In February, a large crowd marched through Dublin in what organisers called a 'national mobilisation' anti-immigration protest. Placards carried by the crowd read 'invasion' and 'end the plantation'. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie All nascent social or political movements have a romanticised idol from whom they draw inspiration. In Ireland, those campaigning against immigration have found their revered revolutionary in Pádraig Pearse. “Nothing that has happened or that can ever happen can alter the truth of it. Ireland belongs to the Irish.” For those who believe that #IrelandIsFull, Pearse’s words resonate deeply. Especially so for those who view their campaigning as a...