Irish Ways

[Chris]

"Once upon a time there was Irish ways and Irish laws
Villages of Irish blood waking to the morning
Waking to the morning

Then the Vikings came around, turned us up and turned us down
Started building boats and towns, they tried to change our living
They tried to change our living

Cromwell and the soldiers came, started centuries of shame
But they could not make us turn, we are a river flowing
We're a river flowing

Again, again the soldiers came, burnt our houses, stole our grain
Shot the farmers in their fields working for a living
They were working for a living

Eight hundred years we have been down, the secret of the water sound
Has kept the spirit of a man above the pain descending
Above the pain descending

Today the struggle carries on, I wonder will I live so long
To see the gates being opened up to a people and their freedom
A people and their freedom."

Hundred years later and it's still the same ol' thing.
Seriously, when do you think Ireland will be fully restored as a country?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

I think they're rather glorious as it is. I mean they're still around and they've still got their sense of history, even after everything that's happened.

[Chris]

Yeah, like I mean, I'm totally in love with the country. My greatest wish is to visit Ireland.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

I think they're rather glorious as it is. I mean they're still around and they've still got their sense of history, even after everything that's happened.

Even the Irish language survived - even though it's only really spoken by a small fraction of the country. And it's getting stronger all the time.

[Swordicanus]

The trouble in the North has subsided but I feel it'll only be a matter of time before it'll start up again.......I live in the midlands of Ireland and I can tell there are always strong opinions from nearly everyone on the subject.......I think it's a bit backward in this day and age of a country still owning anothers land...........I hope eventually we can have all our land back

[Teek]

Who are the Irish, again?

[Madame Adequate]

Who are the Irish, again?

From the claims some people make about their heritage, the Irish are anyone who's great-grandmother has ever looked at a pint of Guiness.

In seriousness, shouldn't it become plain by now that the idea of culture held by national boundries is a flawed idea? Ireland, like everywhere else that isn't North Korea, has an influx and export of pretty much all forms of culture. It is an individual matter, not based on some arbitrary lines on a map.