Crucial Track for 05 February 2026

"A Man of Our Times" by The Fureys

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Share a song that tells a great story.

This isn't exactly a great story. It's really a reflection on the life of a politician. It's about Eamon de Lavera.

How he held Bolands Mill for the rebels in 1916, how he was "sentenced to die with Pearse and McBride" but went on to settle with the English and to dominate Irish politics

I can only think of two political songs which I'd see as nuanced. This is one of them.