The Troubles in popular culture
The Northern Ireland Troubles have been referenced numerous times in popular culture, particularly through films, novels, songs and poems. This article aims to provide a complete list of such works.
Films
- The Long Good Friday (1980)
- The Outsider (1980 film) (1980)
- Angel (1982)
- Harry's Game (1982)
- Cal (1984)
- Children in the Crossfire (1984)
- A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
- Elephant (Alan Clarke film) (1989)
- Dear Sarah (1990)
- Hidden Agenda (1990)
- Law & Order - "The Troubles" episode - (1991)
- The Crying Game (1992)
- Patriot Games (1992)
- In the Name of the Father (1993)
- The Railway Station Man (1993)
- Blown Away (1994)
- The Run of the Country (1995)
- Nothing Personal (1995)
- Some Mothers Son (1996)
- The Devil's Own (1997)
- The Boxer (1997)
- The Informant (1997)
- Resurrection Man (1997)
- The General (1998)
- My Brother's War (1998)
- Ronin (1998)
- Titanic Town (1998)
- Omagh the Legacy: Claire and Stephen's Story (1999)
- Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
- An Everlasting Piece (2000)
- H3 (2001)
- Bloody Sunday (2002)
- Sunday (2002)
- Holy Cross (BBC Documentary) (2003)
- Mickybo and Me (2004)
- Omagh (2004)
- Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
- Johnny Was (2006)
- Closing the Ring (2007)
- Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
- Hunger (2008)
- Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
- Shadow Dancer (2012)
- Good Vibrations (2013)
- '71 (2014)
Novels
- A Breed of Heroes by Alan Judd
- Belfast Diaries: War as a Way of Life by John Conroy (1995)
- The Bombmaker by Stephen Leather (1999)
- Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe (1998)
- Cal by Bernard MacLaverty (1983)
- Christ in the Fields, A Fermanagh Trilogy by Eugene McCabe (1993)
- Cycle of Violence by Colin Bateman (1995)
- The Dead Republic by Roddy Doyle (2010)
- Divorcing Jack by Colin Bateman (1994)
- Drink with the Devil by Jack Higgins (1996)
- Eureka Street by Robert McLiam Wilson (1996)
- Harry's Game by Gerald Seymour (1975)
- The Kevin and Sadie series: The Twelfth Day of July (1970), Across the Barricades (1972), Into Exile (1973), A Proper Place (1975), and Hostage to Fortune (1976) by Joan Lingard
- The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh (2001)
- Maura's Angel by Lynne Reid Banks (1984)
- The Marching Season by Daniel Silva (1999)
- Mohammed Maguire by Colin Bateman (2001)
- No Bones by Anna Burns (2001)
- Ourselves Alone by Anne Devlin (1985)
- Patriot Games by Tom Clancy (1987)
- Rogue Element by Terence Strong (1997).
- A Son Called Gabriel by McNicholl, Damian. (2004). ISBN 1-59315-018-0
- Stand by Stand by by Chris Ryan
- The Watchman by Chris Ryan (2001)
- Watchman by Ian Rankin (1988)
- Troubled Souls by Garth Ennis & John McCrea (1990) - Graphic Novel ISBN 978-1853861741
- A Stone's Throw by Lee Watts (2015) ISBN 9781517264925
Instrumental compositions
- "Lest we forget" by Robert Candeloro (2006)
- "The Seeming Insanity of Forgiveness" by Dr Thomas Fitzgerald (composer) (2002)
Songs
See also: Irish rebel music
- "Armalite Rifle" by Gang of Four
- "Alternative Ulster" by Stiff Little Fingers
- "Armagh" by Au Pairs
- "Belfast" by Boney M
- "Belfast" by Orbital
- "Belfast" by Elton John
- "Belfast Child" by Simple Minds
- "Belfast (Penguins and Cats)" by Katie Melua
- "Belfast to Boston (God's Rifle)" by James Taylor
- "Big Decision" by That Petrol Emotion
- "Black Cab Motorcade" by State Radio
- "Bloody Sunday" by U2
- "Both Sides of the Story" by Phil Collins
- "Broken Land" by The Adventures
- "Crimson Days" by Silent Running
- "Don't forget about us" by Paul J Miles (2008)
- "Drunken Lullabies" by Flogging Molly
- "Each Dollar a Bullet" by Stiff Little Fingers
- "Ether" by Gang Of Four
- "Fly the Flag" by Stiff Little Fingers
- "Forgotten Sons" by Marillion
- "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Paul McCartney
- "Go on Home British Soldiers by Tommy Skelly
- "God be with you Ireland" by The Cranberries
- "God Kicks", "Potato Junkie" and "Church of Noise" by Therapy?
- "Hang the IRA" by Skullhead
- "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" by Megadeth
- "The House of Orange" by Stan Rogers on From Fresh Water
- "Invisible Sun" by The Police
- "It's Going To Happen" by The Undertones
- "It's Only Tuesday" by Eric Bogle
- "Kinky Sex Makes the World Go 'Round" by Dead Kennedys
- "Last Night Another Soldier", "Brighton Bomb" and "Soldier" by The Angelic Upstarts
- "Letter from Louise" by The Saw Doctors
- "Michael Caine" by Madness (band)
- "My Little ArmaLite" by Unknown
- "Northern Industrial Town" by Billy Bragg
- "Oliver's Army" by Elvis Costello
- "Out in the Fields" by Gary Moore and Phil Lynott
- "Pie Jesu" by Andrew Lloyd Webber
- "What's Left of the Flag" by Flogging Molly
- "Sean O'Farrell" by The Celibate Rifles
- "Shankill Butchers" by The Decemberists
- "Smash the IRA" by Skrewdriver
- "So Many People" by Hubert Kah
- "Soldier" by Harvey Andrews
- Some Time in New York City by John Lennon and Yoko Ono: "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "The Luck of the Irish"
- "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" by The Pogues
- "Sunday Bloody Sunday," "Please," "Peace on Earth," "North and South of The River," "Raised By Wolves," and "The Troubles" by U2
- "Sunrise" by The Divine Comedy
- "Ten Men Dead" by Blaggers ITA
- "That's Just the Way It Is" by Phil Collins
- "The Greening of Belfast" by Michael Card
- "The Island" by Paul Brady
- "The Men Behind the Wire" by Barleycorn
- "The More I See (The Less I Believe)" by Fun Boy Three
- "There Were Roses" by Tommy Sands
- "The Town I Loved So Well" by Phil Coulter
- "The Troubles" by The Roches
- "The Troubles" by XTC
- "Theme from Harry's Game" by Clannad
- "This Is a Rebel Song" by Sinéad O'Connor
- "Through the Barricades" by Spandau Ballet[1][2]
- "Ulster" by Sham 69
- "White Noise" by Stiff Little Fingers
- "Zombie" by The Cranberries
Poems
| Poem | Poet |
|---|---|
| Ceasefire | Michael Longley |
| Ballad of Claudy | James Simmons |
| Belfast Confetti | Ciarán Carson |
| Casualty | Seamus Heaney |
| Punishment | Seamus Heaney |
| There Are Too Many Saviours on My Cross | Dr. T. James |
Art
Plays
- A Night in November by Marie Jones
- Bloom of the Diamond Stone by Wilson John Haire
- Did You Hear the One About the Irishman...? by Christina Reid
- In a Little World of Our Own by Gary Mitchell
- Joyriders by Christina Reid
- Remembrance by Graham Reid
- The Flats by John Boyd
- The Freedom of the City by Brian Friel
- Greater Belfast by Matt Regan
- The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh
Video Games
- Block H is an interactive installation which includes a Counter-Strike mini-mod with maps changed to Belfast and standard player skins changed to Loyalists and Nationalists.[3]
- MMORPG The Hooded Gunman[4] has caused major controversy.[5] It includes drug-dealing and gunrunning as primary means of raising funds, which can later be used to organize riots and other illegal actions.
References
- ↑ l Belfast: the war against cliché | | guardian.co.uk Arts
- ↑ http://hometown. aol. co.uk/KHA200/Irish_History_Song.pdf
- ↑ Block H Official Website http://www.blockh.net/
- ↑ The Hooded Gunman Official Website http://www.hoodedgunman.com/
- ↑ The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/may/16/northernireland.games
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