This song is about Micheal Collins. Collins was a founder of the IRA who foght the Rising of 1916. He was part of the negociations that created the Irish Free State and partitioned the country into the parts it has now. With Northern Ireland still part of the UK. Collins ended up fighting the people he once fought alongside after the partition. He was then assassinated.
This song is about Micheal Collins. Collins was a founder of the IRA who foght the Rising of 1916. He was part of the negociations that created the Irish Free State and partitioned the country into the parts it has now. With Northern Ireland still part of the UK. Collins ended up fighting the people he once fought alongside after the partition. He was then assassinated.