On this day 100 years ago, Padraig Pearse, the President of the Irish Republic was taken from his cell in Kilmainaham Gaol, led to the Stone Breakers Yard and executed by a British Army firing squad for daring to believe in a sovereign, independent Ireland

On this day 100 years ago, Padraig Pearse, the President of the Irish Republic was taken from his cell in Kilmainaham Gaol, led to the Stone Breakers Yard and executed by a British Army firing squad for daring to believe in a sovereign, independent Ireland.

President Pearse was a poet and author, an Irish language activist, a radical teacher and a barrister. But he was much more then this. Pearse was a singularly dedicated Irish revolutionary, a key member of the IRB and founding member of The Irish Volunteers. Pearse represents the self sacrifice needed to win the revolution.

His work and vision remain unfinished. Our people have been conditioned to be more concerned by X factor or a few pints then the denial of our freedom and sovereignty. Must we wait another 100 years for a free socialist Ireland?

Source: Seamus Costello Facebook Post