Was it for this they died?
Their children called oppressors,
Their graves defaced,
Their culture derided.
Was it for this they died?
To be lectured that our suffering was less,
From the mouths of those who harmed us,
Due to our skin.
Was it for this they died?
To not rid us of one planter,
But to import another,
Who see no connection to us.
Was it for this they died?
Our success in overcoming taken for supremacy,
Our charity smothered by a sea of envy,
The fruits they shielded for us taken again by force.
Was it for this they died?
- Íomhar an t-Ulchabhán
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