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m greene · 11-27-2010, 08:28 PM

Wreck of the Edmund Eitzgerald came first.

The Bobby Sands song "Back Home in Derry" first appeared on the 1983 album " The Spirit of Irish Freedom" also by Christy Moore. Credit is given to Lightfoot for the music on this album although for some bizarre reason/oversight the credit does not appear on the 1984 album Ride On.

Sands wrote these lyrics for his Derry comrades in the H Blocks of the prison of Long Kesh sometime in the late 70's before the second republican prisoner Hunger Strike of 1981 in which he died after 66 days without food.

The lyrics of the song refer to the deportment, by the British Government, of Irish Republican rebels to Tasmania (Van Diemens Land) in Australia for their part in the Robert Emmet inspired rebellion of 1803.

I hope this clears up the confusion.

11-27-2010, 08:28 PM	#10
m greene Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1	Re: Back Home in Derry Wreck Resemblance? Wreck of the Edmund Eitzgerald came first. The Bobby Sands song "Back Home in Derry" first appeared on the 1983 album " The Spirit of Irish Freedom" also by Christy Moore. Credit is given to Lightfoot for the music on this album although for some bizarre reason/oversight the credit does not appear on the 1984 album Ride On. Sands wrote these lyrics for his Derry comrades in the H Blocks of the prison of Long Kesh sometime in the late 70's before the second republican prisoner Hunger Strike of 1981 in which he died after 66 days without food. The lyrics of the song refer to the deportment, by the British Government, of Irish Republican rebels to Tasmania (Van Diemens Land) in Australia for their part in the Robert Emmet inspired rebellion of 1803. I hope this clears up the confusion.