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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Irish folk | |||
| Label | Triskel Records | |||
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Sing Out for Ireland is the fourteenth album by Irish folk and rebel band The Wolfe Tones.
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Sing Out for Ireland is the fourteenth album by Irish folk and rebel band The Wolfe Tones.
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