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The Cranberries - Promises live & Zombie live. @ NPA, Paris, TV Show, 03/01/1999. “Zombie“ is a protest song by The Cranberries. The incendiary song was written in response to the 1993 IRA bombings of Warrington, Cheshire, where two children, Jonathan Ball (3) and Tim Parry (12) were killed and over 50 people were injured. - “1916“ : The Easter Rising in Ireland. The events of Easter 1916 are of seminal importance in Irish history. - Dolores O'Riordan: “The IRA are not me. I’m not the IRA. The Cranberries are not the IRA. My family are not. When it says in the song, ”It’s not me, it’s not my family”, that’s what I’m saying.“ [VOX Magazine, 1995] - The IRA is devoted both to removing British forces from Northern Ireland and to unifying Ireland. Traditional IRA activities have included bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, punishment beatings, extortion, smuggling, and robberies. [] - Allen Kovac, former manager, says Island Records urged
