Patriots of Ireland

"I am absolutely sick of politics. I fight for Ireland, not for parties or positions."

(Source: Attributed by contemporaries during his 1922 election trail, as noted in Diarmaid Ferriter’s writings on Brugha)

- Cathal Brugha

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"The spirit of the Irish nation has been aroused, and it will not be easily quelled until our country is free to govern itself."

- Gen. Michael Collins

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"It is harder to live a consistent life than die a brave death… We must get men to realise that to live is as daring as to die."

- Terence MacSwiney

(Principles of Freedom, 1921)

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"Our fight is not merely a military campaign; it is a crusade for the preservation of Christian order against the forces of atheistic communism that seek to destroy it."

- Gen. Eoin O'Duffy

(Crusade in Spain)

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"One armed man cannot resist a multitude, nor one army conquer countless legions; but not all the armies of all the empires of earth can crush the spirit of one true man. And that one man will prevail."

- Terence MacSwiney

(Principles of Freedom, 1921)

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"The arrest of General O'Duffy, leader of the Irish Blueshirts in Westport. The General in the middle of two Garda) Brought to a full Lorry with Soldiers who are escorting him"

Westport, Co. Mayo, December 1933.

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Ireland Is Not For Sale!

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"Every man that took part in the fight for Irish freedom did so because he loved his country, and no man was paid for it."

- Dan Breen

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"Ireland must remain a nation rooted in Christian ideals, for without faith, no society can stand against the tide of moral decay."

- Gen. Eoin O'Duffy 1933

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Patriots of Ireland

"I salute General Franco on the victory of the Spanish Army in defense of Christianity, Western civilisation, and humanity over the forces of destruction and disorder."

- Gen. Eoin O'Duffy

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"Thus, through the blood sacrifices of the men of 1916, had one Irish youth of eighteen been awakened to Irish nationality."

- Tom Barry

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"Our fight is to preserve what makes us Irish—our spirit, our heritage, our unyielding resolve to be masters of our own destiny."

- Cathal Brugha

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Fadhb na hInimirce #TáÉireLán

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"The fool fears death, but the wise man knows it is the gate to glory."

- P.H Pearse

Sourced from his essay "Ghosts," 1915, published in "Political Writings and Speeches,"

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"Ireland’s Rising of 1916 is a furious and beautiful explosion of national will, a handful of rebels hurling themselves against Britain’s iron grip; it is a warlike poem of defiance that thrills the futurist soul and calls Europe to a new age of struggle."

- Filippo Marinetti

Sourced from an article in "L’Italia Futurista," June 1916, quoted in "Marinetti: The Futurist" by Günter Berghaus, 1996.

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No, not everyone can be Irish
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You are Irish by Blood, not Bureaucracy

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