The Irishman In English Literature May Be

The Irishman In English Literature May Be Said To Have Been Born With An Apology In His Mouth.

We, At Least, Are Not Loyal Men: We Confess To Having More Respect And Honour For The Raggedest Child Of The Poorest Labourer In Ireland Today Than For Any, Even The Most Virtuous, Descendant Of The Long Array Of Murderers, Adulterers And Madmen Who Have Sat Upon The Throne Of England.

Irish Tory Employers Hid[e] Their Sweatshops Behind Orange Flags, And Irish Home Rule Landlords Us[e] The Green Sunburst Of Erin To Cloak Their Rack-renting In The Festering Slums Of Our Irish Towns.

Only The Irish Working Class Remains As The Incorruptible Inheritors Of The Fight For Freedom In Ireland.

The Irishman Frees Himself From Slavery When He Realizes The Truth That The Capitalist System Is The Most Foreign Thing In Ireland. The Irish Question Is A Social Question. The Whole Age-long Fight Of The Irish People Against Their Oppressors Resolves Itself In The Last Analysis Into A Fight For The Mastery Of The Means Of Life, The Sources Of Production, In Ireland. Who Would Own And Control The Land? The People, Or The Invaders; And If The Invaders, Which Set Of Them - The Most Recent Swarm Of Land Thieves, Or The Sons Of The Thieves Of A Former Generation?