Pat of Mullingar

Irish rebel song

Pat of Mullingar is an Irish rebel song that has been sung and recorded by several folk artists and groups, including the Irish Rovers, Derek Warfield, and The Wolfe Tones.[1] The initial rendition of the song typically featured a portrayal of an Irish carman praising the exceptional attributes of his horse.[2]

## Lyrics

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You may talk and write and boast about your Fenians and your clans,
And how the boys from County Cork beat up the Black and Tans.
And view a little codger who came out without a scar.
His name is Paddy Mulligan, the man from Mullingar.

The Peelers chased him out of Connemara,
For beatin' up the valiant Dan O'Hara.
And when he came to Ballymoe, he stole the Parson's car,
And he sold it to the Bishop in the town of Castlebar.
Seven hundred Peelers couldn't catch him.
The Chieftain paid the army for to catch him.
And when he came to Dublin Town, he stole an armoured car
And gave it to the IRA brigade in Mullingar.

Well the Peelers got their orders to suppress the man on sight.
So they sent for reinforcements through the county left and right.
Three thousand men surrounded him, they hunted near and far.
But he was with the IRA in Johnston's Motor Car.

The Peelers chased him out of Connemara,
For beatin' up the valiant Dan O'Hara.
And when he came to Ballymoe, he stole the Parson's car,
And he sold it to the Bishop in the town of Castlegar.
Seven hundred Peelers couldn't match him.
The Chieftain paid the army for to catch him.
And when he came to Dublin Town, he stole an armoured car
And gave it to the IRA brigade in Mullingar.

They came with tanks and armoured cars, they came with all their might.
Them Peelers never counted on old Paddy's dynamite.
On the fourteenth day of April, well he blew them to July.
And the name of Paddy Mulligan took half of Ireland's pride.

## See also

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* Protest song

## References

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1. ^ YouTube – The Wolfe Tones – The Man From Mullingar
2. ^ "Pat of Mullingar". FOLK SONG AND MUSIC HALL. Retrieved 2023-07-03.

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Irish rebel songs

Gaelic Ireland|

* Óró sé do bheatha abhaile
* Follow Me up to Carlow
* O'Donnell Abú

United Irishmen|

* The Wind that Shakes the Barley
* The Rising of the Moon
* Kelly from Killanne
* Boolavogue
* The Wearing of the Green
* The Croppy Boy
* The Boys of Wexford
* Come All You Warriors
* Tone's Grave

Famine & Young Ireland|

* The Fields of Athenry
* Skibbereen
* Back Home in Derry
* God Save Ireland
* A Nation Once Again
* Join the British Army
* The Peeler and the Goat
* The Black Velvet Band

1916 & War of Independence|

* Amhrán na bhFiann
* Come Out, Ye Black and Tans
* The Foggy Dew
* Down by the Glenside (The Bold Fenian Men)
* The Boys of the Old Brigade
* The Valley of Knockanure
* Tri-Colored Ribbon
* The Broad Black Brimmer
* Rifles of the IRA
* Who Is Ireland's Enemy?
* Man from the Daily Mail
* Grand Old Dame Britannia
* Erin Go Bragh
* Kevin Barry
* Johnston's Motor Car
* Pat of Mullingar
* Banna Strand
* Dying Rebel

Civil War & Anti-Treaty|

* Take It Down from the Mast
* The Patriot Game
* Sean South from Garryowen

The Troubles|

* The Men Behind the Wire
* The Ballad of Joe McDonnell
* Only Our Rivers Run Free
* The People's Own MP
* Little Armalite
* Roll of Honour

Writers|

* Patrick Joseph McCall
* Timothy Daniel Sullivan
* Peadar Kearney
* Patrick Pearse
* Seán O'Casey
* Brian O'Higgins
* Bryan MacMahon
* Paddy McGuigan
* Dominic Behan
* Pete St. John
* Derek Warfield
* Mickey MacConnell

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