![]() ![]() Although Philo was born in England, he was a proud Irishman. he mentions many old Irish heroes, including Cuculain, a legendary Celtic warrior. The line 'When the kings and queens were dancing around on the Black Rose' is a reference to Ireland before the English came. Roisín Dúbh, or Black Rose, is an ancient name for Ireland, the Rose symbolising the beauty of the land, the Black symbolising the tyranny of the English Occupation. Paul from Dublin, IrelandThis great song is about Ireland.Roddie from Waterford, IrelandA third irony in Lynott's life was to be the death of him he had been lined up to play Hendrix in a biopic Lynott bore a striking facial resemblance to the legendary guitarist.AnonymousHi Paul - If they danced upon the black rose before the English came how can the colour black signify English tyranny if it was a black rose before they got there?.When I'm in Leighlin Road, I say, I'm a Lynott." Roisin Dubh is a 16th century poem and the name was a metaphor for Ireland. When I'm in Crumlin, I say, Leighlin Road. When I'm in Dublin, I say, I'm from Crumlin. When I'm in Ireland, I say, I'm from Dublin. As he said himself: When I'm in England, I say, I'm from Ireland. As his mother was Irish, he could have claimed Irish citizenship if he lived in England and never set foot in Ireland, as it was he was raised in Ireland. Lynott may have technically been born in England but was an Irishman. Nick from Ireland The provisional IRA was not started by an Englishman, the provisional IRA was founded in 1969 due to a split in the IRA. ![]() There are a number of websites devoted to Thin Lizzy and Lynott, as well as several biographies of him and the band, including My Boy, by his mother. In 2005, a statue was erected to Lynott in his hometown, Dublin. Phil Lynott was buried in Saint Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton, Ireland, his grave engraved with the inscription: Unfortunately that was not where the resemblance ended, and on January 4, 1986, he died in Salisbury Infirmary from septicemia and multiple organ failure, the result of his addiction to heroin. Father and son met the following month, but the meeting did not go well, and shattered Lynott's illusions.Ī third irony in Lynott's life was to be the death of him he had been lined up to play Hendrix in a biopic Lynott bore a striking facial resemblance to the legendary guitarist. Lynott appears to have built up a big mythology about his absentee father, but after the rising star and his band were featured in the long defunct popular weekly Titbits in January 1976, Cecil Parris materialized. Lynott grew up in Dublin but also spent time in Manchester where his mother ran a hotel for musicians and show business types, the Clifton Grange, also known as The Showbiz or simply The Biz. His middle name was taken from his father, Cecil Parris. In its Maissue, New Musical Express reported that he was born in the Irish Republic, in fact Philip Parris Lynott was born in Hallam Hospital, West Bromwich near Birmingham on August 20, 1949, the illegitimate son of an Irish Catholic mother. Another irony is that like the founder of the Provisional IRA, the high poet of Irish rock was technically an Englishman. The song was inspired by Lynott's fascination with Irish history and Celtic mythology, and ironically was to become his epitaph. ![]()
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