Pearse Jordan (12 December 1969 – 25 November 1992) was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer killed by a Royal Ulster Constabulary officer.

[3] In 2001 the European Court of Human Rights ordered the British Government to pay fines to the families of several IRA men, including Jordan's, after holding that the men's human rights were violated by flawed inquest procedures.

When he was six months old, during the time of the Falls Curfew, he almost died from the effects of CS gas during an army operation.

Jordan then abandoned his car, and was subsequently shot three times from behind by Sergeant A, an unnamed member of a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Headquarters Mobile Support Unit.

[9] Jordan was fatally wounded from the shots and he died a short distance from where his car had been abandoned.

[3] No guns, ammunition, explosives, masks or gloves were found in the car, and Jordan had been unarmed.

[3] Sergeant A stated that the officers believed Jordan was transporting weapons for the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

One year after the incident, despite inconsistent statements from the policemen involved, the Director of Public Prosecutions deemed the case inadmissible on the basis of insufficient evidence.

No one shall be deprived of his life intentionally save in the execution of a sentence of a court following his conviction of a crime for which this penalty is provided by law."

[11] The recurring phrase "Slán go fóill mo chara" – the song is otherwise in English – in Irish means "Goodbye, my friend/comrade".