The Very First Appearance of 'The Soldiers Song' The Irish N...

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The Very First Appearance of 'The Soldiers Song'
The Irish National Anthem

Periodical:
 Irish Freedom - Saoirseacht na h-Eireann, No. 1 November 1910 - No. 50 December 1914. Together 50 numbers (lacking only nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, & 8) some mis-numbered, lg. atlas folio D. 1910 - 1914. Loose in portfolio, some frayed at edges, but generally v. good condition. Extremely rare even as single numbers. As a periodical, w.a.f. (1)

* This was printed by P. Mahon etc. for the Central Publication Committee of the Wolfe Tone Clubs (i.e. The Irish Republican Brotherhood). In its first issue, No.1 the leading article vows a policy of 'complete and total separation of Ireland from England,' In issue No. 23, the very first printing of "The Soldiers Song," appears, which was later adopted as the Irish National Anthem.

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