Éirí Amach na Cásca
Easter 1916 commemorated in rhetorical verse. A patriotic paean in twelve parts. Written in 1966 during the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Easter Rising.
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B'fhiú an Braon Fola
By Sáirséal agus Dill
Reference: 0862895758
A stirring and genial account of the first flying column from a Westmeath man whose love of Ireland and Irish knew no bounds: 'Daoine deabhóideacha, cráifeacha ab ea m'athair agus mo mháthair ach i gcúrsaí náisiúntachta níor ghéill siad don rialtas ná don chléir.'
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