"You cannot conquer #Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children will win it by a better deed."

✒ #PatrickPearse, Irish poet, nationalist, and political activist, was #BOTD 10 November 1879

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☘️ #OTD in #History 1 August 1915, #PatrickPearse delivered his famously rousing speech "#Ireland unfree shall never be at peace" at Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa's funeral in Dublin.

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