#toome

#OTD in 1800 – Execution of Roddy McCorley.

Roddy McCorley was an Irish nationalist from the civil parish of Duneane, Co Antrim. Following the publication of the Ethna Carbery poem bearing his name in 1902, where he is associated with events around the Battle of Antrim, he is alleged to have been a member of the United Irishmen and claimed as a participant in their rebellion of 1798. Roddy McCorley was the son of a miller and was born near…

Auf der Suche nach mir selbst

Auf der suche nach mir selbst

gibt es dunk´le - und

helle Tage.

Auf der Suche nach mir selbst

habe ich 

Freunde verlassen und neue Freundschaften geschlossen.

Auf der Suche nach mir selbst

ist es

nicht immer leicht nur - eine

Person zu sein. 

Auf der Suche

 nach mir selbst

bleibt mein wahres ICH oft klein.

Auf der Suche nach mir selbst

weiß ich oft nicht, wer ich bin.

Aber das ist okay,

Here I am.

Ci siamo creduti timidi, troppo timidi troppo indecisi, deboli, timorosi imbarazzati, dubbiosi, bloccati; abbiamo creduto di non aver colto certi segnali di non aver colto cento occasioni e forse, forse abbiamo invidiato gli sfacciati li abbiamo creduti più liberi e più libertini abbiamo creduto fossero più in gamba o almeno più sicuri e coraggiosi di fatto più gaudenti e soddisfatti. Mentre invece, chissà le loro erano molestie e la nostra, era solo civiltà.

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#OTD in 1800 – Execution of Roddy McCorley.

Roddy McCorley was an Irish nationalist from the civil parish of Duneane, Co Antrim. Following the publication of the Ethna Carbery poem bearing his name in 1902, where he is associated with events around the Battle of Antrim, he is alleged to have been a member of the United Irishmen and claimed as a participant in their rebellion of 1798. Roddy McCorley was the son of a miller and was born near…