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Christy Moore

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Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore (born 7 May 1945) is an Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. [1]

98 relations: After the Break, Andy Irvine (musician), Anti-nuclear movement, Ballymun, Barrowland Ballroom, Between the Jigs and the Reels: A Retrospective, Bloody Sunday (1972), Bobby Sands, Bodhrán, Brendan, Burning Times (album), Carnsore Point, Christy Moore (album), Christy Moore and Friends, Cold Blow and the Rainy Night, Coldplay, Dark End of the Street (Moving Hearts album), Dónal Lunny, Declan Sinnott, Desert Island Discs, Dominic Behan, Eamonn McCann, Fairtrade Mark Ireland, Fine Gael, Folk music, Folk Tale (album), Gay Byrne, Gibraltar, Gordon Lightfoot, Graffiti Tongue, H Block, High Kings of Tara, HM Prison Maze, Hot Press, Irish Recorded Music Association, Irish republicanism, Irish traditional music, Jimmy MacCarthy, John Spillane, King Puck (album), Liam O'Flynn, Lily (Christy Moore album), Listen (Christy Moore album), Live 2004 (Planxty album), Live at the Point (1994 Christy Moore album), Live at the Point (2006 Christy Moore album), Live at Vicar Street (Christy Moore album), Live in Dublin (Christy Moore album), Luka Bloom, Luke Kelly, ..., Margaret Barry, Mary Robinson, Mickey Finn (Irish fiddler), Moving Hearts, Moving Hearts (album), Newbridge College, Newbridge, County Kildare, Operation Flavius, Ordinary Man (Christy Moore album), Oxegen 2011, Paddy on the Road, People of the Year Awards, Planxty, Planxty (album), Prosperous (album), Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign, Rachel Corrie, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Remembrance Day bombing, Ride On (Christy Moore album), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, RTÉ Radio, Séamus Ennis, Shane MacGowan, Sinéad O'Connor, Sinn Féin, Smoke and Strong Whiskey, St. Brendan's Voyage, Stardust fire, Terrorism Act 2000, The Christy Moore Collection 1981–1991, The Dubliners, The Iron Behind the Velvet, The Late Late Show (Irish TV series), The Spirit of Freedom, The Time Has Come (Christy Moore album), The Well Below the Valley (album), The Woman I Loved So Well, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, This Is the Day (album), Traveller (Christy Moore album), Unfinished Revolution (Christy Moore album), Viva la Quinta Brigada, Voyage (Christy Moore album), Whatever Tickles Your Fancy, Where I Come From (Christy Moore album), Words & Music (Planxty album). Expand index (48 more) »

After the Break

After The Break is the fourth studio album by the Irish folk music band Planxty, recorded at Windmill Lane Studios from 18 to 30 June 1979 and released the same year.

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Andy Irvine (musician)

Andrew Kennedy Irvine (born 14 June 1942) is a British-born, Irish-based folk musician, singer-songwriter, and a founding member of Sweeney's Men, Planxty, Patrick Street, Mozaik, LAPD and Usher's Island.

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Anti-nuclear movement

The anti-nuclear movement is a social movement that opposes various nuclear technologies.

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Ballymun

Ballymun is an area on Dublin's Northside in Ireland, the modern development of which began in the 1960s to accommodate a housing crisis in inner city areas of Dublin.

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Barrowland Ballroom

Barrowland Ballroom (also known as Barrowlands) is a dance hall and music venue located in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Between the Jigs and the Reels: A Retrospective

Between the Jigs and the Reels: A Retrospective is a two-disc anthology by the Irish folk band Planxty.

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Bloody Sunday (1972)

Bloody Sunday – sometimes called the Bogside Massacre – was an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, when British soldiers shot 28 unarmed civilians during a peaceful protest march against internment.

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Bobby Sands

Robert Gerard Sands (Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh; 9 March 19545 May 1981) was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze after being sentenced for firearms possession.

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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

Saint Brendan of Clonfert (AD 484 – 577) (Irish: Naomh Bréanainn or Naomh Breandán; Brendanus; (heilagur) Brandanus), also referred to as "Brendan moccu Altae", called "the Navigator", "the Voyager", "the Anchorite", and "the Bold", is one of the early Irish monastic saints and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.

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Burning Times (album)

Burning Times is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore.

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Carnsore Point

Carnsore Point (Carn tSóir or Ceann an Chairn in Irish) (Yola; Carnagh) is a headland in the very South East corner of County Wexford, Ireland.

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Christy Moore (album)

Christy Moore is the fourth solo album by Irish folk musician Christy Moore, released in 1976.

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Christy Moore and Friends

Christy Moore and Friends is an album produced by RTÉ and Christy Moore, which contained recordings by various Irish musicians, namely Stockton's Wing, Mary Black and Christy's former band Planxty Christy had produced a similar album a year earlier, 1981's H Block, which contained songs of a political matter.

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Cold Blow and the Rainy Night

Cold Blow and the Rainy Night is the third album by the Irish folk group Planxty.

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Coldplay

Coldplay are a British rock band formed in 1996 by lead singer and pianist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London (UCL).

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Dark End of the Street (Moving Hearts album)

Dark End of the Street is the second studio album recorded by Irish Celtic rock band Moving Hearts.

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Dónal Lunny

Dónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947) is an Irish folk musician and producer.

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Declan Sinnott

Declan Sinnott (born 29 July 1950) is an Irish musician and record producer.

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Desert Island Discs

Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

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Dominic Behan

Dominic Behan (Irish: Doiminic Ó Beacháin; 22 October 1928 – 3 August 1989) was an Irish songwriter, singer, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English.

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Eamonn McCann

Eamonn McCann (born 10 March 1943) is an Irish politician, journalist and political activist from Derry, Northern Ireland.

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Fairtrade Mark Ireland

Fairtrade Ireland is the Irish member of FLO International, which unites 23 Fairtrade producer and labelling initiatives across Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

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Fine Gael

Fine Gael (English: Family or Tribe of the Irish) is a liberal-conservative and Christian democratic political party in Ireland.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Folk Tale (album)

Folk Tale is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 2011 by Sony Music.

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Gay Byrne

Gabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne (born 5 August 1934; affectionately known as Uncle Gay, Gaybo or Uncle Gaybo) is an Irish presenter and host of radio and television.

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Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music.

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Graffiti Tongue

Graffiti Tongue is a solo album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 1996.

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H Block

H Block is an album recorded by various Irish folk artists, and produced by Christy Moore in 1978.

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High Kings of Tara

High Kings of Tara is a compilation album from Tara Music, showcasing tracks previously released by some of its artists: Shaun Davey, Oisín, Jolyon Jackson, Paddy Glackin, Paddy Keenan, Stockton's Wing and Christy Moore.

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HM Prison Maze

Her Majesty's Prison Maze (previously Long Kesh Detention Centre and known colloquially as the Maze Prison, The Maze, the H Blocks or Long Kesh) was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles from mid-1971 to mid-2000.

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Hot Press

Hot Press is a fortnightly music and politics magazine based in Dublin, Ireland, founded in June 1977.

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Irish Recorded Music Association

The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) is a non-profit association set up in 1999 to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.

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Irish republicanism

Irish republicanism (poblachtánachas Éireannach) is an ideology based on the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic.

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Irish traditional music

Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland.

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Jimmy MacCarthy

James MacCarthy (born 1953) is an Irish singer-songwriter.

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John Spillane

John Spillane (born 1961) is a singer-songwriter from Cork, Ireland.

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King Puck (album)

King Puck is an Irish folk music album by Christy Moore.

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Liam O'Flynn

Liam O'Flynn (Liam Ó Floinn., 15 April 1945 – 14 March 2018) was an Irish uilleann piper and Irish traditional musician.

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Lily (Christy Moore album)

Lly is a studio album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 2016 by Sony Records.

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Listen (Christy Moore album)

Listen is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in Ireland on 17 April 2009 by Columbia Records.

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Live 2004 (Planxty album)

Live 2004 is an album recorded live by the Irish folk band Planxty.

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Live at the Point (1994 Christy Moore album)

Live at the Point is a live album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 1994.

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Live at the Point (2006 Christy Moore album)

Live at the Point (2006) is the fourth live album from Irish singer-songwriter Christy Moore.

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Live at Vicar Street (Christy Moore album)

Live at Vicar Street is a live album released by Irish folk singer/songwriter Christy Moore in 2002.

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Live in Dublin (Christy Moore album)

Live in Dublin is a live album by Irish singer/songwriter Christy Moore.

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Luka Bloom

Luka Bloom (born Kevin Barry Moore; 23 May 1955) is an Irish folk singer-songwriter.

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Luke Kelly

Luke Kelly (17 November 1940 – 30 January 1984) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor from Dublin, Ireland.

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Margaret Barry

Margaret Barry (1917–1989) was an Irish Traveller, traditional singer and banjo player.

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Mary Robinson

Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (née Bourke; Máire Bean Mhic Róibín; born 21 May 1944) is an Irish Independent politician who served as the 7th President of Ireland, she was the first female to hold this office.

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Mickey Finn (Irish fiddler)

Mickey Finn (31 December 1951 – 15 April 1987, Margaret Collins, 23 April 1987 The Galway Advertiser archive, retrieved 20 February 2011) was a traditional Irish fiddler.

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Moving Hearts

Moving Hearts is an Irish Celtic rock band formed in 1981.

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Moving Hearts (album)

Moving Hearts is the debut studio album recorded by Irish Celtic rock band Moving Hearts.

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Newbridge College

Newbridge College (Coláiste Dhroichead Nua), formally the Dominican College Newbridge, is a co-educational private fee-paying voluntary secondary school in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, run by the Roman Catholic Dominican Order.

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Newbridge, County Kildare

Newbridge, officially known by its Irish name Droichead Nua, is a town in County Kildare, Ireland.

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Operation Flavius

Operation Flavius (also referred to as the "Gibraltar killings") was a controversial military operation in which three members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) were shot dead by the British Special Air Service (SAS) in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988.

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Ordinary Man (Christy Moore album)

Ordinary Man is the tenth studio album by Irish folk artist, Christy Moore.

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Oxegen 2011

Oxegen 2011 was the eighth Oxegen festival to take place since 2004.

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Paddy on the Road

Paddy on the Road is the debut album by Irish folk musician Christy Moore, released in 1969.

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People of the Year Awards

The People of the Year Awards is an annual show in Ireland.

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Planxty

Planxty is an Irish folk music band formed in January 1972, consisting initially of Christy Moore (vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrán), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitars, bodhrán, keyboards), and Liam O'Flynn (uilleann pipes, tin whistle).

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Planxty (album)

Planxty is the first album by the Irish folk group Planxty, recorded in London during early September 1972 and released in early 1973.

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Prosperous (album)

Prosperous is the second album by Irish folk musician Christy Moore, released in 1972.

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Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA or Provisional IRA) was an Irish republican revolutionary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate the reunification of Ireland and bring about an independent socialist republic encompassing all of Ireland.

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Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign

From 1969 until 1997,Moloney, p. 472 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) conducted an armed paramilitary campaign primarily in Northern Ireland and England, aimed at ending British rule in Northern Ireland in order to create a united Ireland.

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Rachel Corrie

Rachel Aliene Corrie (April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003) from Olympia, Washington, was an American activist and diarist.

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Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Raidió Teilifís Éireann (Radio-Television of Ireland; abbreviated as RTÉ) is a semi-state company and the national public service broadcaster of Ireland.

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Remembrance Day bombing

The Remembrance Day bombing (also known as the Enniskillen bombing or Poppy Day massacre) took place on 8 November 1987 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

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Ride On (Christy Moore album)

Ride On is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 1984.

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society is a society based in Liverpool, England, that manages a professional symphony orchestra, a concert venue, and extensive programmes of learning through music.

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RTÉ Radio

RTÉ Radio is a division of the Irish national broadcasting organisation Raidió Teilifís Éireann.

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Séamus Ennis

Séamus Ennis (Séamas Mac Aonghusa; 5 May 1919 – 5 October 1982) was an Irish musician, singer and Irish music collector.

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Shane MacGowan

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.

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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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Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin (isbn) is a left-wing Irish republican political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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Smoke and Strong Whiskey

Smoke and Strong Whiskey is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 1991.

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St. Brendan's Voyage

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Stardust fire

The Stardust fire was a fatal fire which took place at the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, Ireland in the early hours of 14 February (Valentine's Day) 1981.

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Terrorism Act 2000

The Terrorism Act 2000 (c.11) is the first of a number of general Terrorism Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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The Christy Moore Collection 1981–1991

The Christy Moore Collection 1981–1991 is a compilation album by Christy Moore.

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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 Iron Behind the Velvet

The Iron Behind the Velvet is an album recorded by Christy Moore in 1978, after the first breakup of Planxty.

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The Late Late Show (Irish TV series)

The Late Late Show, with its title often shortened to The Late Late, is an Irish chat show.

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The Spirit of Freedom

The Spirit of Freedom is an Irish folk music album by Christy Moore.

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The Time Has Come (Christy Moore album)

The Time Has Come is an Irish folk music album by Christy Moore.

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The Well Below the Valley (album)

The Well Below the Valley is the second album by the Irish folk group Planxty.

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The Woman I Loved So Well

The Woman I Loved So Well is the fifth studio album by Planxty.

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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a song written, composed, and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to commemorate the sinking of the bulk carrier SS ''Edmund Fitzgerald'' on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975.

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This Is the Day (album)

This is the Day is an album released by Irish folk singer/songwriter Christy Moore in 2001.

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Traveller (Christy Moore album)

Traveller is an album by Christy Moore, released in 1999.

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Unfinished Revolution (Christy Moore album)

Unfinished Revolution is an Irish folk music album by Christy Moore.

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Viva la Quinta Brigada

"Viva la Quinta Brigada" (listed as "Viva la Quince Brigada" in later recordings) is a Christy Moore song about the Irishmen who fought in the Spanish Civil War against Franco.

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Voyage (Christy Moore album)

Voyage is an Irish folk music album by Christy Moore.

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Whatever Tickles Your Fancy

Whatever Tickles Your Fancy is the third solo album by Irish folk musician Christy Moore, released in 1975.

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Where I Come From (Christy Moore album)

Where I Come From is a 3 disc album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 2013 by Columbia Records.

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Words & Music (Planxty album)

Words & Music is the sixth album by the Irish folk band Planxty, produced by Dónal Lunny and recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in late October and early November of 1982; it would be their only release on the WEA label.

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References

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

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