http://www.irishdemocrat.co.uk/features/a-working-class-friend-of-ireland/ John Gregory was one of Bristol's shoemaker-poets. Born in Bideford, Devon, apprenticed to a shoemaker at age 11, he was to become the writer of hundreds of poems and songs and a pioneer of the labour, socialist and co-operative movements. Gerrard Sables came upon this poem in support of Home Rule for Ireland whilst engaged in research into Gregory's life en Copyright © 2001 Connolly Publications Ltd 2004-08-24T11:41:31Z Connolly Publications Ltd, 244 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JR David Granville John Gregory, Bristol Socialist Society, daily 1 2001-04-13T12:00Z