The Ballad Of Patricia McKay

nurPeter und HollyPet — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:12:39 GMT

(Text: George McDonald - Guitar, Harmonica, Voice: Peter Gorek) Patricia McKay (nee Kelly) was born in west Belfast and graduated from St. Louise school on the Falls Road. As a girl she joined na Fianna Eireann, the youth wing of the Republican Movement and became a leader in that organisation. As she matured she entered the Republican Movement proper and became an IRA Volunteer.She was heavily influenced by the life and philosophy of Che Guevarra and other Left Wing revolutionaries, along with the Irish Republican principles of Tone and Connolly. At the time of the Split she remained with the "Official" Republican movement, but also remained a true friend and Comrade to all who fought for the Irish Working Class. She was involved in all aspects of the People's struggle. She travelled to Civil Rights Demonstration all over Ireland and was present on that horrible day in Derry known as "Bloody Sunday". She ran a co-operative store and advice centre for the people of the Falls Road in Belfast and was heavily involved in the Housing RIghts struggle along with her friend, the great Joe McCann. She was an outspoken member of the Republican Movement and was not shy about forcefully expressing her opinions to the leadership. When her dear friend Jimmy Quigley was shot by the British Army and his body desecrated she and her Company took to the streets on that September day in 1972 to defend the area from further British incursions and barbarity. Along with the Provisional IRA she and her Comrades fought the British Army all day in the narrow streets, from house to house and rooftop to rooftop. That night she and her husband Gerry McKay, along with the Provisional Commander Brendan Hughes, were pinned down by British fire in a small house near Conway Mill. Patricia and Gerry made a break for freedom, but as they ran from the house were shot by a concealed sniper of the Royal Green Jackets Regiment. Patricia was shot five times in the back and died shortly afterwards in hospital. Gerry McKay was seriously wounded and was evacuated across the border by his comrades. She was buried with full honours in the Official Republican plot in Milltown Cemetery, Belfast. She is remembered as a bright, happy, charming young woman, but one in whose heart was a burning desire for freedom, justice and equality for all Irish people, and people worldwide.

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