{"id":643004,"date":"2026-10-02T21:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T21:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/643004\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T21:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T21:14:12","slug":"folk-legend-christy-moore-rewrites-bobby-sands-penned-ballad-in-support-of-garvaghy-road-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/643004\/","title":{"rendered":"Folk legend Christy Moore rewrites Bobby Sands penned ballad in support of Garvaghy Road \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Music legend Christy Moore has re-written part of a popular folk song – originally penned by republican hunger striker Bobby Sands – in support of nationalist protesters on the Garvaghy Road. <\/p>\n

In a clip circulated on social media Mr Moore has added new lyrics to the ballad \u2018Back Home in Derry\u2019 in a show of solidarity with nationalist residents opposed to a planned Orange Order parade through the district.<\/p>\n

The song was written by Mr Sands, who died in the 1981 hunger strike, while he was being held in the H-Blocks.<\/p>\n

Mr Moore recorded the song, which draws on the tune of Gordon Lighfoot\u2019s 1976 classic \u2018The Wreck of the Edmind Fitzgerald\u2019, for his 1984 album, Ride On.<\/p>\n

\"‘Concerned’<\/a>\"Folk<\/a><\/p>\n

In a short message, Mr Moore says \u201cSorry I can\u2019t be there with you, keep it calm, well done on the Garvaghy Road\u201d before breaking into song.<\/p>\n

Mr Moore repeats the phrase \u2018No pasar\u00e1n\u2019, an anti-fascist slogan associated with the Spanish civil war, which translates as \u201cthey shall not pass\u201d. <\/p>\n

The high-profile musician is among thousands of people across Ireland and beyond to pledge support to Garvaghy Road residents.<\/p>\n

In recent days a trailer has been moved into place and is being used as make-shift stage for dozens of musicians and singers who have entertained large numbers of protesters who have travelled to the area daily.<\/p>\n

Mr Moore\u2019s show of support comes ahead of a planned \u2018solidarity rally\u2019 on the Garvaghy Road at 3pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Loyalists are also planning to hold a \u2018let them home\u2019 festival in the Edgarstown area of Portadown on the same day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Music legend Christy Moore has re-written part of a popular folk song – originally penned by republican hunger…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,270807,61,60],"class_list":["post-643004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-garvaghy-road","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}