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	The Origin of the Irish National Anthem, From Ireland URL http://www.from-ireland.net, ©Vincent Hearns
		Kearney was working in Wicklow at the time he composed the lyrics (1907) and he was teaching Irish at night, among his students was author and playwright Seán Ó Casey.
		Peadar Kearney was arrested and interned in 1920 and was released upon the signing of the Treaty in 1921.
		Peadar Kearney's sister Kathleen was the mother of Brendan Behan or 'Mother of all the Behans' as her autobiography is entitled.
	www.from-ireland.net /history/origin.htm (1237 words)

	Dreamweaver-Templates.org
		Peadar Kearney was born on 22 December I883 and christened Peter Paul Kearney.
		Peadar would write the words and Paddy would often adjust traditional airs on his melodeon to fit the lyrics.
		Peadar asked him anxiously how the music was coming along and for a reply Heeney threw the manuscript in the fire.
	www.naglinntiglasa.utvinternet.ie /Home/Anth.html (523 words)

	Peadar Kearney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Easter Rising of 1916 Kearney fought at Jacob’s biscuit factory under Thomas MacDonagh.
		He died in relative poverty in 1942, and is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.
		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).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peadar_Kearney (335 words)

	The Irish National Anthem
		Kearney was working backstage at the Abbey Theatre when he composed the lyrics of Amhrn na bhFiann/ The Soldier's Song and, together with Patrick Heeny, set it to music.
		In 1920 Kearney was interned for a year in Ballykinlar Internment Camp, County Down.
		Peadar Kearney was the maternal uncle of Brendan Behan.
	www.detroitirish.org /anthem.html (224 words)

	Checkout 2006
		Shamrock was a small privately-owned company in 1958 when current managing director, Peadar Kearney was born.
		And Kearney also believes that the Shamrock brand can move into new areas once the re-branding and resultant marketing campaign is complete.
		But Kearney knows that whatever Shamrock does in the future, it is vital to retain the customers they already have.
	www.checkout.ie /Feature.asp?ID=118 (2643 words)

	Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The present version was arranged for male voices by Hugh S. Robertson (1874-1952), founder of the legendary Glasgow Orpheus Choir, which sang under his baton from 1906-1951.
		Irelands National Anthem, the words were written in 1907 by Peadar Kearney (1883-1942), Brendan Behans uncle.
		It was published in 1912 by Bulmer Hobson in the Irish Freedom Paper, and became the marching song of the Irish Volunteers and subsequently the National Anthem.
	www.dublinwelsh.com /samples.html (305 words)

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		Peadar Kearney was born in Dublin in 1883.
		After leaving school he worked at various labouring jobs and was for a while a stagehand at the Abbey Theatre.
		Peader Kearney wrote a great deal of poetry: patriotic verse, comic verse, love songs and parodies.
	www.cielen.net /hotf/sorpk.htm (124 words)

	TIME.com: -- Dec. 7, 1942 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		After the master race moved into France she moved to Morocco, and was reported to have died broke.
		Peadar Kearney, 58, house painter, lyricist of The Soldier's Song, Eire's anthem; in Dublin.
		The tune was theme song of the 1916 rebellion (in which Kearney fought), was made the Free State anthem in 1932, when the Free State granted Peadar $2,400.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,774010,00.html (608 words)

	Ireland - nationalanthems.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Words by: Peadar Kearney (English), Liam O Rinn (Irish)
		The text of Amhrán na bhFiann, consisting of three stanzas and a chorus, was written in 1907.
		An anthem composed by Phillip Coulter called "Irelands Call" is used as a non-sectarian anthem, which is used by both northern and southern Irish athletes when competing together as a unified team.
	david.national-anthems.net /ie.htm (184 words)

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		Some of the last letters of executed signatories of the Proclamation are also to be sold off in the online auction.
		Also included are manuscripts of Padraig Pearse and Thomas MacDonagh, a handwritten copy of the National Anthem by its author Peadar O Cearnaigh, a tricolour believed to have flown from the GPO in 1916 and Michael Collins’s typewriter, “among other unique historical items”.
		> > Also included are manuscripts of Padraig Pearse and Thomas MacDonagh, a >handwritten copy of the National Anthem by its author Peadar O Cearnaigh, a >tricolour believed to have flown from the GPO in 1916 and Michael Collins’s >typewriter, “among other unique historical items”.
	www.ureader.co.uk /msg/13801640.aspx (2587 words)

	Saints
		I wrote this song based loosely on the Salve Regina, the prayer which is recited at the end of the Rosary.
		Also known as The Bold Fenian Men, written by Peadar Kearney, who wrote the Irish National Anthem and is on uncle of Brendan Behan.
		I composed the music to this beautiful poem by Scotland's bard and then found out that a lot of other people have done the same.
	www.mike-gallagher.com /Saints.html (529 words)

	RTE News - Museum director slams Rising auction
		The first draft of the national anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann, is going under the hammer in what has been billed as the most significant auction in Irish history.
		Penned by Peadar Kearney in 1907, The Soldier's Song, is expected to attract bids of up to €1.2m.
		Today's auction at James Adam and Sons and Mealy's Auctioneers is being held at St Stephen's Green and will continue until this evening.
	www.rte.ie /news/2006/0412/anthem.html (267 words)

	Miscellaneous Irish Materials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The correspondence, dating from 1823, includes small groups of letters to and from many important Irish literary and political figures including William Allingham, Roger Casement, Austin Clarke, Edward Dowden, St. John Ervine, Seumas MacManus, Daniel O'Connell, Thomas Power O'Connor, and Charles Stewart Parnell.
		The largest collection of correspondence not previously mentioned is a series of seventy letters, dated 1921, from Peadar Kearney to his wife, Eva, from prison at Bally Kinlar Internment Camp.
		There is also a series of twenty-two pieces of correspondence from Brian Higgins to Martin Green of McGibbon and Kee publishing company.
	www.siu.edu /~ireland/mim.htm (249 words)

	SEARC'S WEB GUIDE - Peadar Kearney (1883-1942)
		Searc's Web Guide to 20th Century Ireland - Peadar Kearney (1883-1942)
		Peadar Kearney was born and educated in Dublin where he worked as a labourer while composing songs, poetry and plays.
		Peadar Kearney was the maternal uncle of Brendan Behan.©
	www.searcs-web.com /kearney.html (297 words)

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