Mise Éire (, Irish for "I [am] Ireland") is a 1912 Irish-language poem by the Irish poet and Republican revolutionary leader Patrick Pearse. It was first published in 1912 in Pearse's short-lived newspaper , and subsequently in his poetry collection (1914).
Political relevance
In the poem, Pearse personifies Ireland as an old woman whose glory is past and who has been sold by her children.
Later use
Described as both a literary and historical text, it was regularly used by Republican prisoners in Long Kesh prison as a means of learning and teaching Irish.