A History of Ireland in Song

Paddy McGuigan

Paddy McGuigan is from the Falls Road in Belfast. His group, "The Barleycorn", had a big hit in 1971 with The Men Behind the Wire, written by Paddy for the Civil Rights Movement. I'm told that most of the proceeds funded The Andersonstown News, now a popular newspaper in Belfast. He later left the Barleycorn, but continued to write songs, including The Boys of the Old Brigade; Irish Soldier Laddie, which he says made money for everybody bar himself!; The Brave United Men; Carlingford Bay; and Freedom Walk. Paddy now lives just North of Dublin, by the sea.

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