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school teachers: Gerry Burns, Finbar Carolan
John Sullivan
and

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) that was number one on the Ireland music charts in 1966 for eight consecutive weeks. It was sung to the tune of "

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" and is about the destruction on 8 March 1966 of

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Irish folk songs 1966 songs Songwriter unknown {{Folk-song-stub

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