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Monday 8 August 2011

Gerry MacGregor remembered




I had to share this excellent write up Gerry got in Memoriam in Saoirse newspaper of RSF which I have typed until the current edition can be received online.
Slainte
Larry

THE well-known Republican and talented folk singer Gerry MacGregor passed away peacefully in a Glasgow hospital on July 24


Gerry hailed from the village of Duntocher in Dunbartonshire and had Donegal roots. Since his youth he was actively involved in revolutionary politics and embraced the causes of Scottish and Irish freedom and was a committed internationalist.

His heroes were John MacLean, James Connolly and Bobby Sands.

Gerry was actively involved in the Scottish Republican Socialist Party/Movement and was delighted with the landslide SNP victory in the Holyrood elections in May of this year.

Gerry was a regular participant at the annual Republican Sinn Fein 1916 Commemoration in Glasgow on Easter Sunday and attended an Republican Sinn Fein Ard-Fheis several years ago.

The plight of the Republican POWs were never far from his mind and Gerry performed at numerous CABHAIR benefits in support of the prisoners without taking any money. He is best known for his singing and performed for many years after Celtic FC home games in the Tolbooth at Glasgow Cross and also the Tall Cranes in Govan.

His albums include Bobby Sands - The Lark: A Tribute. Scotland Out of Britain - Britain Out of Ireland, I Sure Like Mondays and Your Daughters and Your Sons
Gerry's songs reflected his support for Irish and Scottish liberation, his working class politics and international principles.

He will be sorely missed by the many people who were inspired by his singing and who knew him through the numerous progressive causes he embraced. Sincere sympathy is offered to his partner Karen and family circle.
SAOIRSE Irish Freedom The Voice of the Republican Movement
UIMH 292 LUNASA AUGUST 2011

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