Freedom For All Ireland
The Freedom For All Ireland (FFAI) Committee’s mission is to aid and advance by all legitimate means the aspirations and endeavours of the Irish people for complete and absolute independence, promoting peace (with justice) and unity for all Ireland.
Mise Éire ("I am Ireland") is a 1912 Irish-language poem by the Irish poet and Republican revolutionary leader Patrick Pearse. In the poem, Pearse personifies Ireland as an old woman whose glory is past and who has been sold by her children. The poem inspired this 1959 film of the same name by George Morrison. Here, Morrison painstakingly assembled historical footage of the events surrounding the 1916 Rising from archives across Europe and deals with key figures and events in Irish Nationalism between the 1890s and the 1910s. The narration is by Liam Budhlaeir and Padraig O'Raghallaigh and the musical score is by Seán Ó Riada.
Due to the sensitive topic of the film, the film was banned in Belfast when initially released. It contains some of the only known footage of Padraig Pearse.
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