Irish-women, it is you who will suffer most by this foreign war. It is the sons you reared at your bosom that will be sent to be mangled by shot...
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| Summary: | Formerly bound with handbills held at LO P 113 [Items 101-109]; this was LO P 113, Item 107. This poster relates to a handbill-sized pamphlet produced by the ITUC & LP entitled ‘The Present Situation – Why Should Ireland Starve: A Manifesto to the Workers of Ireland’ dated 10 Aug 1914 held at LO P 113 (101 - 109). Text on poster reads: "IRISH-WOMEN, it is you who will suffer most by this foreign war. It is the sons you reared at your bosom that will be sent to be mangled by shot and torn by shell; it is your fathers, husbands and brothers whose corpses will pave the way to glory for an Empire that despises who; it is you and your children who will starve at home if the produce of Irish soil is sent out of this country. TO YOU WE APPEAL TO AID US IN THIS STRUGGLE TO SAVE IRELAND FROM THE HORRORS OF FAMINE. FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN, if we allow the farmer to sell his crops for export our people will starve; if we allow the profit-monger to sell the products of our land to be exported to foreign countries our people will die of hunger. Already we are threatened with famine prices; already the gaunt frame of hunger looms large in the outlook because the people think that you will do in 1914 as your fathers did in 1846-7-8. Is it not better to take the risk and responsibility of preventing a repetition of this than to die as our fathers died of hunger and of fever begotten of famine? And you can prevent it. To the men of our class who are armed we say, Keep your arms and use them if necessary. If God created the fruits of the earth He created them for you and yours. Do not allow our crops to be gleaned for any other country. They are yours. KEEP THEM AT HOME! KEEP THEM AT HOME, WE SAY! KEEP THEM AT HOME BY THE STRENGTH OF YOUR RIGHT ARM! [note some loss of text at next line] "At last be men, stand forth and clear For Freedom's course, a highway. GOD SAVE THE PEOPLE! Published by National Executive Irish Trades [note small portion of paper support is damaged, effecting the word "Trades"] Union Congress and Labour Party. (Signed), JAMES LARKIN, Dublin. D. R. CAMPBELL, Belfast. M. J. O'LEHANE, Dublin. THOMAS CASSIDY, Derry. R. P. O'CARROLL, T.C. Dublin. M. J. EGAN, T.C., J.P., Cork. WILLIAM O'BRIEN, Dublin. JAMES CONNOLLY, Belfast. THOMAS MacPARTLIN, Dublin. P. T. DALY, Secretary. CITY PRINTING WORKS, DUBLIN. |
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| Language: | English |
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Dublin:
City Printing Works [for] the National Executive Irish Trades Union Congress and Labour Party,
[1914]
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| Notes: | This item is held in the Department of Ephemera. Physical description: 1 broadside; 47.3 cm x 59.8 cm Varying form of title: God Save the People! more |
As a digital copy of this item is available, the original will not be issued.
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Ephemera |
Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.
