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Padriag Pearse Prints |
Prints: full size on canvas, or 20" x 14" on paper
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Padriag Pearse Prints |
Prints: full size on canvas, or 20" x 14" on paper
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On August 1, 2015, Pearse spoke at the grave of Jeremia O'Donovan (Rossa), the Fenian hero from mid 1800s: "... Our foes are strong, and wise, and wary; but strong and wise and wary as they are, they cannot undo the miracles of God, Who ripens in the hearts of young men the seeds sown by the young men of a former generation. And the seeds sown by the young men of '65 and '67 are coming to their miraculous ripening to-day. Rulers and Defenders of Realms had need to be wary it they would guard against such processes. Life springs from death, and from the graves of patriot men and women spring live nations. The defenders of this realm have worked well in secret and in the open. They think that they have pacified Ireland. They think that they have purchased half of us, and intimidated the other half. They think that they have foreseen everything. They think that they have provided against everything; but the fools, the fools, the fools! they have left us our Fenian dead, and while Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at peace."
Another painting of an "Irish Giant": Michael Collins |
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