Lanterna Rally

Author: Aodh De Blacam

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-09

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9781331016182

Excerpt from Towards the Republic: A Study of New Ireland's Social and Political Aims The ideals which are the inspiration of the advancing Irish-Ireland movement, are summed up in the Gaelic League's watchword: Naisiun saor Gaedhealach a dheanamh d'Eirinn: to make a Free Gaelic Nation of Ireland. The object of this book is to trace the meaning of the large aim in some degree of detail. What do Freedom and Gaelicism mean in "real politics"? For completeness of argument, it has been needful to touch on some obvious first principles. No Irishman has doubts as to the justice of the people's cause and methods in the Land War, but it has been necessary to set forth the people's position in such cases in order to exhibit the validity of Irish-Ireland's whole claims. Gaels will have patience with these apologetic touches, remembering that what is axiomatic truth to Ireland is "extremism" to the stranger, and blasphemy to the Briton. Many opinions advanced in these pages will be condemned as "Extremist," and extreme they are as contrasted with the utterances of your Redmonds and Dillons, who have been at pains to reconcile Irish Nationality and English Imperialism, or to mix oil and water. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."