Reference code
IE CA IR-1/7/2/3
Title
‘Song of Ireland. Air – “Paddies Evermore”. I want my four green fields’
Date(s)
- 1917 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 p.; Printed
Name of creator
(1615-2023)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
The song uses the refrain ‘Up Plunkett and McGuinness! For I want my four green fields'. Joseph McGuinness contested the 1917 South Longford by-election. At that time, he was prison in Lewes, Sussex, for his part in the 1916 Rising.