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dominic behan - extract from pearse’s final address lyrics

i desire now, lest i may not have an opportunity later, to pay homage to the gallantry of the soldiers of irish freedom, who have, during the past four days, been writing, with fire and steel, the most glorious chapter in the history of ireland. justice can never be done to their heroism, to their discipline, to their g+y and unconquerable spirit in the midst of peril and death

let me, who have led them into this, speak in my own, and my fellow commanders’ names, and in the names of ireland present and to come, their praise, and ask those who come after them to remember them

gentlemen, for four days they have fought and toiled almost without cessation, almost without sleep, and in the intervals of fighting, they have sung songs of the freedom of ireland. no man has complained, no man has asked “why?”. each individual has spent himself, happy to pour out his strength for ireland and for freedom. if they do not win this fight, they will at least have deserved to win it. but, win it they will, although they may win it in death. already they have won a great thing. they have redeemed dublin from many shames, and made her name splendid among the names of cities

- dominic behan lyrics

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