"Viva la Quinta Brigada" is a Christy Moore song about the Irishmen who fought in the Spanish Civil War against Franco.
The song is about the Irish socialist volunteers, who were a small contingent within the 15th International Brigade, and who in later years became known as the Connolly Column.
"[citation needed] Moore's song was inspired by Spanish Civil War veteran Michael O'Riordan's 1979 book Connolly Column.
[1]Moore's original song title - which translates as "Long live the Fifth Brigade" - was a slip due to the similarity in Spanish between "quinta" (fifth) and "quince" (fifteen).
The song later appeared listed as Viva la Quince Brigada as Moore corrected the mistake in subsequent recordings.