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Peadar Kearney (;
12 December,
1883 –
23 November,
1942) was an
Irish Republican and composer of numerous
rebel songs. In
1907 he wrote the lyrics to
The Soldier's Song (Amhrán na bhFiann), now the
Irish national anthem.
Kearney was born at 68
Lower Dorset Street,
Dublin in 1883. He joined the
Gaelic League in
1901, and the
Irish Republican Brotherhood in
1903. He was a founder member of the
Irish Volunteers in
1913. In the
Easter Rising of
1916 Kearney fought at Jacob’s biscuit factory under
Thomas MacDonagh. He escaped before the garrison was taken into custody. He was active in the
War of Independence and was interned in
Ballykinler Camp in
County Down in
1920. A personal friend of
Michael Collins, Kearney took the
Free State side in the
Civil War. After the establishment of the Free State, however, he took no further part in politics. He died in relative poverty in 1942, and is buried in
Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. Kearney also witnessed the death of IRA (Irish Republican Army) leader, Michael Collins at Beal nBaith on 16th August 1922. He was travelling in the front veichle going to Cork.
Kearney's songs were highly popular with the Volunteers (which later became the
IRA) in the 1913-22 period. Most popular of all was
The Soldier's Song. In
1926, four years after the formation of the Free State, the
Irish translation,
Amhrán na bhFiann, was adopted as the National anthem. Kearney never received any royalties for the song.
Other well known songs by Kearney include
Down by the Glenside (The Bold Fenian Men),
The Three-coloured Ribbon,
Down by the Liffey Side and
Erin Go Bragh (
Erin Go Bragh was the text on the
Irish national flag before the adoption of the
tricolour).
Kearney's sister Kathleen was the mother of
Irish writers Brendan Behan and
Dominic Behan, both of whom were also republicans and songwriters.
There is a plaque on the wall on the west side of Dorset Street commemorating his birth there.
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