• Dominic Behan (/ˈbiːən/ BEE-ən; Irish: Doiminic Ó Beacháin; 22 October 1928 – 3 August 1989) was an Irish writer, songwriter and singer from Dublin who...
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    Dominic Behan Brendan Behan by Ulick O'Connor The Brothers Behan by Brian Behan With Brendan Behan by Peter Arthurs The Crazy Life of Brendan Behan:...
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  • and Dominic Behan Denis Behan (born 1984), Irish footballer Dominic Behan (1928–1989), Irish writer, brother of Brendan and Brian Behan Helen Behan, Irish...
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    "Come Out, Ye Black and Tans" is an Irish rebel song, written by Dominic Behan, which criticises and satirises pro-British Irishmen and the actions of...
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  • "The Patriot Game" is an Irish ballad with lyrics by Dominic Behan and a melody from the traditional tune "One Morning in May", first released in 1958...
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    American composer Dominic Behan (1928–1989), Irish songwriter Dominic Brown (born 1972), English guitarist and singer-songwriter Dominic Cifarelli (born...
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    Moving Hearts. His first album, Paddy on the Road was recorded with Dominic Behan in 1969. In 2007, he was named as Ireland's greatest living musician...
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    national anthem. He was the uncle of Irish writers Brendan Behan, Brian Behan, and Dominic Behan. Kearney was born in 1883 at 68 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin...
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  • "Sergeant William Bailey" – written by Peadar Kearney, recorded by Dominic Behan and Maeve Mulvany Moore "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" – very old anti-war...
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    "The Auld Triangle" is a song by Dick Shannon, often attributed to Brendan Behan, who made it famous when he included it in his 1954 play The Quare Fellow...
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  • who was father of writers Brendan, Brian and Dominic Behan. Behan was born on 26 December 1891 to James Behan, a foreman house-painter, and his wife Christina...
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    ballad set to a traditional air, popularised in the early 1960s by Dominic Behan. The song relates to the migration of Irish labourers from Ireland to...
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  • They were signed to the Major Minor label in 1965 after backing from Dominic Behan who was paid by the label to work with the group and help them to build...
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  • which was also used by Dominic Behan in his song "The Patriot Game". The opening verse is also similar to the second verse of Behan's song, in which the narrator...
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  • Boatman", by Dominic Behan on an LP called The Irish Rover, in 1965. The modern song is due to Dominic Behan, who published it in 1965. Behan relates that...
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  • of Brendan Behan and older brother of Dominic Behan. He is the father of the playwright and actress Janet Behan, journalist Rosemary Behan, writer and...
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  • unworthy to use the Irish tricolour. In 1959, a version written by Dominic Behan was published. It told of the execution of four members of the IRA Executive...
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    and folk singer, and mother of Irish authors Brendan, Brian and Dominic. Kathleen Behan was born Kathleen Kearney on either the 18 or 19 September 1889...
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  • walls. Dylan then takes a leaf from Johnny Cash and Brendan Behan (brother of Dominic Behan), authors of those earlier songs, by writing his own prison...
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  • about 1845 "The Twangman" - a comical murder ballad attributed (by Dominic Behan) to Zozimus (Michael Moran). "The Finding of Moses" - a comical ballad...
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    McDonald Johnnie White Seán Ó Cionnaith Máirín de Burca Hugh Torney Dominic Behan Martin O'Hagan Eoghan Harris Eamonn Melaugh Proinsias De Rossa Eric...
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  • singers who sang it in the 1950s and the 1960s included Patrick Galvin, Dominic Behan and Anne Briggs. It was popular among members of the Traveller community...
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  • (the Wednesday play) (1969), Martin Stewart in The Patriot Game by Dominic Behan, Thames TV directed by Piers Haggard (1969), Mallory in Callan (1970)...
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  • song with additional verses added by many artists, including one by Dominic Behan which suggests that Dicey is a sex worker, and one by Ronnie Drew in...
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    proper French.   Likewise, the musician, playwright and Irish Republican Dominic Behan criticized the British government via the proxy of John Bull in his...
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  • "Paddy on the Road" (Dominic Behan) – 3:35 "Marrow Bones" – 2:13 "Strike Weapon" (Dominic Behan) – 2:40 "Avondale" (Dominic Behan) – 2:46 "James Larkin"...
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    writers Brendan Behan and Dominic Behan. Her husband is the television director Dermot Boyd. Her siblings include journalist Rosemary Behan, writer and musician...
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  • Peadar Kearney Patrick Pearse Seán O'Casey Brian O'Higgins Bryan MacMahon Paddy McGuigan Dominic Behan Pete St. John Derek Warfield Mickey MacConnell...
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    Paddy McLogan Seamus O'Donovan Frank Ryan Máirtín Ó Cadhain Brendan Behan Dominic Behan Tomás Ó Dubhghaill Seán South Fergal O'Hanlon Manus Canning Seán...
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  • Dublin. The events and personalities are sympathetically recalled in Dominic Behan's ballad "The Patriot Game". O'Hanlon is mentioned in the song Sean South...
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