Occupation: Poet Birth: November 10, 1879 Death: May 3, 1916
One of the most terrible things about the English education System in Ireland is its ruthlessness...it is cold and mechanical, like the ruthlessness ….
A country without a language is a country without a soul..
Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more hor….
As long as Ireland is unfree the only honourable attitude for Irish men, women to have is an attitude of rebellion..
The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the….
Education should foster; this education is meant to repress. Education should inspire; this education is meant to tame. Education should harden; this….
There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it with joy and laughter….
You cannot conquer Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our childre….
Life springs from death; and from the graves of patriot men and women spring living nations..
We seem to have lost. We have not lost. To refuse to fight would have been to lose; to fight is to win. We have kept faith with the past, and handed ….
We are ready to die and shall die cheerfully and proudly, you must not grieve for all of this..
Ireland unfree shall never be at peace.