Death Of The Irish Harp
For those interested in the psychology of art symbolism there is a great study by Mary Louise O’Donnell, of theContinue Reading
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An Creideamh Sí
Militant atheist and secularist though I am I still respect religious beliefs as a vital component to the cultural heritageContinue Reading
A Strange Twist In The Boston College Tapes Affair
I have touched before on the controversy surrounding Boston College’s “Belfast Project” and this site here gives a summation of theContinue Reading
Fionn And The Man In The Tree
One of the more mysterious mentions of the legendary hunter-warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill in the indigenous literatures of Ireland, ScotlandContinue Reading
Revisionism Or War By Other Means
There is huge controversy in France at the moment after it was revealed in a local newspaper that a monumentContinue Reading
The North-East Of Ireland: Convergence
The Irish blogger “Endgame In Ulster” asks why is the political establishment of the British Unionist community in the north-eastContinue Reading
Big Think: The Repartition Of Ireland
Big Think is one of my favourite websites dedicated to, well, big thinking. It deals with all sorts of ideasContinue Reading
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Steampunk In Ireland
Because there is far too little Steampunk in Ireland, here are some links: Steampunk Collective Ireland Steampunk Ireland The JosieContinue Reading
Monsters From The Id
A sobering and very personal reminder from Bock the Robber of the beast that lies at the core of thatContinue Reading
Back With A Bang, Not A Whimper
A busy few days occupied with the internal workings of PCs and TVs (not to mention some hill-walking thrown inContinue Reading
Féile Lúghnasa
Lá Fhéile Lúghnasa Sona Daoibh! Tuatha Dé Danann Na Fomhóraigh Lucharacháin An Sí Na Fathaigh Na Bocánaigh, Na Bánánaigh Na Púcaí Na PéisteannaContinue Reading
Ireland’s 800 Year Culture War
Recently a trilingual Danish acquaintance of mine, somewhat familiar with Ireland, asked me why is it that most of theContinue Reading
The House Negro And The Big House Paddy
Some political activists from the African-American community in the United States have a pejorative term for a black person believedContinue Reading
Vasili Blokhin, The Butcher Of Katyn
A fascinating and quite disturbing post by the Cotton Boll Conspiracy on the infamous “Soviet Butcher” Vasili Blokhin. chief executioner ofContinue Reading
Albert Robida, Fantastic Futurist
The artist Albert Robida is one of my favourite writer-illustrators from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, not leastContinue Reading
Bóthar an Choinicéir – A Walk Down Memory Lane
Some long-time readers know that I’m a bit of an architecture buff and reading a recent post by exiled IrishContinue Reading
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The Irish Times – Mixed Messages From Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The Irish Times has a series of articles on the Irish Revolution roughly divided between even-handed accounts of those whoContinue Reading
Ireland’s British Troubles
Interesting revelation from court documents released in Belfast (via the Detail), where Ciarán Martin, the former Security and Intelligence adviserContinue Reading
No Second Troy
One of the last monolingual Irish-speakers in Ireland being interviewed by the British historian Michael Wood for his 1985 BBC documentary “In SearchContinue Reading
Irish Pride! Where The NRA Goes Others Follow!
Who knew that Ireland’s National Roads Authority and related construction industry was also employed in Latin America? From the Guardian newspaper: “AContinue Reading
Two Upcoming Events, Tolkien And The Irish Invincibles
Quick post to promote two upcoming events I’ve been asked to highlight. The first is a conference organised by Dr Shane Kenna titledContinue Reading
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