Wolfe Tones frontman Brian Warfield has blasted what he described as "crankiness in the DUP" for stirring up controversy as he hit out at their hypocrisy.
The band's annual gig at Sunday night's Feile An Phobail in Belfast saw thousands sing along to their lyrics "Oh, ah, up the Ra" to their song Celtic Symphony. But unionists in the north have been left fuming over pro-IRA chanting.
Republican ballader Warfield told the Irish Mirror: "We're entitled to our own song and culture. They might give medals and titles back to the people who killed for England over the years - Sir or Lord this - but we don't give titles to the Irish people that fought for freedom. What we do is we give them a song in their memory."
