Support is given to any organisation which is fighting for a 32-County Irish Republic free of British imperialism and is opposed to the GFA. Links to pro-GFA organisations are for reference only.
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Éire Shaor has been accessed times since 11 September 1998.
Last Revised: 26 March 2009.
"To break the connection with England, the never failing source of all our political evils, and to assist the independence of my country - these are my objectives." - Theobald Wolfe Tone, 1798.
"You cannot conquer Ireland. You cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children will win it by a better deed." - Pádraig Pearse, 2 May 1916.
"...the British Government has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland, and never can have any right in Ireland..." - James Connolly, Commandant-General, Dublin Division, Army of the Irish Republic, 9 May 1916.
"Our target must be the achievement of the ideals set out in the Proclamation of 1916 - the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities for all our citizens." - Seamus Costello, Vice-President of Sinn Féin (later the founder of the Irish Republican Socialist Movement), 1966.
"It means that in the midst of and despite the treasons and backslidings of leaders and guides, in the midst of and despite all the weaknesses, corruption and moral cowardice of a section of the people, in the midst of and despite all this there still remains in Ireland a spot where a body of true men and women are ready to hoist, gather round, and to defend the flag made sacred by all the sufferings of all the martyrs of the past." - James Connolly, 8 April 1916.
"The real criminals are the British imperialists who have thrived on the blood and sweat of generations of Irishmen and Irishwomen. They have maintained control of Ireland through force of arms and there is only one way to end it. Only the Irish people can save us through united action. Organise now, tomorrow may be too late." - Vol. Patsy O'Hara, Irish National Liberation Army.
"The only solution that will ensure lasting peace is the restoration of Ireland's sovereignty." - Bernadette Sands-McKevitt, Vice-Chairperson of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement, 1998.
"Everyone, Republican or otherwise, has their own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small, no one is too old or too young to do something." - Vol. Bobby Sands, Provisional Irish Republican Army, 1981.
"All necessary means must be used to restore Ireland and her resources to the Irish people..." - Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, President of Provisional Sinn Féin (currently President of Republican Sinn Féin), 1970.
"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." - Vol. Bobby Sands, Provisional Irish Republican Army, 1981.
"The fundamental principle of Republicanism is self-determination and not one shred of self-determination is involved in this 'peace accord.'" - Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, 1998.
"If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!" - James Connolly.
"...we shall not accept any settlement which seeks to legitimise English rule in Ireland under whatever guise...in taking this position we acknowledge the existence of the historic Irish nation which is entitled to its freedom and we stand by the 1916 Proclamation which states that this 'right cannot be extinguished except by the destruction of the Irish people.'" - Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, President of Republican Sinn Féin, 9 November 1997.
"There is nothing more dangerous than an oppressed people who acquire the first weapons of education and organisation." - Bernadette Devlin McAliskey.
"The New Stormont is a step backwards - away from a free and independent Ireland." - Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, President of Republican Sinn Féin, 8 November 1998.
"We stand for the freedom of the Irish nation so that future generations will enjoy the prosperity they rightly deserve, free from foreign interference, oppression and exploitation." - Vol. Patsy O'Hara, Irish National Liberation Army.
"I believe and stand by the God-given right of the Irish nation to sovereign independence, and the right of any Irishman and woman to assert this right in armed revolution." - Vol. Bobby Sands, Provisional Irish Republican Army, 1981.
"However it may be for others, for us of the Citizen Army there is but one ideal - an Ireland ruled, and owned, by Irish men and women, sovereign and independent from the centre of the sea, and flying its own flag outwards over all oceans." - James Connolly, Workers' Republic, 30 October 1915.
"We know that we, along with our comrades of Óglaigh na hÉireann, and you the risen people, can and will achieve victory that will envelope future generations with peace and justice, happiness and prosperity, and not oppression. Indeed we must ensure that we see our present fight right through to the very end." - Vol. Bobby Sands, Provisional Irish Republican Army.
"Let the fight go on!" - Vol. Patsy O'Hara, Irish National Liberation Army, 1981.
