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(Recording starts here) Against the famine and the crown, I rebelled, they cut me down, Now you must raise our child with dignity. Low lie the fields of Athenry, Where once we watched the small free birds fly, Our love was on the wing, We had dreams and songs to sing, It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry. By a lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star fall, As the prison ship sailed out against the sky, For she lived to hope and pray...
Celtic has very strong links with the Irish community in Scotland with the club being formed by an Irish priest in 1888. Hence there has always been strong support for the Irish Republican Army (IRA) which was initially formed in 1919 to fight for Irish Independence with senior members then forming the Irish government in1921. There has subsequently been various splinters and factions