The Great Irish Paradox
From the Daily Beast: “Here in Odessa, the conflict has nothing to do with a linguistic divide. Everyone speaks Russian.Continue Reading
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Ireland Spends More Money On Non-Irish Translations
In case you missed it (because you know the newspapers aren’t going to report this one), from RTÉ: “New figuresContinue Reading
Nigel Farage, UKIP, And The British Terror Vote
Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Eurosceptic party currently upsetting Britain’s staid tripartite political system, made a recent flying visit Ireland to expressContinue Reading
The Green Party And Irish Language Rights
I’ve been sent a Green Party / Comhaontas Glas press release in relation to its Irish language polices in the run-upContinue Reading
De Valera’s ‘Last Letter’, Kilmainham, May 1916
Originally posted on The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland:
The National Museum holds many of the last letters written by the men executed in Kilmainham…
DUP Urge Their Voters to Give UKIP Transfers
The DUP may like UKIP but UKIP doesn’t seem to like the DUP…!
Cultus Obscuram, Once Upon A Time… Space
Il était une fois… or “Once Upon a Time…” is an ongoing animated series produced by the multi-talented FrenchContinue Reading
No Prosecutions For British Death Squad Confessions
In the early 1970s the Military Reaction Force or MRF was a covert unit of the British Army which operatedContinue Reading
More Allegations In The Boston Tapes Controversy
The “Boston Tapes” controversy just grows murkier by the day. I’m not saying I fall on the side of theContinue Reading
Linguicism And Linguistic Imperialism
Thanks to @MisneachNYC for a heads-up on this video from Angelica Galante of Niagara College in Canada. It makes some interesting points.
ASF – The European And Local Elections
Several readers of An Sionnach Fionn have asked me how I intend to vote in the upcoming European and local elections. Though some people might objectContinue Reading
Three Welsh Rights Activists Arrested
Three activists fighting for Welsh language rights, two women and a man in their twenties, were arrested today by policeContinue Reading
Cultus Obscuram – Mr Rossi, Signor Rossi
Sometimes looking back at Ireland in the 1970s and ‘80s I wonder if the entire nation was quite right inContinue Reading
The Unionist Hand Behind The Boston Tapes?
As the fall-out from the arrest and detention of Gerry Adams TD continues to rumble on (“coinciding” with moves byContinue Reading
Bye-Bye Peace Process! Hello Orange World Order!
A terrifying report from the Guardian newspaper for anyone who knows anything about the history of modern Ireland: “David CameronContinue Reading
The Irish Parliament? Some Chance!
An announcement from the European Parliament on its increasing recognition of Irish as an equal language of the European Union,Continue Reading
Bho Lannraig Nuadh gu Alba Nuadh #Gàidhlig – From New Lanark to Nova Scotia #Gaelic
Originally posted on Social Media Alba ®:
[English below] Tha faisg air seachdain air falbh o chionn tòiseachadh Latha Twitter na Gàidhlig agus thathar a’…
The Importance Of The Historical Voice
In relation to the arrest of Gerry Adams TD and the debacle surrounding the Boston College Oral History Project theContinue Reading
Political Shenanigans
Enda Kenny, Taoiseach na hÉireann, on the importance of water conservation and the dilemma faced by tens of thousands ofContinue Reading
Sinn Féin, A Victim Of Its Own Hubris
So Gerry Adams TD, the leader of Sinn Féin, has been released after several days of detention and interrogation byContinue Reading
The Great Irish Media Cover-Up
The pretence that the media establishment in Ireland is anything other than anti-Republican in terms of its collective political ideologyContinue Reading
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