Gillespie

Robert Bernard Andrew "Bobby" Gillespie (born 22 June 1962) is a Scottish musician and singer-songwriter.

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Bodhrán

The bodhrán (or,; plural bodhráin or bodhráns) is an Irish frame drum ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring.

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Brendan Behan

Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) (Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish.

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Brian Whelan

Brian Whelan (born 3 May 1957) is an Irish painter, author and playwright.

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Brighton

Brighton is a seaside resort on the south coast of England which is part of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, 47 miles (75 km) south of London.

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Celtic punk

Celtic punk is punk rock mixed with traditional Celtic music. The genre was popularized in the 1980s by The Pogues, a band of London Irish punk musicians in London who celebrated their Irish heritage. Celtic punk bands often play covers of traditional Irish, Welsh or Scottish folk and political songs, as well as original compositions.P. Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock (London: Rough Guides, 2003), p. 798. Common themes in Celtic punk music include politics, culture, religion, drinking and working class pride.

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Celtic rock

Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock, as well as a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context.

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Children in Need

BBC Children in Need (also promoted as Plant Mewn Angen in Wales) is the BBC's UK charity.

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Chrissie Hynde

Christine Ellen "Chrissie" Hynde (born September 7, 1951) is an American musician who is best known as a founding member of the rock band The Pretenders.

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County Tipperary

County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland.

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Cruachan (band)

Cruachan is a folk metal band from Dublin, Ireland that has been active since the 1990s.

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Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-marketPeter Wilby, New Statesman, 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust and published in London.

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Dropkick Murphys

The Dropkick Murphys are an American Celtic punk band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1996.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Eat the Rich (film)

Eat the Rich is a 1987 British black comedy film directed by Peter Richardson.

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Eliza Doolittle (singer)

Eliza Sophie Caird (born 15 April 1988), better known by her stage name Eliza (formerly Eliza Doolittle), is an English musician and recording artist from Westminster, London.

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Fairytale of New York

"Fairytale of New York" is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and recorded by their band the Pogues, featuring singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals.

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Fiesta (The Pogues song)

"Fiesta" is a single by The Pogues, featured on their 1988 album If I Should Fall from Grace with God.

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Foggy Dew (Irish ballad)

"Foggy Dew" is the name of several Irish ballads, and of an Irish lament.

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Folk punk

Folk punk (known in its early days as rogue folk) is a fusion of folk music and punk rock.

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Folk rock

Folk rock is a hybrid music genre combining elements of folk music and rock music, which arose in the United States and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s.

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Glen Matlock

Glen Matlock (born 27 August 1956) is an English musician best known for being the bass guitarist in the original line-up of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols.

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GuilFest

GuilFest, formerly the Guildford Festival of Folk and Blues, was a music festival held in Stoke Park, Guildford, England, each July.

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Harry Hill's TV Burp

Harry Hill's TV Burp (also known as just TV Burp) is a British television comedy programme which was broadcast between 2001 and 2012 on ITV.

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Hell's Ditch

Hell's Ditch is the fifth studio album by The Pogues, released in November 1990, and the last to feature frontman Shane MacGowan as a member.

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History of Ireland

Prehistoric Ireland spans a period from the first known evidence of human presence dated to about 10,000 years ago until the emergence of "protohistoric" Gaelic Ireland at the time of Christianization in the 5th century.

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Holmewood House School

Holmewood House School is an IAPS independent, co-educational preparatory school for boys and girls aged 3–13, in Langton Green, near Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

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How to Train Your Dragon 2

How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated action fantasy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox, loosely based on the British book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell.

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I Put a Spell on You

"I Put a Spell on You" is a 1956 song written by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, whose recording was selected as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

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If I Should Fall from Grace with God

If I Should Fall from Grace with God is the third album by Irish folk-punk band The Pogues, released on 18 January 1988.

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In Tua Nua

In Tua Nua is an Irish rock group who achieved a measure of fame and success in both Ireland and Europe throughout the late 1980s.

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Irish dance

Irish dance or Irish dancing is a group of traditional dance forms originating from Ireland, encompassing dancing both solo and in groups, and dancing for social, competitive, and performance purposes.

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Irish diaspora

The Irish diaspora (Diaspóra na nGael) refers to Irish people and their descendants who live outside Ireland.

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Irish nationalism

Irish nationalism is an ideology which asserts that the Irish people are a nation.

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Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) is the national child protection charity in Ireland.

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James Clarence Mangan

James Clarence Mangan, born James Mangan (Séamus Ó Mangáin; 1 May 1803, Dublin – 20 June 1849), was an Irish poet.

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Janet Street-Porter

Janet Street-Porter, CBE (née Bull; born 27 December 1946) is an English media personality, journalist and broadcaster.

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Joe Strummer

John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), known by his stage name Joe Strummer, was an English musician, singer, actor and songwriter who was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the Clash, a punk rock band formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk.

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Johnny Depp

John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was an English singer and songwriter.

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Langton Green

Langton Green is a village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells, England, lying around two miles west of the town centre along the A264.

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Lou Reed

Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter.

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Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist)

Michael Geoffrey "Mick" Jones (born 26 June 1955) is a British musician, singer and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, cofounder and songwriter for The Clash until his dismissal in 1983.

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Mo-dettes

Mo-dettes was an all-female post-punk band, formed in 1979 by guitarist Kate Korris, an original member of The Slits and brief member of The Raincoats, and bassist Jane Crockford, former member of Bank of Dresden.

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Murder Ballads

Murder Ballads is the ninth studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 1996 on Mute Records.

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My Way

"My Way" is a song popularized in 1969 by Frank Sinatra.

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Nick Cave

Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional film actor, best known as the frontman of the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

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Outlaw Heaven

Outlaw Heaven is the second studio album by London-Irish rock band The Popes, which was originally due for release in September 2008, but was delayed until May 2009.

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Paloma Faith

Paloma Faith Blomfield (born 21 July 1981), known professionally as Paloma Faith, is an English singer, songwriter, and actress.

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Peace and Love (The Pogues album)

Peace and Love is the fourth studio album by The Pogues, released in July 1989.

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Pembury

Pembury is a large village in Kent, in the south east of England, with a population of 6,128 at the 2011 Census.

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Perfect Day (Lou Reed song)

"Perfect Day" is a song written by Lou Reed in 1972.

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Pete Doherty

Peter Doherty (born 12 March 1979) is an English musician, songwriter, actor, poet, writer, and artist.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (or "punk") is a rock music genre that developed in the mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.

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Red Roses for Me

Red Roses for Me is the debut studio album by the London-based band The Pogues, released in October 1984.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Ronnie Drew

Joseph Ronald "Ronnie" Drew (Irish: Ránall Ó Draoi) (16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor who achieved international fame during a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners.

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Rum Sodomy & the Lash

Rum Sodomy & the Lash is the second studio album by the London-based folk punk band The Pogues, released on 5 August 1985.

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Shane MacGowan and The Popes

The Popes are a band originally formed by Shane MacGowan (of the Pogues) and Paul "Mad Dog" McGuinness, who play a blend of rock, Irish folk and Americana.

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Sinéad O'Connor

Magda Davitt (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, 8 December 1966) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra.

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Siobhan MacGowan

Siobhan MacGowan (born in Brighton, England in 1963) is an Irish-British journalist and musician.

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Steve Earle

Stephen Fain Earle (born January 17, 1955) is an American rock, country and folk singer-songwriter, record producer, author and actor.

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Stoned & Dethroned

Stoned & Dethroned is the fifth album by the Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain.

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Straight to Hell (film)

Straight to Hell is a 1987 independent action-comedy film directed by Alex Cox and starring Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer (frontman of The Clash), Dick Rude, and Courtney Love.

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Suite Sudarmoricaine

Suite Sud-Armoricaine is a bawdy Breton song in the Breton language, popularized by Alan Stivell in the 1970s.

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The Clash

The Clash were an English rock band formed in London in 1976 as a key player in the original wave of British punk rock.

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The Clash: Westway to the World

The Clash: Westway to the World is a 2000 documentary film about the British punk rock band The Clash.

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The Crock of Gold (album)

The Crock of Gold was the second full-length album by Shane MacGowan and the Popes and was released in November 1997 on ZTT Records.

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The Dubliners

The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners.

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The Filth and the Fury

The Filth and the Fury is a 2000 British rockumentary film directed by Julien Temple.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Irish Rover

"The Irish Rover" is an Irish folk song about a magnificent, though improbable, sailing ship that reaches an unfortunate end.

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The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride in 1983.

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The Libertine (2004 film)

The Libertine is a 2004 British-Australian drama film, the first film directed by Laurence Dunmore.

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The Libertines

The Libertines are an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât (vocals/guitar) and Pete Doherty (vocals/guitar).

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The Nips

The Nipple Erectors (also known as The Nips) were an English punk rock band formed in London in 1976 by female punk artist Shanne Bradley and are notable as having been Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan's first musical group.

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The Pogues

The Pogues were an Irish-British Celtic punk band formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan.

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The Punk Rock Movie

The Punk Rock Movie was assembled from Super 8 camera footage shot by Don Letts, the disc jockey at The Roxy club during the early days of the UK punk rock movement, principally during the 100 days in 1977 in which punk acts were featured at The Roxy club in London.

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The Snake (Shane MacGowan album)

The Snake is the first solo album by Shane MacGowan with backing band The Popes.

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The Sun (United Kingdom)

The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

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The Wild Rover

"The Wild Rover" (Roud 1173) is a popular English-language folk song whose origins are contested.

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This Week (BBC TV series)

This Week is a British current affairs and politics TV programme, screened on Thursday evenings on BBC One.

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Tri Martolod

Tri Martolod ("Three sailors" in Breton) or Tri Martolod Yaouank ("Three young sailors"), is a traditional Breton song which dates to the 18th century in Lower Brittany.

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Vice (magazine)

Vice is a Canadian-American print magazine focused on arts, culture, and news topics.

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Victoria and Shane Grow Their Own

Victoria and Shane Grow Their Own is an Irish reality television special which originally aired on RTÉ One on Tuesday 8 December 2009.

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Victoria Mary Clarke

Victoria Mary Clarke (born 11 January 1966) is an Irish journalist and writer.

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Westminster School

Westminster School is an independent day and boarding school in London, England, located within the precincts of Westminster Abbey.

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What a Wonderful World

"What a Wonderful World" is a pop ballad written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss.

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World of Music, Arts and Dance

WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) is an international arts festival.

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Yokohama

, literally "Port to the side" or "Beside the port", is the second largest city in Japan by population, after Tokyo, and the most populous municipality of Japan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_MacGowan

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