03/05/2026
Inniu déanann muid comóradh ar bhás Phádraig Mac Piarais i bPríosún Chill Mhaighneann sna huaireanta beaga ar an 3ú Bealtaine 1916. Ina litir dheireanach chuig a mhuintir, scríobh Pádraig dán dá mháthair a gheall sé di roimh an Éirí Amach: Is é an teideal a bhí air an dán ná ‘A Mother Speaks’.
Sa litir a scríobh sé chuig a mháthair dúirt sé
‘D’iarr tú orm dán beag a scríobh mar a bheadh tú féin ag caint fúmsa. Scríobh mé é, agus tá cóip amháin ag Dún Chnoc an Arbhair, leis na páipéir eile agus tá an tAthair Aloysius i gceannas ar chóip eile de.'
Today marks the anniversary of the ex*****on of P. H. Pearse in Kilmainham Gaol in the early hours of 3 May, 1916. In his last letter to his family, Pearse penned a poem for his mother which he had promised prior to the Rising: He titled the poem 'A Mother Today marks the anniversary of the ex*****on of P. H. Pearse in Kilmainham Gaol in the early hours of 3 May, 1916. In his last letter to his family, Pearse penned a poem for his mother which he had promised prior to the Rising: He titled the poem 'A Mother Speaks'.
In the letter he wrote to his mother he stated
'You asked me to write a little poem which you would seem to be said by you about me. I have written it, and one copy is at Arbour Hill Barracks, with the other papers and Father Aloysius is taking charge of another copy of it.'
Dear Mary, that didst see thy first-born Son
Go forth to die amid the scorn of men
For whom He died,
Receive my first-born son into thy arms,
Who also hath gone out to die for men,
And keep him by thee till I come to him.
Dear Mary, I have shared thy sorrow,
And soon shall share thy joy.
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