Not Germany nor Austria,
Not Russia, France nor Spain
That robbed and reaved this land of ours,
That forged her rusty chain;
But England of the wily words -
A crafty, treacherous foe -
'Twas England scourged our motherland,
'Twas England laid her low!
Rise up, o dead of Ireland!
And rouse her living men;
The chance will come to us at last
To win our own again;
To sweep the English enemy
From hill and glen and bay,
And in your name, o holy dead!
Our sacred debt to pay!
As a nation, we don't carry the same weight...trying to punch above our weight in fact! We are no longer an empire, and that should be recognized by us. Ireland is it's own country. Of course they speak English...over 750 years of occupation...it was bound to happen. Don't knock them for speaking English, better than we do, much of the time.
smolka1976 1 year ago
the english took ireland scotland wales then the rest of the world were we let you come and live with us ! and if we are now just a spot on the map what does that make you ? three million farmers that have don what in the world ? you dont even speak your own languge if you dont belive me look up (what behond the pale means) history is not always what you want it to be dont be so bitter at our success and your failiure we dont hate the italians for kicking our arse grow up and make ireland proud
grubduck 1 year ago
@grubduck that's the point the "English" didn't take anything,,,It was Irish, Scots ,Or Welsh you that won your battles. You are reduced today too what you always were, nobodys a fucking spot on the map of the world!
condaly 1 year ago
@condaly EVERY PLACE THAT THE ENGLISH TOOK INCLUDING IRELAND STILL SPEAK ENGLISH TO THIS VERY DAY AND ALWAYS WILL BECAUSE OF OUR DECENDANTS SO YES THE FLAGS ARE NOT THERE BUT THE PEOPLE ARE AND WILL ALWAYS BE OF ENGLISH DECENT THE IRISH INVADED SCOTLAND THAT WAS THE WAY OF THE WORLD AND WE WERE GOOD AT IT SHALL WE GIVE AMERICA BACK TO THE INDIANS ? SEND THEM SOME SYMTEX ? RATTLE A FEW TINS IN INDIAN BARS ? DO THE IRISH LIVE IN AMERICA ? PEACE X
grubduck 1 year ago
your reading the english school books, not facts
PeterIrish 4 years ago
Declan Hunt. He appears in many Republican compelitions but i'm not sure if he has a specific album. Search Amazon, irishmucicmail, emeraldonline, dolphin-dara.
lreland1 4 years ago
I love the music. Can you point me to a name and album?
RiverBirch1967 4 years ago
Let`s not forget Wales and the Welsh, beautiful place, and nice folks, but what a set of neighbours. Always fighting and shouting at each other. Picts, Celts, Gauls, Semites, Saxons, Norsemen, Normans, Moors and Arabs. It is said, that in Paris, there is a woman who had them all, first on her mind, then on her couch.
landsker 4 years ago
giruy ya hun dick
delbhoy61 5 years ago
its all there,brutal on both sides,cromwell had ordered no brutality against cilivilians on pain of death,but areas were there were resistance no quarter given,cromwell also sorted out loyalists in the north to,so if the irish would have kept out of it,cromwell wouldnt have invaded.not saying it was right what he did,just you cant put todays values on what happend then
merseyside 5 years ago