I wrote this song for my brother Tom, who was more of a father than a brother to me and was always able to make me laugh even in the worst of times. Although he left Banagher more than sixty years ago, and Ireland more than fifty years ago, like myself, he has always been proud of his roots.
He emigrated to St. Louis, Missouri in 1961, shortly after he married his wife Helen, and has lived there ever since. He has worked there, brought up his children there, is now retired there. Although he has lived and worked for the greater part of his life in the most powerful nation in the world, and saw his American Dream come true, Banagher has never been far from his thoughts