Dominic Behan

Doiminic Ó Beacháin, known as Dominic Behan (born 22 October 1928 in Dublin, Ireland, died 3 August 1989 in Glasgow, Scotland), was an Irish songwriter, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English.
His father Stephen was a member of the IRA and had been one of Michael Collins' “Twelve Apostles”.
He published more than 450 songs during his lifetime. He was the brother of Brendan Behan and the nephew of Peadar Kearney.