Seámus Robinson (aka S. Mac Roibin) wrote this ballad in 1974 in memory of 24-year old Irish hunger striker Michael Gaughan who left this final message:
"I die proudly for my country and in the hope that my death will be sufficient to obtain the demands of my comrades. Let there be no bitterness on my behalf, but a determination to achieve the new Ireland for which I gladly die. My loyalty and confidence is to the IRA and let those of you who are left carry on the work and finish the fight."
Seámus Robinson (aka S. Mac Roibin) wrote this ballad in 1974 in memory of 24-year old Irish hunger striker Michael Gaughan who left this final message:
"I die proudly for my country and in the hope that my death will be sufficient to obtain the demands of my comrades. Let there be no bitterness on my behalf, but a determination to achieve the new Ireland for which I gladly die. My loyalty and confidence is to the IRA and let those of you who are left carry on the work and finish the fight."
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