Pádraig Pearse (1879-1916) was a barrister, schoolteacher, poet, playwright as well as a prominent member of the Gaelic League, Irish Volunteers and eventually the Irish Republican Brotherhood. In 1916, the IRB alongside the Irish Citizen Army (ICA) led by James Connolly and Cumann na mBan staged the Easter Rising against British rule in Dublin. Following its eventual defeat, Pearse alongside fifteen other leaders of the rebellion were executed. Pearse today is beloved as a martyr and a hero and his collected writings and speeches are revered in Irish nationalist circles.
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Writings
The Political Writings And Speeches of Pádraig Pearse
Collected Writings From An Macaomh
Three Lectures on Gaelic Topics
Specimens From An Irish Anthology
The “Irish” Literary Theatre (1899)
Here and There in Cork (1902)
The Anti-Emigration Campaign (1903)
On Emigration (1903)
Colum Wallace (1903)
Nationality and Gaelicism (1904)
Essentials (1904)
Hungary and Ireland (1904)
The Education Question (1904)
‘Séadna’ and the Future of Irish Prose (1904)
The Philosophy of Education (1904)
The Be-All And The End-All (1904)
Ulster (1904)
Review of ‘Beatha Aodha Uí Néill’ (1905)
The National Holiday (1905)
Education in the “West of Ireland” (1905)
What Is A National Language? (1905)
The Law and the Language (1905)
Arguments in Niall Mac Giolla Bhrighde Case (1905)
How to Solve The Education Problem (1905)
Is The Language Dying? (1905)
Language And Nationality (1905)
The Case For Irish (1905)
Betlehem (1905)
About the United States (1905)
Ós Cionn na Fairrge (1906)
The Individual (1906)
The Seóinín (1906)
The Critic (1906)
In My Garden (1906)
The Politician in the Gaedhealtacht (1906)
The Peace of the Gael (1906)
What The District Councils Might Do (1906)
About Literature (1906)
At Christmastide (1906)
Folklore and the Zeitgeist (1906)
Wanted—A New Crusade (1906)
The Irish-Speaking Districts (1906)
The Church in the Gaedhealtacht (1906)
A Voice From The Grave (1906)
The English-Speaking Tradition (1906)
Aisling (1906)
Móra Ḋuit, a Ṫír ár nDúṫċais! (1906)
Nua-Litriḋeaċt (1906)
Wanted—An Irish-Speaking Public Body (1906)
The Art Revival (1906)
Traditionalism (1906)
An Act of Faith (1906)
Leas-Ainmneaċa (1906)
‘Seoda na Sean’; and Some Reflections (1906)
Literature, Life and the Oireachtas Competitions (1906)
The Irish-Speaking Child (1907)
Irish History (1907)
The Passing of Anglo-Irish Drama (1907)
The Stubborn Gael (1907)
Misneach! (1907)
The Formation of Character (1907)
The Fire in the West (1907)
Review of Seán Ua Ceallaigh’s “Brian Bóirmhe” (1907)
Sgoil Éanna Advertisement (1908)
The Future of Irish Art (1908)
La Fheile Padraic: Notes and Reflections (1908)
Our Heritage of Chivalry (1908)
Is Irish A Living Language? (1908)
Focailín Leis na Páisdibh (1908)
Ireland or West Britain (1909)
On Trial (1909)
A Matter Of Education (1909)
The School and the Nation (1910)
Lecture To Carrick-on-Suir Branch of the Gaelic League (1911)
Some Aspects of Irish Literature (1912)
Prospectus of An Barr Buadh (1912)
The Old Gray Mare (1913)
Speech at the Inaugural Meeting of the Irish Volunteers (1913)
St. Enda’s (1913)
The Volunteers and The Language (1914)
Vision and Courage: The Gaelic League’s Place in Irish History (1914)
Speech to the Irish Volunteers of Tralee (1914)
Appeal To Irish America For St. Enda’s Funding (1914)
Speech at Jenkinstown, County Louth (1914)
Letter To The New York Evening Journal (1914)
The Fianna of Fionn (1914)
The Issue (1914)
Litir go hlar-Ḋaltaí Scoile Íde (1915)
The Dublin Brigade in Cuala (1915)
Letter to Irish Women’s Franchise League (1915)
Pádraig Pearse’s Letter To His Mother (1916)
The Work Before Us (1916)
Final Address to Volunteers (1916)
The Order For Surrender (1916)
Manifesto To The Citizens of Dublin (1916)
Final Letter to his Mother (1916)
IRISH WAR NEWS (1916)
Address To Court Martial (1916)
‘When We Fight We Fight For—’ (1916)
The Heart’s Desire (1916)