Margaret Thatcher And The “Valiant” UVF
Throughout the late 20th century and into the early 21st century the Ulster Volunteer Force or UVF was one of the largestContinue Reading
Author: An Sionnach Fionn
Irish republican commentary from Ireland on national and international politics, history and culture. Ireland's Best Current Affairs and Politics Blog
Margaret Thatcher And The Irish
The would-be “Hammer of the Gael”, Margaret Hilda Thatcher, has been laid to rest and still the revelations about her true natureContinue Reading
RTÉ – Reform Or Die
Here’s an interesting snippet from the ever-vigilant NAMA Wine Lake. Guess which TV station was the only television broadcaster in Ireland to makeContinue Reading
Béal Feirste Abú!
An interesting piece from Public Radio International (PRI) on the Irish-speaking community in Belfast and the work of Linda Ervine,Continue Reading
Irish Ireland Versus Colonial Ireland
From the Irish Times: “Campaigners have called on Taoiseach Enda Kenny to take urgent steps to save the buildings thatContinue Reading
Sinn Féin’s Lack Of Irish Vision
Below is the list of motions dealing with the Irish language to be debated at this year’s Sinn Féin partyContinue Reading
From Scotland To Propaganda, Rats And Nutters
A few quick posts, a chairde. First up the Edinburgh Coffee House features a number of images that illustrate the actionsContinue Reading
Margaret Thatcher – She Came, She Saw, She Failed
As a citizen of Ireland there is only one Margaret Thatcher that I remember. From the archives of the GuardianContinue Reading
“Northern Ireland” – Europe’s Failed State
An occasional cultural fault of living on an island nation is a certain insularity and failing to see beyond one’sContinue Reading
No Gaelic Here!
If you’re going to write a biased newspaper article it’s always best to put your bias right up there inContinue Reading
A Green And Orange Puzzle
Back in September of 2011 I discussed the growing number of Irish speakers in Belfast from a Protestant and UnionistContinue Reading
Anglophone Supremacists Don’t Just Hate Irish – They Hate Those Who Speak Irish
“Irish language schools targeted over restrictive entrance rules” So screams the headline in today’s Anti-Irish Independent newspaper. In the follow-up article we are told that:Continue Reading
A Little Less Culture In The World
Dreadfully sad news today about the Scottish author Iain Banks whose mainstream and genre books I’ve been reading – and lovingContinue Reading
Irish War Graves Desecrated In Cork
In the wake of TV3’s much criticized drama-documentary “In the Name of the Republic” I argued that the intent of the Neo-Unionist fringe inContinue Reading
Calvert Watkins, 1933–2013
A quick post to note the passing of the great Indo-European historian and linguist Calvert Watkins who died on theContinue Reading
Truth Is The First Casualty Of War
Last Monday I watched the second part of TV3’s drama-documentary series, “In the Name of the Republic”, where once again Eunan O’Halpin claimedContinue Reading
Ain’t Nothing Change But The Weather
One definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result each time. SoContinue Reading
The Homeland Of The Celts, Where The Celts Have Always Been
For the last century and more historians have believed that the homeland of the Celtic-speaking peoples lay in central Europe and from thereContinue Reading
Boris Johnson Is Left Floundering Live On TV
Boris Johnson, mayor of London and the great white whale of Tory politics, is well and truly harpooned by the BBC journalist Eddie Marr. EnjoyableContinue Reading
No Taxation Without Representation!
So the documentation for the latest state-sponsored extortion racket has arrived in the post under the guise of the Local Property Tax. HoweverContinue Reading
British Separatism In Scotland
So Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, has finally unveiled the long-promised date for the Scottish independence referendum: Thursday the 18th of September 2014. Good news forContinue Reading
Scottish Nationalist Podcast With Michael Greenwell And The Rev Stu
Thought I’d highlight an audio podcast of an interview between Michael Greenwell, Scottish Nationalist blogger, and the Reverend Stu Campbell, owner-author of theContinue Reading
AN SIONNACH FIONN 