During the Easter Rising, the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army occupied Dublin’s General Post Office (GPO), from where they headquartered their rebellion.

The Irish Citizen Army was a small group of trained trade union volunteers from the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union established in Dublin for the defense of workers' demonstrations from the police. It was formed by James Larkin, James Connolly and Jack White on 23 November 1913.

O'Connell Street is the main thoroughfare in Dublin and the location of the General Post Office.

The Starry Plough is a flag originally used by the Irish Citizen Army, a socialist Irish republican movement. James Connolly, co-founder of the Irish Citizen Army with Jack White, said the significance of the banner was that a free Ireland would control its own destiny from the plough to the stars.

Bainbridge is an avenue located in the historically Irish neighborhood of Norwood in the Bronx.

Our Lady of Mercy College, Carysfort (commonly known as Carysfort College) was an teacher training college in Dublin from 1877 until 1988.

The Morris Minor was a British subcompact car that was produced from 1948 until 1971.

“The boy” Riz refers to was likely frightened by the prospect of the U.S. entering the war and escalating the fighting but was still being recruited by ISIS forces. “Cold feet” and the Nike slogan “Just Do It” continue the shoe theme.

Heems may be referring to the Queens neighborhood LeFrak which he says he grew up referring to as “Iraq.”