Text Of The Confidence And Supply Arrangement Between Fine Gael And Fianna Fáil
So here it is, the momentous agreement (!) heralding a return of the dog-eared Fine Gael government dumped by Ireland’s voters inContinue Reading
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Islamic State To Attack Britain Through Conquest Of Ireland
From my regular series on stupid people commenting on Irish affairs, this contribution from something called the “Center for SecurityContinue Reading
The Rebel, Patrick H. Pearse
The Rebel I am come of the seed of the people, the people that sorrow; Who have no treasure butContinue Reading
The Torturers And Murderers Of The Royal Irish Constabulary
On Friday the 26th of November 1920, Patrick Loughnane, aged twenty-nine, and his younger brother, Harry, aged twenty-two, were labouring in the fieldsContinue Reading
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Bealtaine Or Céadshamhain, Just Enjoy!
Sunset on the last day of April, May Eve or Oíche Bealtaine, is the traditional start of the Irish and pan-Gaelic festival of BealtaineContinue Reading
The Rejected Fine Gael Government Is Returned To Power By Fianna Fáil
It seems that we are to have a new government after weeks of politicking, as the leading component of theContinue Reading
When The IRA Busted Britain’s Spying Operations In Europe
In October of 1989 Britain’s left-leaning current affairs magazine, the New Statesman, published a four-page exclusive revealing the successful penetration of the espionage andContinue Reading
The INLA Military Muscle Is All Show, But To What Purpose?
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) was established in December of 1974 as an off-shoot of the Official Irish Republican ArmyContinue Reading
The 1922 Irish Free State Was Not The 1916 Irish Republic
A taste of the modern myth-making to come in 2022 from the Fine Gael and Labour Party inheritors of the counter-revolutionariesContinue Reading
John Redmond And The Apologists For Appeasement
The Irish Times, along with other conservative news media, has made some valiant attempts in recent months to defend the politicalContinue Reading
How The British Story Of Ireland Is The Norm For The American Press
One of the more interesting aspects of writing An Sionnach Fionn is my occasional brushes with the mainstream media (howeverContinue Reading
Two Women Called Keogh, The First And Last Fatalities Of 1916-1921
Two women with the surname of Keogh have the sad distinction of being the first and last female fatalities of theContinue Reading
Instruction To Customer In Wales: Speak English Or Get Out!
Given my recent posts on the issue of linguistic and cultural discrimination here in Ireland, this report from WalesOnline hardly needsContinue Reading
Unionists Britsplaining The Position Of The Irish Language In Ireland
In relation to my post yesterday on the miserable record of British colonialism in Ireland, which continues to echo in the settler politics ofContinue Reading
The Uncomfortable Question Of Settler Politics In Ireland
The one thing that is guaranteed to infuriate most politicians and journalists from the British unionist minority in Ireland is to make reference to theContinue Reading
No, Declan! You Never Go Full Tinfoil Hat!
Declan Lynch, regular Sunday Independent columnist, drinks deep from the paranoid well of the partitionist core, before rushing to the battlements of Dublin Castle,Continue Reading
Fianna Fáil, The Enabler Of Fine Gael And Labour Government?
Rank hypocrisy is the key hallmark of the political establishment in Ireland, you say? Surely not! From the Irish News,Continue Reading
Did Britain Lose The War To Win The Peace?
I’ve recommended the historical analyses of Pat Walsh in a previous post and this sample from his forthcoming publication, “Resurgence”, theContinue Reading
From Russia’s National Guard To America’s Private Air Forces
At the risk of drawing the ire of the sockpuppet brigades labouring away in various nondescript buildings around the city of Saint Petersburg, a statement by theContinue Reading
American Weapons And Equipment Among Syria’s Opposition Factions
During the hot years of the Cold War one of the few things the opposing superpowers of the USSR andContinue Reading
The War Nerd, The Punk And The American Supporters Of Irish Freedom
Speaking of laudable Irish-American journalists, the War Nerd (aka Gary Bercher, aka the protean John Dolan) has recently unlocked hisContinue Reading
Andrew O’Hehir On The 1916 Easter Rising
I regularly lambaste American journalists on ASF for their piss-poor knowledge of Ireland and its history, a phenomenon made worse by someContinue Reading
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