You can't write about songs of Northern Ireland and not include Danny Boy. The song (or at least the tune, the Londonderry Air, now almost synonomous with Danny Boy) is used as Northern Ireland's anthem in the Commonwealth Games and one or two other spor… more »

The ever-aware Northern Irish Magyar (known as Paul here at Everything Ulster) has discovered, tucked away in a dark corner of the internet, the first draft of last week's IRA statement. You can see a little work was done to transform it from draft fo… more »

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Harvey Andrews - The Soldier I hadn't planned to do the songs in this order but with today's announcement of the disbandment of the RIR's home battalions it seems appropriate. This song depicts the futility and carnage of violence, viewed from a very… more »

On the back of the removal of watchtowers from south Armagh, the Home Batallions of the Royal Irish Regiment (the amalgamation of the Ulster Defence Regiment and the Royal Irish Rangers) are to be disbanded from 1st August 2007, a date which will also se… more »

The Platoon - Ulster Girl I thought I'd kick off with a song I found recently called Ulster Girl by some crowd called The Platoon. Its a bit of a country/ballad type song (I'm obviously no music expert) about a girl's desire to keep Ulster free. Its n… more »

The Problem Northern Ireland has a real image problem, that's hard to deny. Despite the recent revival in Ulster-Scots, it's saddening that there aren't too many decent songs around which deal specifically with Ulster or Northern Ireland, particularly w… more »

The Friends of William Orr Republican Flute Band parade scheduled for 9th August in Ballymena will go ahead, but will do so under conditions set down by the Parades Commission following concerns raised by the unionist community in the town. The full t… more »

As pointed out earlier on EU and already blogged elsewhere the Romeo 12 watchtower in South Armagh's bandit country is being dismantled as I type. It seems little has changed for our Tony-appointed lord and master Peter Hain since his days in the "Troops… more »

Well so far responses from senior politicians haven't been entirely unpredictable. The governments are practically throwing a party for Gerry and the Widowmakers, Peter Hain warns Unionists not to doubt the sincerity of his buddies in the IRA or else the… more »