Paisley On Paisley
In a series of interviews recorded for television broadcast the reverend Ian Paisley, the former leader of the DUP andContinue Reading
Category: History
Europe’s Shame, The Last Colony
Today the Irish Times newspaper carries an opinion piece from the academic Richard Irvine analysing the restrictions on the flying ofContinue Reading
Armed Gardaí, An Unwelcome Echo Of The Past
Garda Síochana na hÉireann, Ireland’s national police service, has a long and fine tradition of policing by consent. This canContinue Reading
Gremlin, Gruaimín
Over on his OUP blog the Russian-born etymologist and author Anatoly Liberman speculates at length on the origin of theContinue Reading
Viva La Revolución!
Rarely have I agreed with an article more than this opinion piece by Tom Law featured on the Sabotage TimesContinue Reading
Go-Ahead For Jewish Museum Redevelopment
Some good news for Músaem Giúdach na hÉireann, the Jewish Museum of Ireland, which has got the green light fromContinue Reading
Irish Journalism, LOL!
In today’s Irish Independent newspaper regular columnist Eoghan Harris recounts a forty year old tale that perfectly illustrates the perverseContinue Reading
Irish Republican Language
Over the last several months there has been a noticeable spike in requests from various people seeking help with IrishContinue Reading
Lá An Dreoilín Shona Daoibh Go Léir!
Happy hunting to all those who join the Lucht an Dreoilín today.
Óglaigh na hÉireann – ÓnaÉ
One can understand foreign news media misinterpreting the Irish language but our domestic equivalents? The title Óglaigh na hÉireann seemsContinue Reading
The Not So Royal Gaels
Here is a story on the Scottish language (Scottish Gaelic) that has been rumbling away for the last couple ofContinue Reading
A Fine Gael Minister Discovers “Our Language”!
The Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter TD, has protested the media reporting of the Republican Resistance group Óglaigh na hÉireannContinue Reading
Ogham – Ireland’s Indigenous Alphabet
Here’s a fascinating article on the Product Design and Development website examining an archaeological project in Ireland to preserve inContinue Reading
Patrick Joseph Crawford – A Wrong To Be Righted
Some have accused the broad Republican movement in Ireland of being deaf and blind to its own injustices, its ownContinue Reading
When The Last Speaker Of Irish Is Dead They Will Rejoice
Having spent the last few hours reading the comments on two pieces examining the issue of Irish language rights onContinue Reading
Even Genocide Has An Upside!
Just when I thought I had reached a stage where it was no longer possible to be made irate byContinue Reading
Tolerating The Armed Struggle
So the multi-million euro Smithwick Tribunal has concluded that on the balance of probabilities the ambush by an Active ServiceContinue Reading
British War Hysteria – The Hibernoban!
So to another round of Fantasy Troubles as the news media in Britain, with a nod and a wink fromContinue Reading
Vae Victis!
The hostile reaction to the publication of Anne Cadwallader’s book “Lethal Allies”, a history of the British death squads whichContinue Reading
Licensed To Kill
While the revelations about the murderous activities of British Army death squads in Ireland in the early and mid 1970sContinue Reading
Wolfing Around
Given the importance of wolves in the traditions of the Indo-European peoples as far back as one can go intoContinue Reading
Righting A Wrong Simply Because It Is The Right Thing To Do
Two vastly contrasting stories that ultimately derive from the same history of invasion, occupation, annexation and colonisation. The first dealsContinue Reading
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