Once, the guerrillas were singing and marching on the white misty mountain road early in the morning when they were preparing to ambush the British army. At the end of the film, the singing of the guerrillas rang again.
I first listened to Sinead O'Connor's album "Sean-Nos Nua". I fell in love with this song that I have played countless times, sad and hopeful, just like the people who have experienced wars and famines in this land of Ireland. This song originated from the 18th century dedicated to the great Irish warrior Grainne Mhaol. It was once widely sung among the IRA and its supporters. It is still alive today through the interpretation of many singers.
Director Ken Roach said at the Cannes award: "If we dare to tell the truth of history, maybe we dare to tell the truth of today." This film is showing how the British rulers brought the Irish people during the Irish War of Independence. Hurt and dull pain. Of course, history has always been centered on politics and war, and it is rare to see the figures of the lower classes in suffering. The truth of history and reality lies in this. What we lack is the pursuit of the truth—the right to know the truth, the wisdom to distinguish the truth, and the courage to express the truth.
Looking at the history of Ireland, it has been military and culturally invaded by aliens for hundreds of years, but it has never stopped fighting for the independence and freedom of the nation. Although the Republic of Ireland has given up its claim to Northern Ireland, there is always some helplessness and regret in my heart.
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Since the Normans occupied Ireland in the 12th century, the Irish people have launched numerous uprisings against the rule of England. In 1916, Irish volunteers announced the establishment of a republic in Dublin and launched the Easter Uprising. The uprising was suppressed, its leader was sentenced to death, and several years of guerrilla war broke out in Ireland. From 1919 to 1921, the Irish War of Independence broke out and the war ended with the "British-Irish Treaty". Since then, 26 counties in southern Ireland declared their independence from the United Kingdom, forming the Free State of Ireland (in the new constitution in 1937, the free state was renamed the Republic of Ireland); the six counties in the north formed Northern Ireland and remained in the United Kingdom. The Treaty recognizes the division of Ireland, and there are disagreements within the Parliament, Sinn Fein and the Irish Republican Army. As a result, a civil war broke out between the two parties that supported the Treaty and insisted on the establishment of a complete republic. The Republican Army surrendered in 1923 and the Civil War ended.
In the following decades, Northern Ireland has been an unresolved issue in Ireland's diplomatic relations with Britain and Irish internal politics. It was not until 1985 that Britain and Ireland reached an agreement on the Northern Ireland issue, and Ireland had a say in this issue. In 1997, the Irish Republican Army ceased fire and joined the peace negotiations. On April 10, 1998, the Irish government, the British government and the parties in Northern Ireland signed a treaty, and Ireland waived its constitutional sovereignty requirements over Northern Ireland. In subsequent referendums, 94% of voters agreed to delete this article in the constitution.
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attached Irish Gaelic lyrics of "Oró Sé do Bheatha'Bhaile":
Oró, sé do bheatha abhaile,
Oró, sé do bheatha abhaile,
Oró, sé do bheatha abhaile,
Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh.'Sé
do bheatha, a bhean bahaile léanmhar,
do b'é ár gcreach tú bheith i ngéibheann,
do dhúiche bhreá i seilbh méirleach,
is tú díolta leis na Gallaibh.
Tá Gráinne Mhaol ag go duill ar sáile,
óglan Gatha léi
marín gíharda,
is sáile, óglan Spigh is nágínídía cuirfidh siad ruaig ar Ghallaibh.
A bhuí le Rí na bhFeart go bhfeiceam,
mura mbeam beo ina dhiaidh ach seachtain,
Gráinne Mhaol agus míle gaiscíoch,
ag fógairt fáin ar Ghallaibh.
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