"We defy you! Do your worst!" an ?ir?g? Graffiti in Edward Street
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"We defy you! Do your worst!" an ?ir?g? Graffiti in Edward Street
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 16 May 2012
The quotation comes from an article in the "Irish Worker" in 1914 and was addressed to the British administration in Ireland by the author the Scottish-born Irish republican and socialist leader, James Connolly, pictured in the graffiti. Éirígí (meaning "arise") is a republican socialist party active north and south of the border. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ir%C3%ADg%C3%AD
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