Irish Code song to signal whether it was safe to attend Mass


Sissel and the Chieftains sing a love song of the 17th century which was used as a code to let the local Catholic Irish know whether or not it was safe to attend the Mass, (which was illegal and punished by execution), and which were held in fields or houses in secrecy.


 

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