The Bin Lid - newspaper of mac_talla

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In Response to Brian Boru

9 • Day 750, 02:00 • Published in Ireland Ireland

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I am come of the seed of the people, the people that sorrow;
Who have no treasure but hope,
No riches laid up but a memory of an ancient glory
My mother bore me in bondage, in bondage my mother was born,
I am of the blood of serfs;
The children

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Who will we be?

7 • Day 307, 05:13 • Published in Ireland Ireland

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*MISE ÉIRE

Mise Éire: Sine mé ná an Chailleach Bhéarra
Mór mo ghlóir: Mé a rug Cú Chulainn cróga.
Mór mo náir: Mo chlann féin a dhíol a máthair.
Mise Éire: Uaigní mé ná an Chailleach Bhéarra.
(Mac Piarais)

The pragmatists are cringing. The

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Rocking Our Little Boat

4 • Day 286, 06:26 • Published in Ireland Ireland

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In the real world, Ireland has very little, if any influence, where global affairs are concerned. She isn't powerful or wealthy and she has always been vulnerable to the whims and greed of those who would be conquerors but she has never shirked her