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| "Jackets Green" | |
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| Song by Michael Scanlan | |
| Genre | Folk ballad |
| Songwriter(s) | Michael Scanlan |
Jackets Green is an Irish ballad by Michael Scanlan (1833–1917) concerning an Irish woman and her beloved, an Irish soldier fighting in the Jacobite army of Patrick Sarsfield[1] during the Williamite War of the late 17th century.[2] Like some other "patriotic" Irish ballads, it includes romantic rather than historically accurate descriptions. This includes, at its core, the assertion that Sarsfield's men wore green uniforms, when the Irish Brigade, initiated by the Jacobite soldiers under Sarsfield's command, actually wore red uniforms.
- ^ Galvin, Patrick (1962). Irish Songs of Resistance (1169-1923). Oak Publications. p. 97.
- ^ "Jackets Green". National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 11 September 2023.