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The famous song “No Man’s Land” by Eric Bogle is better known by other names such as “The Green Fields of France” or just “Willie McBride” and is about the singer resting by the grave of a young soldier killed in the First World War and reflecting on his death and the horrors of war. County Armagh historian Trevor Geary believes he has found the identity of the eponymous Willie McBride. Gordon Adair tells the story. Location: Roan Cottage, Co. Armagh. BT60 3AF Image: William McBride Image courtesy of Joe McBride
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