'It’s the kind of song you carry with you': Cork singer on the Collins brothers of WWI

A new song which tells the tragic story of the six Collins brothers from Waterford who joined the British army to fight in World War I has been released by Cork singer-songwriter Roy Buckley.

For Another King and Country, written by Phil Coulter alongside Ryan Hennessy and Jimmy Rainsford of Picture This, has been described as an Irish version of Saving Private Ryan — but without the Hollywood ending.

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