A song was played at the funerals of two of the greatest Irishmen who ever lived............. they lived in different countries.......... one was born here - one wasn't..............yet, his Irish heritage was very important The words were written by an Irish man. 1. Who were these two men, and who wrote the song? The British saluted the man who was born and bred in Ireland in a way which very few people know about on part of his final journey in a way which everyone should know about........... 2. How was he saluted? Another 'song' was played to honour the man who was not born and bred in Ireland.........and this song/music stood out because it had never been played for a dead man before - only to those who lived. 3. What was this song? Three days after President Eamonn De Valera of Ireland died, the Irish Army marched from Cathal Brugha Barracks (I think it was - I can be brought up on that one) to Glasnevin Cemetery and played a salute to a man who had died a long time before 4. Who was that man? In 1938, when the British Navy were leaving Haulbowline in Cork, they sent a request to President Eamonn Devalera. 5. What was the request and what happened afterwards....... Jane :-)