Did Celtic And Viking Female Warriors Exist?
The modern belief that professional female warriors were a common sight in the ancient world is a myth which owesContinue Reading
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The Ferryman, A British Troubles Play Where The Irish Are The Troublemakers
It is a remarkable trick for a violator to present the violated as the aggressor. To turn the victim intoContinue Reading
Britain Rejects Joint-Authority, Embraces Gerrymandering
It seems that the Democratic Unionist Party has successfully completed its hijacking of the United Kingdom’s foreign relations. Or atContinue Reading
Networking The Cogadh Gaeil Ré Gaill, The War Of The Irish With The Foreigners
The Medieval text known as the Cogadh Gaeil ré Gaill or “War of the Irish with the Foreigners” describes theContinue Reading
The Sealand Dynasty Of Babylonia And Mesopotamia
In the middle of the 2nd millennium BCE the region of Mesopotamia, the ancient Middle East, was split between a numberContinue Reading
The Impossibility Of Camouflaging A Main Battle Tank In A City
The use of camouflage for military purposes, as we would understand it today, probably began in the late 18th andContinue Reading
The DUP’s Stormont Proposal Is About The Restoration Of Unionist Supremacy
Despite several months of talks – and non-talks – the Democratic Unionist Party still doesn’t get it. There will beContinue Reading
With North Korea, Is Donald Trump Hoping For A Falkland Islands’ Solution To His Domestic Woes?
In March of 1982 the Ipsos MORI poll rating for Margaret Thatcher, the then prime minister of the United Kingdom,Continue Reading
Season Seven Of Game Of Thrones Stretches Believability To Breaking Point
Having watched the final episode of season seven in the Game of Thrones television series, I wonder if I am the onlyContinue Reading
Irexit, A Free State 2.0 For The Admirers Of Brexit’s Empire 2.0
Ray Kinsella, a former economics professor and an occasional opinion writer, is a bit of an odd sort. On someContinue Reading
Another Irish Property Bubble In The Making, Another Irish Property Crash In The Waiting
There seems to be little doubt that Ireland is in the early stages of yet another property-related bubble, reminiscent ofContinue Reading
The State-Backed Glenanne Gang, A Very British Death Squad
A former killer with the Glenanne Gang, a pro-British death squad which operated in the UK-administered north-east of Ireland duringContinue Reading
Government Turning Public Services Card Into National ID Card
With our long history of colonial and ecclesiastical misrule most Irish people have an instinctive dislike of unnecessary restrictions orContinue Reading
Kurds To Vote On Independence In Referendum
Here’s an upcoming event which is receiving relatively little attention in the Western press, despite its potential importance for theContinue Reading
Donald Trump’s Pardon Of Joe Arpaio Sends A Message To His Allies And His Enemies
Donald Trump obviously believes that he will gain some political capital from stepping into the Joe Arpaio legal controversy, thoughContinue Reading
Antifa And Left-Wing Struggle
One of the lesser reported aspects of the Irish Republican Army’s former military campaign in the United Kingdom is the low-levelContinue Reading
Ulster-Scots Enthusiasts Seek €151 Million In Funding
Arlene Foster, the curmudgeonly leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, is allegedly lending a sympathetic ear to a coterie ofContinue Reading
Whether Robert E Lee Or Edward Carson, Some Statues Should Fall
If Donald Trump and the aberrant politics he espouses has brought out the worse angels of our nature, it’s notContinue Reading
The Unionist Reveille Website, All Noise, No Substance
Over the last two decades the internet has become an important platform for a wide range of political causes, bothContinue Reading
The Mist, TV Stereotypes In Search Of Plot And Motivation
Way back in the day, when Fibber Magee’s was the place to be, I was something of a goth. OrContinue Reading
Trump Apologist Crumbles As False Claims About US Economy Challenged
I must admit to enjoying this televised take down of Brad Thomas, the publicity-seeking Wall Street analyst turned Donald Trump apologist.Continue Reading
Britain’s Revanchist Fantasies Of A Brexit Empire Focus On Ireland
Since the Brexit referendum vote in the summer of 2016 the conservative and right-wing press in the United Kingdom hasContinue Reading
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