Rinneadb Aisling Duinn--We Saw a Vision

In the darkness of despair, we saw a vision. We lit the light of hope. And it was not extinguished. In the desert of discouragement, we saw a vision. We planted the tree of valor.
And it blossomed.
In the Winter of bondage, we saw a vision. We melted the snow of lethargy.
And the river of resurrection flowed from it.
We sent our vision aswim like a swan on the river. The vision became a reality. Winter became Summer. Bondage became Freedom.
And this we left to you as your inheritance.
Oh Generations of Freedom, remember us, the Generations of the Vision...

-Liam MacUistin, 1976
Inscription on the wall of the National Garden of Remembrance, Dublin, Ireland