Weapons Of The Irish Revolution
I thought these military-related articles would interest quite a few ASF readers (those of you who haven’t discovered the piecesContinue Reading
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No, Ireland Did Not Inspire Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings
I love Ireland. I love the Lord of the Rings and most of the other associated works in J.R.R. Tolkien’sContinue Reading
Bronze Age Desert Cults Dislike The 21st Century
Well here’s two doubly depressing reports relating to the upcoming constitutional referendum which – if successful – will see aContinue Reading
Did You Hear The One About The Irish Name Spelled With Chinese Letters?
If you and your family are native Irish-speakers and you live in an Irish-speaking region, it seems not unreasonable to expect thatContinue Reading
The Super Scary, Quite Contrary Equal-Marriage Referendum In Ireland
Buzzfeed, the popular American click-bait site which has recently acquired a serious case of the journalistic respectables, has a fairly lengthy articleContinue Reading
Pat Finucane, The Assassination Of An Irish Lawyer By British Terrorists
More on the slow unravelling of the secrecy and deception which obscured most aspects of Britain’s counter-insurgency war in Ireland from the lateContinue Reading
The Irish Language Is The Most Dangerous Language Of All The World’s Most Dangerous Languages
It’s not discriminatory – its health and safety! That seems to be the disapproving line taken in this article from Breakingnews.ieContinue Reading
The Middle East’s Proxy Wars
Two Middle Eastern nation states torn apart by internecine wars, two whirlpools of conflict which suck in others willingly or unwillingly. FirstContinue Reading
Palestine’s Right To Defend Itself
The oft-stated right of the Israelis to “defend themselves” against their enemies, both near and far, is a claim encounteredContinue Reading
The Peculiar Nature Of British Democarcy
Following up on the unexpected results of the UK general election Adrian Kavanagh has examined the barely democratic nature of Britain’s first-past-the-postContinue Reading
Nicola Sturgeon And The SNP Stun Everyone
Some absolutely astonishing results from the UK general election so far, with the stand-out story being the sweeping of the electoralContinue Reading
The UK General Election 2015
My predictions for the general election in the UK (and the north-eastern bit of Ireland that the British stubbornly cling onContinue Reading
No Respect In Bradford For Journalists
Interesting report by Ben Judah for the European edition of the current affairs site Politico on his recent encounter inContinue Reading
Tabhair Dom Do Lámh
As you may have guessed An Sionnach Fionn fully supports the proposed amendment to the definition of marriage as outlined in Article 41 ofContinue Reading
Google Ngram Viewer, Irish Republican Army, Fenian, Fenians
Judging by the positive reactions it seems that many of you have enjoyed my occasional posts highlighting the earliest occurrences of the term “Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
UZI, UZI, UZI
There is a decidedly weird fetishization of guns and the possession of guns that characterizes some serving and former members of An GardaContinue Reading
Oíche Bhealtaine 2015
It’s May Eve in north-western Europe and at sunset the ancient festival of Bealtaine, marking the start of theContinue Reading
The Right To Hate The Second-Class Irish
Another year, another dire record of public services for Irish-speaking citizens and communities by the supposedly bilingual Irish state (noteContinue Reading
Polls Predict 2015 SNP Landslide In Scotland
I must admit that I remain quite sceptical about the anti-SNP hysteria convulsing significant chunks of the UK press as they continue toContinue Reading
Tiocfaidh Ár Lá
Talking of gay rights, its been mixed a week both nationally and regionally, with the latest polls predicting a comfortable “Yes” majorityContinue Reading
The International Lesbian Conspiracy To Sap My Precious Bodily Fluids
Here is a warning to all true Irishmen, one that we disregard at our peril, from Tom Finnegan, a legal advisor toContinue Reading
Rachel Maddow On The Plutocratic Oversight
Very few people in Ireland will have heard of Rachel Maddow, a centre-left American journalist and author who presents aContinue Reading
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