# Peadar Kearney

> Peadar Kearney was an Irish republican and composer of numerous rebel songs. In 1907, he wrote the lyrics to "A Soldier's Song", now the Irish national anthem. He was the uncle of Irish writers Brendan Behan, Brian Behan, and Dominic Behan.

*Irish song writer (1883–1942)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/peadar-kearney

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Born:** 1883-12-12
- **Died:** 1942-11-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 47.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.2 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 8.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/1029287)
- [Peadar Ó Cearnaigh](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peadar_%C3%93_Cearnaigh)
- [Peadar Kearney](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peadar_Kearney)
- [Peadar Kearney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peadar_Kearney)
- [Peadar Kearney](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peadar_Kearney)
- [Peadar Kearney](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peadar_Kearney)
- [Peadar Ó Cearnaigh](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peadar_%C3%93_Cearnaigh)
- [Peadar Kearney](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peadar_Kearney)
- [Peadar Kearney](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peadar_Kearney)
- [Peadar Kearney](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peadar_Kearney)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/202c867e-bfc5-466b-a803-fc1b3a67d891)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1292737)

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