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Easter Rising quote

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  • 21-11-2010 1:41pm
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    Gael Uirbeach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭


    conas atá sibh?

    Im doin some research for a piece im writting and there is a particular quote im thinking of. Thing is I cant remember who said it (though I do know it was one of the signatories, Pearse maybe). I cant rember it but the general gist of it was, they will hate us at first (the Dublin public) but then we will become martyrs/ they will think of us as martyrs. ie. public opinion swaying. does anyone know the exact quote wording/who said it?

    go raibh maith agaibh


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    Mr.Nice Guy
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    Maybe this is the one you're looking for, via the BBC:

    "When we are all wiped out, people will blame us…In a few years they will see the meaning of what we tried to do."

    It was said by Pearse.


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    Stink on the inside
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭Stink on the inside


    Hope Fianna Fáil dont try use this one in an upcoming speech.
    Maybe attempting to counteract the historical references that have been made lately to them and the signatories of the 1916 rising.


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    patsman07
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    Always thought Mark Twains quote were very apt when speaking of the Easter rising. You might be able to use this too.

    "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot"


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    Gael Uirbeach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭Gael Uirbeach


    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    Maybe this is the one you're looking for, via the BBC:

    "When we are all wiped out, people will blame us…In a few years they will see the meaning of what we tried to do."

    It was said by Pearse.


    thats the one, go raibh maith agaibh


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