But finally, on a broader ground, it destroyed the national right of Ireland.
"Ireland for us is one entity.

It is one land.

Tyrone and Tyrconnell are as much a part of Ireland as Munster or Connaught.

Some of the most glorious chapters connected with our national struggle have been associated with Ulster--aye, and with the Protestants of Ulster--and I declare here to-day, as a Catholic Irishman, notwithstanding all the bitterness of the past, that I am as proud of Derry as of Limerick.

Our ideal in this movement is a self-governing Ireland in the future, when all her sons of all races and creeds within her shores will bring their tribute, great or small, to the great total of national enterprise, national statesmanship, and national happiness.