The Wolfe Tones - Protestant Men
BackTribute to the Protestants in the Irish Republican movement
This song is about the United Irishmen rebellion in 1798 when Protestants and Catholics joined forces to try to free Ireland from British rule. Many Protestants throught the centuries have played important roles in the Republican movment, right from its foundation. The Orange in the Irish tricolour represents Protestants, they are just as Irish as anyone else on this island. The founding father of Irish Republicanism, Wolfe Tone was a Protestant. Pics also include some of the many protestant republicans and nationalist's throughout the centuries
Pics of Protestant Republicans / nationalists (in order)-
James Napper Tandy- United Irishmen
Robert Erskine Childers- Sinn Féin
Henry Joy McCracken- United Irishmen
Theobald Wolfe Tone- United Irishmen
(and founder of Irish republicanism)
John Mitchell - Young Irelanders
Charles Stewart Parnell - Irish
Parlimentary Party
Noel Lyttle- INLA
Jack White - IRA
George Plant- IRA
Ronnie Bunting - INLA
John Martin - Young Irelanders
Lord Edward FitzGerald - United Irishmen
Robert Emmet - United Irishmen
The IRA had many protestant members.
The IRA in Belfast had Protestant commanders nicknamed 'The Prod Squad' This included Billy Smith, Rex Thompson and John Graham.
Jack White was another protestant IRA member from Broughshane, Co. Antrim who had previously founded the Irish Citizen Army. Erskine Childers was a protestant IRA member, as was George Plant and George Gilmore from Portadown. Bulmer Hobson from Holywood Co. Down was a leading member of the Irish Volunteers and IRB
Protestants from the loyalist shankill road also were invloved in the Republican Congress in the 1930's.
Ronnie Bunting was a protestant IRA member who went on to found the Irish National Liberation Army. Noel Lyttle was also a Protestant member of the INLA
Sinn Féin have an protestant ex-orangeman, Billy Leonard who is elected in Coleraine, Co. Derry.
In 1905 the Sinn Fein party was co-founded by Edward Martyn, who served as its first President.
The Sam Maguire Cup, the biggest prize in Gaelic Football, is named after another famous protestant Irish Republican. Sam Maguire was the man who recruited Michael Collins into the IRB
Protestant Men (Lyrics)
It was back in history's page, the story's told of Napper Tandy brave and bold
With his scarlet and green, he then was seen with his big long gun and his fighting men
They did beat upon the drum, they fired their gun and shook the English establishment
And the Lords and the Peers they then took fears and Grattan got his Parliament
So here's to those brave Protestant Men
Who gave their lives to free our land
All the people they sang their praises then
For the brave United Irishmen
In Belfast town there lived a man and his name was Samuel Neilson
A minister's son, Presbyterian, and the paper called the Northern Star
There was Henry Joy, the Green Volunteers and Thomas Russell and McCabe and McTeir
And to them was known a man Wolfe Tone and they formed the first United Men
So here's to those brave Protestant Men
Who gave their lives to free our land
All the people they sang their praises then
For the brave United Irishmen
So your laws with dragons teeth and then you'll see you've sowed the seeds of bigotry
Be Englands fool divide they'll rule so they set to break the United Men
And they killed them in the fields and some in jail and some upon the Gallows high
When Willie Orr did die his very last cry was "Unite and fight brave Irishmen"
So here's to those brave Protestant Men
Who gave their lives to free our land
All the people they sang their praises then
For the brave United Irishmen
Cast dissensions to the wind let all men lend to the common name of an Irishman
For across historys page to rant and rage men crossed the pails of bigotry
There was the men of '98 no sadder fate, Lord Edward, Tone and the brothers Sheres
It was Emmet's plea in 18 and 3 when he tried to set our country free
So here's to those brave Protestant Men
Who gave their lives to free our land
All the people they sang their praises then
For the brave United Irishmen
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Uploaded: January 25, 2008 at 3:24 pm
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Video Comments:
RICH1066 (November 30, 2008 at 4:50 am)
NOTICE HOW HE SANG ENGLISH ESTABLISHMENT NOT ENGLISH PEOPLE WE Aint done nothing, we are under commie rule irealand for the irish england for the english wales for the welsh scotland for scotish BUT UNITE AGAIST THE MUDS OR WE ARE FUCKED ....look at LONDON
greenwhitenproud (November 29, 2008 at 6:19 pm)
k.......................
VanDoodah (November 29, 2008 at 12:01 pm)
Cornwall is English.
The IRA would do well to listen to this song next time they decide to murder some Protestants.
The IRA would do well to listen to this song next time they decide to murder some Protestants.
davyg1978 (November 29, 2008 at 10:10 am)
does any1 know what aroganet means please? i dont understand spastic
berrier123 (November 29, 2008 at 9:59 am)
whats wrong with you english bastards all you do is talk about incest you must really fuck your ma cause your the only people i ever hear talk about incest. and iv never in my life heard of an irish person doing something like that, all it is is typical english jealusy of the irish...DEAL WITH IT NOBODY IN THE WORLD LIKE ENGLISH PEOPLE AND THEY ALL LOVE US
leajo47 (November 29, 2008 at 2:08 pm)
haha so true their jealus of everyone who isnt them
lizdalush (November 26, 2008 at 8:21 pm)
long live eire
Breitnasenmaulhorn (November 26, 2008 at 4:08 pm)
I am Catholic from Croatia. Long live Ireland!
alexei16 (November 25, 2008 at 5:38 pm)
how many times do the irish have to be told that incest is not best and its bad to keep it in the family?
lizdalush (November 26, 2008 at 8:19 pm)
WOT A FUCKIN TOSSA