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Meg Pybus, great niece of Mr Williams, inside the pub where he lived. Image source, Meg Pybus. Royalties still paid. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Imperial War Museum's Matt Brosnan: It's a song about being away from home and wanting to return to your sweetheart.

Image source, Imperial War Museum. Published 30 January Published 12 November But where did the song come from about a British soldier longing for his sweetheart in Tipperary? Judge was a former fishmonger turned producer and he claimed to have written the song overnight. An article in the Financial Times, however, seriously disputes that and proves otherwise. Judge had co-written a song previously called "It's a Long Way to Connemara" about a young Irish lad missing his Connemara sweetheart with a man called Harry Williams, who was confined to a wheelchair after a boyhood accident and who was described by his great-niece Meg Pybus as a "sensitive and sickly man.

Judge swapped Connemara for Tipperary, where his own grandmother actually came from and sold the publishing rights to Bert Feldman, who created an upbeat marching tune for it. Feldman listed Judge and Williams as co-writers.

The song went viral. It sold three million copies in the UK and six million worldwide. The first public mention of the song's immense popularity was when Daily Mail journalist George Curnock reported that a battalion of Connacht Rangers got off the boat in France singing it.

The Mail published the words and the rest was history. Judge fell on hard times and sold his half to Williams. Williams donated a large sum to help the wounded from the war. A bawdy version of the song also took hold entitled "That's the wrong way to tickle Mary," but we can go no further as it becomes an x-rated version say the experts. In one cartoon, Snoopy is walking so long a distance to Tipperary that he lies down exhausted and notes, "They're right, it is a long way to Tipperary.

The song's most famous appearance is in the best-selling play and later powerful a nti-war film "Oh What a Lovely War. Meanwhile, Tipperary itself is now known internationally for the Tipperary Peace Prize awarded annually to an international peacemaker. Filter result by type: Articles Images Media. Upload to this page Add your photos, text, videos, etc. What to do. Golden Vale, Co. Tipperary The Golden Vale has the richest pastureland in Europe. A Changing Libraries Initiative - This site and all content is made available under respective copyrights.

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