Rifles of the I.R.A.

Rifles of the I.R.A
Studio album by The Wolfe Tones
Released 1969
Genre Irish Folk
Label Dolphin Records
The Wolfe Tones chronology
The Rights of Man
(1968)The Rights of Man1968		 Rifles of the I.R.A.
(1969)		 Let the People Sing
(1972)Let the People Sing1972

Rifles of the I.R.A. is the fourth album by Irish folk and rebel band The Wolfe Tones. The album title Rifles of the I.R.A. makes reference to the Irish Republican Army (IRA).

The cover shows the band members dressed in the traditional dress of the IRA. The folk singer Christy Moore said of the cover, "I equate that particular record sleeve with Foster & Allen, dressed up as leprechauns. It was the very same thing. It had the same significance at the time."[1]

Track list

  1. Slievenamon
  2. Erin Go Braugh
  3. God Save Ireland
  4. The Sun is Burning
  5. Big Strong Man
  6. In Garran na Bhile
  7. Four Seasons
  8. Rifles of the I.R.A.
  9. Skibbereen
  10. Sweet Carnlough Bay
  11. Ships in Full Sail
  12. Sean Tracy (Tipperary So Far Away)
  13. Holy Ground
  14. Uncle Nobby's Steamboat

References

  1. ↑ Bailie, Stuart (2018). Trouble Songs. Belfast: Bloomfield. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-5272-2047-8.


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