Fields of Athenry
At Allan’s funeral I was privileged to say a few words about how much Allan meant to so many of us and one thing I mentioned was Allan’s love of music, poetry, song film and all aspects of culture. So much so we enshrined culture as one of the main aspects of RCN activity.
At weekends away we would spend the day deep in quite intense political discussions then we would share food and stories and poems and songs. This song in particular will always remind me of Allan.
Now I am not the best singer in the world nor for that matter in this room. I’m a joiner inner. And that’s what’s important. That we collectively raise our voices in this beautiful love song and republican Anthem. For Allan.