"We had to turn against you, Mick, there was nothing we could do 'Cause we couldn't betray the Republic like Arthur Griffith and you. We fought against each other, two brothers steeped in blood, But I never doubted that your heart was broken in the flood. And though we had to shoot you down in golden Béal na mBláth, I always knew that Ireland lost her greatest son of all."
Irish Civil War

January 1, 1970

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Black 47, Big Fellah (1989)

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