Mise Eire (I Am Ireland)
by Padraic Pearse. 1912.
“I am Ireland
I am older than the
old Woman of Bearra,
Great is my glory,
I who gave birth to
Cuchulain the brave,
Great is my shame,
My own family
Have sold their mother.
I am Ireland,
I am lonelier than the
Old Woman of Bearra.”
