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Irish band Simple Minds chronicles Ireland’s bloody history with their single ‘Belfast Child.’ Though Ireland was a united country until 1920, due to religious differences playing a significant role in the country’s political makeup, Ireland’s government decided to split the country in two. Guerilla warfare between parties such as the IRA and the British government controlling Northern Ireland commenced over the next several decades. ‘Belfast Child’ grapples with the personal tragedies experienced by the people of Ireland during these times.

 
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Irish famine immigrants fighting for the Union in the American Civil War. (The experience of my paternal great-grandfather, who fought with New York's Irish Brigade.)

 
From American Songwriter website

Evermore” is even more directly inspired by the fifteenth and sixteenth century Anglo-Scottish wars, mostly fought along the border of the two countries, which Plant had been reading about prior to writing the lyrics.

 
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From the History Channel website:

The anthem’s history began the morning of September 14, 1814, when an attorney and amateur poet named Francis Scott Key watched U.S. soldiers—who were under bombardment from British naval forces during the War of 1812—raise a large American flag over Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland.

 
64Zcode said:
Coal mine disaster in West Virginia, 1910
MSB - Fire In The Hole -

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You get a like for MSB. Saw them open for Foreigner way back in the day. :D
 
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About a now ghost town, Calico, CA. Was a silver mining town back in the Silver rushes. King Mining Co. produced the most silver in CA during the 1880's.

Ghosts of Calico - Enter the Haggis

 
These guys actually do a lot of songs about events (historical??). In this instance a real person anyway.

John Mooring was a pretty popular fiddler player in Canada back in the 60's. Won some competitions, put out quite a few records. Anyway he was killed after one of his shows, for "flirting" with a girl in the audience. (supposedly anyway)

Death of Johnny Mooring - Enter the Haggis

 
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