The Wild Geese

from Plutonium Alley by Mike Harding

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My mother’s family were Irish from Wexford and Dublin. Forced to move like millions of Irishmen and women before and since, they nevertheless always looked homewards. The “Wild Geese” were the Irish who went to fight for Napolion and the name came to be applied more generally to anybody who emigrated. Ireland’s greatest tragedy is that she is still losing her young and gifted people at a rate that no nation can afford, The days of the “American Wakes” are not over. The Wild Geese now are entering America illegally and hiding in bedsits in Boston working for sub-standard wages unable to get legal status.

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from Plutonium Alley, released July 25, 2021
Mike Harding: Guitar and High Tuned Guitar, Keyboards, Hammer Dulcimer
Michael Coyne: Uilean Pipes
Terry Coyne: Flute
Sarah Harding: Vocals

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