They saved Ireland’s soul

Several French Resistance heroes (1939-45) will shortly be duly honoured as their remains are removed to the Pantheon in Paris.

They saved Ireland’s soul

According to President Hollande, “Through their courage, they enabled France to be France”.

A possible parallel in our own country’s narrative concerns the 1916 patriots whose noble-minded sacrifice “saved the soul of Ireland”. (Thomas Clarke).

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