On 29 January , McCartney returned to New York , where , during another meeting with Lennon , they agreed to end their public feud . The following day , McCartney wrote the song " Give Ireland Back to the Irish " in response to the news that British troops in Derry in Northern Ireland had just shot dead thirteen Civil Rights Marchers and wounded many others , as their protest march turned into a riot because of the British Army 's confrontational approach . With strong familial connections to Ireland on his late mother 's side , McCartney was appalled at Britain 's role in what became known as Bloody Sunday . According to his biographer Tom Doyle , McCartney was inspired also by being around Lennon and the vibrant and politically radical mood of Greenwich Village , where Lennon and Yoko Ono were living . McCartney later recalled : " I was n't really into protest songs – John had done that – but this time I felt that I had to write something , to use my art to protest . " Before leaving New York for London , McCartney arranged a session with Wings to rush-record " Give Ireland Back to the Irish " . The band agreed to release the song as a single , although author Howard Sounes suggests that McCullough , as an Ulster Protestant , may have had his misgivings . The track was recorded on 1 February at EMI 's Abbey Road Studios with engineer Tony Clark . The band then moved to Apple Studios , where the song was mixed and possibly completed . This marked the first time that McCartney had worked in the Beatles ' Apple Studios since the group 's break-up in April 1970
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (1972)
Give Ireland Back to the Irish