There’s No Irish In Ireland!
The Hidden Ireland blog highlights news of discrimination against the Irish-speaking communities and citizens of Ireland for their English-speaking peersContinue Reading
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The Manx Tongue – In Rude Health
Some very good news on Manx, the sister language of Irish. The BBC has a lengthy article discussing the fortunesContinue Reading
Unionists Do Not Use Political Violence – Really They Don’t
The main political representatives of the British Unionist minority in the north-east of Ireland, the DUP, UUP and TUV, have no involvementContinue Reading
Open Unionism – More Like An Open Goal
Apparently I’m an “Irish ethno-nationalist”. At least that is the opinion of the British nationalist website “Open Unionism“ (if everContinue Reading
US Army Training Circular TC 18-01, Special Forces Unconventional Warfare
Thought some of you might be interested in this given the recent events in Libya, Syria and now Mali. TheContinue Reading
Cultural Terrorism In Timbuktu
This is terrible news that comes on top of previous acts of cultural terrorism carried out by extreme ideologues inContinue Reading
Britain’s War In Ireland – Learning The Lessons
The Irish journalist and author Finian Cunningham examines the conflict in the north-east of Ireland during the late 1960s andContinue Reading
You Say It Best When You Say Nothing At All
You’re not paranoid. They really are out to get you! 🙂 From the Independent newspaper: “Cloud computing has exploded inContinue Reading
The McGurk Bar Massacre – British Bombers In Irish Cities
Two reviews of the ground-breaking investigative book “The McGurk’s Bar Bombing: Collusion, Cover–Up and a Campaign for Truth” by the Irish author and campaigner CiaránContinue Reading
Alliance. A Party In Search Of A Future
There is a certain whiff that comes off a political party when it is in trouble. People start to getContinue Reading
Counter-Gangs – The Origins Of British Terrorism In Ireland
I’ve devoted considerable space on An Sionnach Fionn to cataloguing Britain’s dirty war in Ireland highlighting a wide range of evidence gatheredContinue Reading
Polls, Politics And Conspiracy Theories
One weekend, two polls, and the results look good for both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin. However things are notContinue Reading
Robert E. Howard – The Whole Wide World
While going through the old bookmarks on my browser the other day I came across the Cimmerian, a wonderful ifContinue Reading
Dolours Price
Just a quick post to note the passing of Dolours Price, veteran Republican activist and a former Volunteer of theContinue Reading
Irish, Irish, Irish! Out, Out, Out!
Well, it’s politics as abnormal in the north-eastern part of the country as the decaying corpse of the British colonyContinue Reading
Foclóir, The New Online English-Irish Dictionary
After a long wait the first phase of the new online English-Irish dictionary, Foclóir, is now up and running. The currentContinue Reading
Indigenous Rights – On The Edge Of Europe
Two stories on the Celtic languages from the British press. The first comes from the Independent newspaper (thanks to a heads-up from CContinue Reading
Sláintegate – The Irish Independent Newspaper And A Mysterious Report
The journalist and Irish civil rights campaigner Peadar Tomás Mac Ruairí is currently battling the state in the High CourtContinue Reading
Democracy Doesn’t Work – So Speaks Unionism
From the cheeky lads at “Loyalists Against Democracy” the image above details local government rules in “Northern Ireland” during theContinue Reading
Jenny Muir Quits The British Labour Grouping In The North
A minor political event which has probably passed most observers by. Jenny Muir, long-time left-wing Belfast blogger and would-be BritishContinue Reading
That Infamous Nolan Show
Well a lot of people have been discussing last night’s highly controversial Nolan Show from the BBC in Belfast which debated the anti-democracy protests by the extreme ofContinue Reading
Lessons From The First Chechen War
For military analysts like myself the two most interesting conflicts of the last twenty years have been the First Chechen War of 1994-1996Continue Reading
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