A people without a language of its own, is only half a nation.

It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish Nation.

A people without a language of its own is only half a nation. A nation should guard its language more than its territories, 'tis a surer barrier and a more important frontier than mountain or river.

Come in the evening, or coming in the morning/Come when you're looked for, or come without warning/Kisses and welcomes you'll find here before you/And the oftener you come here the more I'll adore you.

As well might you leave the fairies to plough your land or the idle winds to sow it, as sit down and wait for freedom.

A people without a language of its own, is only half a nation.

Viva la the New Brigade! Viva la the Old One, too! Viva la, the Rose shall fade, And the Shamrock shine for ever new!