Peadar Kearney

Peadar Kearney
Kearney in 1912
Born	(1883-12-12)12 December 1883 68 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin
Died	24 November 1942(1942-11-24) (aged 58) Inchicore, Dublin, Ireland
Buried	Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
Service / branch	Irish Volunteers Irish Republican Brotherhood Irish Republican Army National Army
Battles / wars	Easter Rising Irish War of Independence Irish Civil War
Relations	Kathleen Behan (sister) Brendan Behan (nephew) Rory Furlong (nephew) Brian Behan (nephew) Dominic Behan (nephew) .

Peadar Kearney (Irish: Peadar Ó Cearnaigh [ˈpʲad̪ˠəɾˠ oː ˈcaɾˠn̪ˠiː]; 12 December 1883 – 24 November 1942)^[1] was an Irish republican and composer of numerous rebel songs. In 1907 he wrote the lyrics to "A Soldier's Song" (Irish: "Amhrán na bhFiann"), now the Irish national anthem. He was the uncle of Irish writers Brendan Behan, Brian Behan, and Dominic Behan.