Michael Gaughans 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 the determination to achieve the new Ireland for which I gladly die. My loyalty and confidence is to the IRA and those of you who are left carry on the work and finish the fight.
Take me home to Mayo, across the sea
Home to dear old Mayo, where once I roamed so free
Take me home to Mayo, there let my body lie
Home to dear old Mayo, beneath the western sky
My name is Michael Gaughan, from Ballina I came
I saw my people suffering, and swore to break the chains
I raised the flag England, prepared to fight or die
Far away from Mayo beneath the western sky
My body’s cold and hungry, in Parkhurst jail I lie
For loving of my country, on hunger strike I die
I have just one last longing, I pray you’ll not deny
Bury me in Mayo, beneath an Irish sky
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