{"title":"Ireland","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"our-day-will-come","title":"Our Day Will Come","description":"\u003cp class=\"firstHeading mw-first-heading\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"firstHeading mw-first-heading\" id=\"firstHeading\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eTiocfaidh ár lá \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Gaelic for Our Day Will Come. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is hard for many Westerners to imagine with the changes in culture, family structure, and sense of patriotic duty over the last 50 years, but there was a time when the identity of an individual was centered around culture, family, and patriotism. That is, once upon a time, the general population held fast to each other because they shared very similar beliefs about their civilization’s values, the importance of kin, and an immense pride in their heritage as a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sense of belonging to something greater than themselves has raced through the blood of the Irish for centuries.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt is why claiming Irish heritage is a badge of honor for many, even if just a small percentage of their ancestry, and it is why the island culture of Ireland has its own yearly celebration in several countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe British Empire had varying levels of success trying to conquer Ireland for over 1,000 years. After a millennium of struggle, a large portion of the island was able to finally achieve independence from Britain just over 100 years ago to form what we know today as Ireland.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHowever, the northern part of the island’s government voted to remain with Britain and became known as Northern Ireland. Despite the vote of the government, many people within this territory vowed to continue the fight for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ecomplete\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eindependence and to ensure the heritage, culture, and nation contained in the country remained pure and unfettered from their English cousins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom this split between Ireland and Northern Ireland came what was to be known as the Troubles - a period of intense struggle for reunification of the island under local, Irish control with many mitigating factors including religious and ethnic conflicts. The Troubles lasted from the 1960s to just before the turn of the century in 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1970s as the conflict started to peak, the Irish phrase\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTiocfaidh ár lá (Our Day Will Come)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003egained popularity from letters written by Bobby Sands, a political prisoner struggling for Northern Ireland’s independence. Sands last used the phrase in the final sentence of his diary before his death in the British prison called the Maze. Another attribution of the origin of this Irish phrase is ascribed to Northern Island activist, Gerry Adams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe day that these men and many other men and women of Northern Ireland put their faith in was the day that all of Ireland would return to complete Irish control.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThis simple phrase stirred the emotions of the kinsmen, helping them remember the long struggle the people had been through (for hundreds and hundreds of years) and pointed to the day that all the suffering, hardship, and pain would be made worth sacrifice. The sense of pride in their country, their heritage, and their rights as a people to be free of oppression from the British Empire were wrapped tightly within this succinct statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether one admires their spirit of independence, their immense loyalty to their land, or their unyielding allegiance to their kin and kith, the Irish experience during this period of struggle and faith speaks to all who wait for their day to come.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAdd the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Day Will Come\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epatch to your collection to embrace your independent heritage and faith in the future.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.5\"x2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWoven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHook Backing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelease: 4\/8\/2022\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Texas 144.1","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39757556088898,"sku":"","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0010\/3841\/7986\/files\/our-day-will-come2.jpg?v=1712337968"},{"product_id":"easter-rising","title":"Easter Rising","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"im\"\u003e** Variants marked [Blem] are just a lighter green then the original production variants. No defects or quality issues otherwise. Being sold at a discount **\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"im\"\u003eThe Irish Republic. Three words that over 100 years ago today, upset one of the largest empires in history. The British Parliament's Acts of Union in 1800 united the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland into one: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. These acts abolished the Irish parliament and gave the Irish people representation at the British parliament in London. Irish Nationalists vehemently opposed this move, as it would effectively end Irish home rule for almost 120 years. A continued lack of adequate political representation in London, the British governments handling of the Irish people, especially during the tragedy of the Great Famine, would stir Irish resentment of British rule, and cause three rebellions in 1803, 1848, and 1867, which all ended in failure. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe Government of Ireland Act of 1914, or the Third Home Rule Bill was enacted, and Irish Unionist protestants in Ulster, armed themselves as they opposed being ruled by a predominately Catholic people. Likewise, Irish Republicanists, or Irish Volunteers, armed themselves in support of separation and home rule. However, the implementation of the Third Home Rule Bill was postponed due to the outbreak of the First World War. At that time, it was a commonly held belief that the war would last not more than a few months, and many Irish Volunteers enlisted in the British Army. The volunteers who chose not to enlist and continued to oppose British rule believed that Britain's difficultly was their opportunity. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eAfter war was declared, six men, Patrick Pearse, Sean Mac Diarmada, Tom Clarke, Michael Joseph O'Rahilly, Joseph Plunkett, and Bulmer Hobson planned to stage the uprising before the wars end. As the six men planned and the training of the Irish Volunteers at home increased, numerous steps were taken to keep the uprising plans a secret. The Six Men, who led the Irish Volunteers, and James Connolly, who led the Irish Citizen Army, another militia unit formed during the Dublin Lock-Out in 1914, and the Irish Republican Brotherhood, agreed the uprising would go ahead at Easter in 1916. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eOn the Morning of April 24, 1916, rebel forces began to muster around Central Dublin and began to seize important sites and government offices in Central Dublin before Midday, including Dublin's General Post Office. That afternoon, Patrick Pearse stood at the steps of the General Post Office, and read the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Despite the best efforts of the Irish Volunteers, Citizen Army and Republican Brotherhood, the uprising failed to dislodge British rule over Ireland and the leaders of the uprising were executed by firing squad. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe flag, on green poppin cloth, with the words IRISH REPUBLIC painted in gold and white in the form Gaelic script, would be raised above the General Post Office where the rebels would be headquartered for the majority of uprising, until their eventual surrender to British forces.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe subsequent mass-arrests, martial law, and executions continued to fuel anti-British sentiment in Ireland, finally achieved self governance within the commonwealth in 1921, and it's Republican form in 1949. As for the flag, It was then taken as a regimental trophy by the Royal Irish Regiment and entered into the Royal Collection of King George V. It was finally returned to the Irish in 1966 on the 50th Anniversary of the Easter Rising. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Irish Citizen Army\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Government of Ireland Act of 1914, or the Third Home Rule Bill was enacted, and Irish Unionist protestants in Ulster, armed themselves as they opposed being ruled by a predominately Catholic people. Likewise, Irish Republicanists, or Irish Volunteers, armed themselves in support of separation and home rule. Simultaneously, the Irish Citizen Army, originally formed in 1913 by Irish trade union Volunteers to protect labor demonstrations, most notably during the Lockout of 1913, began to arm themselves with Mausers smuggled in from Germany. However, the implementation of the Third Home Rule Bill was postponed due to the outbreak of the First World War. At that time, it was a commonly held belief that the war would last not more than a few months, and many Irish Volunteers enlisted in the British Army, while James Connolly and the Irish Citizen Army, saw the participation of Irishmen in a British war as unjust. The volunteers who chose not to enlist and continued to oppose British rule believed that Britain's difficultly was their opportunity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eA week prior to the beginning of the rebellion, the Irish Citizen Army hoisted a flag with a green harp on it above Liberty Hall. The flag was eventually taken down by the British after it had attacked the building. The Irish Citizen Army flag was then given to a \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emuseum in County Fermanagh. In 2016 is was presented to the Irish President to commemorate the 100 years since the Easter Rising.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-northern-ireland-35875676\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIrish Citizen Army flag in the news (BBC)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3x2\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWoven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHook Backing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelease: 2\/29\/24\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Texas 144.1","offers":[{"title":"1916 - IRISH REPUBLIC","offer_id":40756331610178,"sku":"1556804","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1916 - Irish Citizen Army","offer_id":40756331577410,"sku":"1556803","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1916 - IRISH REPUBLIC [Blem]","offer_id":42040087216194,"sku":"1556804","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"1916 - Irish Citizen Army [Blem]","offer_id":42040086986818,"sku":"1556803","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0010\/3841\/7986\/files\/easter-rising-IR_eaed9882-2930-4376-ac4d-af9a855c2f55.jpg?v=1743110245"},{"product_id":"the-shamrock","title":"The Shamrock","description":"\u003cp\u003eCommonly associated with Ireland and St. Patrick’s Day, the shamrock is one of the most recognizable symbols in the world. Derived from the Gaelic word seamair óg, meaning young clover, shamrocks began to appear in early Irish literature to describe a flowering clovered plain. The association of the Shamrock with the Irish by the outside world began in the 16th century, when English writers began to describe the habits of “wild and uncivilized” Irish who, according to them, ate shamrocks. This claim would be repeated in English works for the next three centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTraditionally, the Shamrock has been associated with Irelands most famous saint, Saint Patrick, which has symbolized the Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity when Ireland was Christianized in the 5th century. The story of the association that has been handed down for generations is when Saint Patrick first arrived in Ireland, he used the first item he could see to explain the holy trinity to the Irish pagans, which was the numerous shamrocks. The first link of the Shamrock and Saint Patrick began appearing on coins in 1675. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shamrock's association with Ireland as a whole stems from St. Patrick’s status as Irelands patron saint. It began to be adopted as the national symbol when it was taken up as a symbol by rival militias during the turbulent politics of the late 18th century. These militias were made up of local Irishmen, who united to defend Ireland from the possibility of French or Spanish attack when British soldiers were withdrawn from Ireland to fight in the colonies during the American Revolution. Following the war, the 1800 Acts of Union between the United Kingdom and Ireland officially incorporated the shamrock into the British coat of arms. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, the Shamrock remains a national symbol of Ireland, appearing on many government emblems, in the Republic and Northern Ireland, and even on the Irish National Airline. 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