obviously he's pointing to all of Irelands problems. There is no work, there is no peace at all, there still is a big religious battle.
He's asking why it's that big a deal to just make it all a bit better. He's leaving a no-futured Ireland to make something of his life, he doesn't want to be part of it. Maybe in the future he'd get back.
But the last part shows that he still loves ireland, the youth it once posessed but which had gone. He would love to get back to that time, but for now, he just has to leave his homeland.
obviously he's pointing to all of Irelands problems. There is no work, there is no peace at all, there still is a big religious battle.
He's asking why it's that big a deal to just make it all a bit better. He's leaving a no-futured Ireland to make something of his life, he doesn't want to be part of it. Maybe in the future he'd get back.
But the last part shows that he still loves ireland, the youth it once posessed but which had gone. He would love to get back to that time, but for now, he just has to leave his homeland.