1916

I should have written this post last Saturday, when it was on that day 94 years ago that the Irish said enough is enough. They were tired of being bullied around by a land who thought that nothing could stand against it, and that does who did eventually would have to subdue themselves to English rule. But the Irish were stubborn, they didn't want to be English, they wanted to be what God made them: IRISH! So here's to the spirits of all those who died for the Irish cause, the men from Dublin, Donegal, Limerick, Belfast, Cork, Wexford and Galway...every city gave their men to fight for freedom, for Ireland's cause. Some of these men stood outside The General Postoffice in O'Connell Street this day 94 years ago, and defied what history seemed to have decided was the truth for them: They should not think their own thoughts, they should only say YES, SIR! to every order given by the English authorities, and definately NOT say that: This land is OURS. 

But despite the odds, these men went for the dream, and shook the english to his core

"Ireland for the Irish, turn the British back to sea"

This is what the songs says, and believe it or not: IT IS THE TRUTH. A country and a people belong together, not separated by wind, war and time. 

So today I raise the glass to the men who fought for what they believed in in the GPO and the streets of Dublin these fatal days in 1916. May their memory never be forgotten

Erin go Bragh!

Irish Proclamation of Independence