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▪ I. † ˈcroppy1 Obs. rare. [dim. of crop n. 1–2.] Throat, stomach, maw.a 1529 Skelton El. Rummyng 561 This ale, sayde she, is noppy..It coleth well my croppy.▪ II. croppy2 (ˈkrɒpɪ) [f. crop n. 13 or v. 8 b.] a. One who has his hair cropped short; applied esp. to the Irish rebels of 1798, who wore th...
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Croppy
Croppy was a nickname given to United Irishmen rebels during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 against British rule in Ireland. song, Croppies Lie Down and the rebel song The Croppy Boy.
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The Croppy Boy
"The Croppy Boy" is an Irish ballad set in 1798 rising relating to the despair of a doomed young "croppy" or rebel. The legend is the subject of Canadian artist Charlotte Schreiber's painting The Croppy Boy (The Confession of an Irish Patriot), now on display in the
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croppie
ˈcroppie U.S. Also croppy. [App. f. F. dial. crape or LG. krape.] Any of several North American freshwater fishes (see quot. 1889). Cf. crappie.1856 Spirit of Times 20 Sept. 43/1 Rock and black bass, croppy, and the common sunfish. 1889 Farmer Americanisms, Croppie, a local name for a species of gre...
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Croppies Lie Down
poison, the cowards, they aimed to succeed
And thousands were doomed by the assassins to bleed
But the yeoman advanced, of rebels the dread
And each croppy croppies ye'd better be quiet and still
Ye shan't have your liberty, do what ye will
As long as salt water is formed in the deep
A foot on the necks of the croppy
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Rathdowney
The Croppy's Grave located in the town's central square is the still visible cobbled grave of a croppy revolutionary hanged and buried there in 1798.
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William B. McBurney
He was the author of The Croppy Boy, a poem commemorating the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and “The Good Ship Castle Down”.
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Cailín Óg a Stór
The poem "The Croppy Boy" was set to this music, and it was later used for the tune of "Lord Franklin", which was the basis for the Bob Dylan song "Bob
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Anthem (Flogging Molly album)
Drinking" / "Tripping Up the Stairs" – 4:13
"A Song of Liberty" – 3:38
"Life Begins and Ends (But Never Fails)" – 3:17
"No Last Goodbyes" – 3:30
"The Croppy
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Lady Franklin's Lament
The song may have been inspired by the traditional Irish ballad "The Croppy Boy", which is set during the 1798 rising. These versions of "The Croppy Boy" may have been the basis for the later ballad, "Lady Franklin's Lament".
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Original Dubliners
Partin' Glass
Muirsheen Durkin
A Nation Once Again
Whiskey in the Jar
The Old Triangle
A Pub With No Beer
Kelly, the Boy from Killan
Croppy
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley
This gave rise to the post-rebellion phenomenon of barley growing and marking the "croppy-holes," unmarked mass graves into which rebel casualties were To many Irish nationalists, these "croppy-holes" symbolised the regenerative nature of resistance to British rule in Ireland.
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Charlotte Schreiber
Titled The Croppy Boy (The Confession of an Irish Patriot), it is based on the Irish ballad "The Croppy Boy", which was popular during the Irish rebellion
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Duncannon Fort
for fleeing loyalists and troops in south Wexford and was also used as a prison and place of execution for rebels, from which it gained infamy as the Croppy Boy's site of execution in the song "The Croppy Boy."
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The Antient Concert
five songs referenced are: "Salley Gardens", "The Harp that Once", "You're as Welcome as the Flowers in May", "Tho' the Last Glimpse of Erin", and "The Croppy
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