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Ballad of a Soldier
Ballad of a Soldier (, "Ballada o soldate"), is a 1959 Soviet film directed by Grigori Chukhrai and starring Vladimir Ivashov and Zhanna Prokhorenko. While set during World War II, "Ballad of a Soldier" is not primarily a war film. It recounts, within the context of the turmoil of war, various kinds of love: the romantic love of a young couple, the committed love of a married couple, and a mother's love of her child, as a Red
song about a young Catholic man, shot by a British soldier while walking to a Gaelic football match, at Aughnacloy border checkpoint in County Tyrone.
- "The Ballad of Billy Reid" – song recorded by the Wolfe Tones, Shebeen, and others, about Provisional IRA member Billy Reid (killed in May 1971).
- "The Ballad of Ed O'Brien" – song about Edward O'Brien who died in a bus explosion in London.
- "The Ballad of Joe McCann" – song by Brian Moore