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I Was Only A Working-class Boy From A Nationalist Ghetto. But It Is Repression That Creates The Revolutionary Spirit Of Freedom.

We Refuse To Lie Here In Dishonor! We Are Not Criminals, But Irishmen! This Is The Crime Of Which We Stand Accused.

I May Die, But The Republic Of 1916 Will Never Die. Onward To The Republic And Liberation Of Our People.

They Will Not Criminalise Us, Rob Us Of Our True Identity, Steal Our Individualism, Depoliticise Us, Churn Us Out As Systemised, Institutionalised, Decent Law-abiding Robots. Never Will They Label Our Liberation Struggle As Criminal.

There Can Never Be Peace In Ireland Until The Foreign Oppressive British Presence Is Removed, Leaving All The Irish People As A Unit To Control Their Own Affairs And Determine Their Own Destinies As A Sovereign People, Free In Mind And Body, Separate And Distinct Physically, Culturally And Economically.