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Brendan Behan

Brendan Francis Aidan Behan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican, an activist who wrote in both English and Irish. His widely acknowledged alcohol dependence, despite attempts to treat it, impacted his creative capacities and contributed to health and social problems which curtailed his artistic output and finally his life. An Irish Republican and a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army, Behan was born in Dublin into a staunchly republican family, becoming a member of the IRA's youth organization Fianna Éireann at the age of fourteen. There was also a strong emphasis on Irish history and culture in his home, which meant he was steeped in literature and patriotic ballads from an early age. At the age of 16, Behan joined the IRA, which led to his serving time in a borstal youth prison in the United Kingdom and imprisonment in Ireland. During this time, he took it upon himself to study and became a fluent speaker of the Irish language. Subsequently released from prison as part of a general amnesty given by the Fianna Fáil government in 1946, Behan moved between homes in Dublin, Kerry and Connemara and also resided in Paris for a time. From Wikipedia (

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Bonfire on the Border

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Down By The Glenside (Part II)

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The Old Triangle

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Preab San Ol

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Who Fears to Speak of Easter Week

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Sings Irish Folk Songs & Ballads

2008

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میکیس تئودوراکیس از سرود یک گروگان - THE LAUGHING BOY - ΤΟ ΓΕΛΑΣΤΟ ΠΑΙΔΙ

کانال تدارک کمونیستی • 781 views

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Down By The Glenside Sung By Brendan Behan - Irish - Folk - animation

poetryreincarnations • 4.5K views

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Dominic Behan sings The Captains and the Kings

Alan Moores • 14K views

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DAAS: The Big Gig - The Auld Triangle / Brendan Behan Is Dead

hismerrymen • 126K views

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The Laughing Boy by Brendan Behan performed by McKenna, Carroll, Rowsome.

thetwangman • 4.6K views

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I REMEMBER IN SEPTEMBER - MIKIS THEODORAKIS

1969anre • 13K views

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The Laughing Boy

Brendan Behan, Danae Dörken & Mikis Theodorakis • 4.6K views

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The Auld Triangle by Brendan Behan

SraidMacSuibhne • 851 views

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The Laughing Boy

The Brendan Behan Pig and Whistle Band • 45K views

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Mikis Theodorakis: “On the Eighteenth of November” and “The Laughing Boy” live on TV - Danae Dörken

Danae Dörken • 2.1K views