Dublin lyrics

Song Details

Writer: Paul Ashford - (1950 - 2011) - Bray, Co Wicklow, Dublin, Ireland

Brief: The story about the love of ones town and homeland - in this case Dublin, Ireland. Throughout the entire song the author references Ireland as 'She' and 'Her'... she protects, she provides, her beauty etc. He leaves for a short while but is beckoned to return to a loving and welcoming town he so dearly calls home.

Please Note:
The author of the song was a member of The Miami Showband which was very popular in Ireland in the 1960's and 70's. Paul Ashford joined the band with four other musicians in 1967 after four other members left. The showband had it's fair share of upheavals with band members coming and going, but the most tragic of circumstances relates to the Miami Showband Killings. Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia:

On 31 July 1975, five members of the band were travelling by minibus back to Dublin from a gig in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. At the townland of Buskhill, outside of Newry, they were stopped at a bogus military checkpoint by gunmen dressed in British Army uniform, who ordered them to get out and line up by the roadside. The gunmen were members of a loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).Two gunmen hid a time bomb on the minibus, but it exploded prematurely and killed them. The remaining gunmen then opened fire on the band members, killing O'Toole, McCoy and Geraghty and wounding Lee and Travers. Two serving Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers and one former UDR soldier later received life sentences after having been found guilty of murder.Miami Showband Killings

Genre: Irish Folk

Featured Artists: The Fureys & Davey Arthur

Album: The Fureys Finest (1987).

Please Note: Although the album tracks are all perfomed by The Fureys & Davey Arthur, links with an asterisk will take you to pages performed by other artists.