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The inheritors of Brian Boru, the descendants of Padriag Pearse and the others of the Easter Rising.
All gone away now, so it seems, gone to join the Tuatha Dé Danann in the land under the hill.
88 years, not very long in the life of nations, that's all it took . From Independence gained by the blood of heroes, to subservience, to bending to bullying and bribery, to becoming a vassal state again.
I think every Irishman who voted YES should take a trip out to Kilmainham Gaol and apologise to the men who died there, stood up against a wall.
The inheritors of Brian Boru, the descendants of Padriag Pearse and the others of the Easter Rising.
All gone away now, so it seems, gone to join the Tuatha Dé Danann in the land under the hill.
88 years, not very long in the life of nations, that's all it took . From Independence gained by the blood of heroes, to subservience, to bending to bullying and bribery, to becoming a vassal state again.
I think every Irishman who voted YES should take a trip out to Kilmainham Gaol and apologise to the men who died there, stood up against a wall.
"You cannot conquer Ireland. You cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children will win it by a better deed."Padraig Pearse -1916 after being sentenced to death
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Um...they were all in Donegal, as ever.
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