Brooksbank [née Soutar], Mary Watson (1897–1978), revolutionary and songwriter, was born on 15 December 1897 at 29 Shiprow, Aberdeen, the only daughter of five children born to Alexander Soutar (1867–1953), dock labourer and founding member of Aberdeen Dockers' Union, and his wife, ...
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Brooksbank [née Soutar], Mary Watson (1897–1978), revolutionary and songwriter
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Kearney, Peadar (1883–1942), Irish revolutionary and songwriter
Frances Flanagan
Kearney, Peadar (1883–1942), Irish revolutionary and songwriter, was born at 11 Lower Drumcondra Road, Dublin, on 12 December 1883, the oldest of six surviving children of John Kearney (1854–1897), a grocer, and his wife, Kathleen (Katie), née McGuinness (1860–1907), from Rathmaiden, Slane, co. Meath...
