DIASPORADOES; Join the Cause for Justice and Real Peace in Ireland @ LINK HERE - http://bit.ly/IrishCause Death Of O'Donovan Rossa O'Donovan Rossa, a founding member of the Fenians died in New York on 29 June 1915, aged 84. Fenian leader John Devoy and Tom Clarke decided, his body should be sent home at once. Clarke and Thomas MacDonagh planned the funeral which was a massive demonstration of support for Irish independence from Britain. Tom Clarke chose Patrick Pearse, a barrister and a schoolteacher, the foremost orator of the time, to give the graveside oration. Rossa lay in state in City Hall, Dublin with a guard of honour. Thousands of Irish Volunteers later followed the hearse to Glasnevin Cemetery with hundreds of thousands lining the streets. Padraigh Pearse delivered the graveside oration. He spoke "on behalf of a new generation that has been re-baptised in the Fenian faith" and called on the Irish people to stand together for the achievement of the freedom of Ireland. He stated "we know only one definition of freedom: it is Tone's definition, it is Mitchel's definition, it is Rossa's definition" that is, an Irish Republic.The oration concluded with a challenge to the British and their collaborators in Ireland, which is a critical part of understanding Ireland, for anyone who genuinely seeks peace in Ireland. It was true then, as it is true today, without justice there will not be peace, there is no short cut, there is no easier softer way, that is the unadulterated truth of the Irish question. Anyone who says otherwise is a deceiver of the people. Pearse concluded; "They think that they have pacified Ireland. They think that they have purchased half of us and intimidated the other half. They think that they have foreseen everything, think that they have provided against everything but the fools, the fools, the fools! - they have left us our Fenian dead, and while Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at peace".