The Wolfe Tones have become legendary in Ireland for their contribution to the Irish rebel genre . The band has been recording since 1963 and has attracted worldwide fame and attention through their renditions of traditional Irish songs and originals , dealing with the former conflict in Northern Ireland . In 2002 the Wolfe Tones ' version of " A Nation Once Again " , a nationalist song from the 19th century , was voted the greatest song in the world in a poll conducted by the BBC World Service An Irish alternative rock/post punk band from Dublin , U2 broke with the rebel musical tradition when in 1983 they wrote their song " Sunday Bloody Sunday " . The song makes reference to two separate massacres in Irish history of civilians by British forces – Bloody Sunday ( 1920 ) and Bloody Sunday 1972 – however , unlike other songs dealing with those events , the lyrics call for peace as opposed to revenge
Bloody Sunday ( 1920 )
Bloody Sunday (1920)
Protest song