Scottish Mythology And Folklore
Some of the most popular (and visited) pages on An Sionnach Fionn are dedicated to the core elements of theContinue Reading
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Some More WikiWar News
As a keen observer of both politics and technology I have spent the last decade and more watching the riseContinue Reading
A Letter From Irish Ireland
From the BBC a story that reminds us that many people on this island owe a loyalty to a nationContinue Reading
Ruairidh Arascain Is Mhàirr
Good article by Patrick Witt on the Irish Story examining the late 19th and early 20th Scottish Gaelic Republican writer RuairaidhContinue Reading
Margaret Thatcher And The “Valiant” UVF
Throughout the late 20th century and into the early 21st century the Ulster Volunteer Force or UVF was one of the largestContinue Reading
Irish Ireland Versus Colonial Ireland
From the Irish Times: “Campaigners have called on Taoiseach Enda Kenny to take urgent steps to save the buildings thatContinue Reading
Irish War Graves Desecrated In Cork
In the wake of TV3’s much criticized drama-documentary “In the Name of the Republic” I argued that the intent of the Neo-Unionist fringe inContinue Reading
Calvert Watkins, 1933–2013
A quick post to note the passing of the great Indo-European historian and linguist Calvert Watkins who died on theContinue Reading
Truth Is The First Casualty Of War
Last Monday I watched the second part of TV3’s drama-documentary series, “In the Name of the Republic”, where once again Eunan O’Halpin claimedContinue Reading
The United States And It’s Irish Revolutionaries
Two articles from the United States exploring the Irish Republican heritage of Ireland and the US. First up is theContinue Reading
Anne Frank – The Teenage Girl Who Terrifies The Neo-Nazi Right
There is a sickeningly offensive pseudo-factual claim being passed around by closet Neo-Nazis, anti-Semites and Far Right racists on various socialContinue Reading
Ireland – Poster Child Of The Stockholm Syndrome
Andrew S. Loveland has an interesting post over on The Frumious Bandersnatch examining the famous (if exceptional) psychological condition known asContinue Reading
The Blether Region
A quick post to highlight one of the best language and culture blogs in Ireland. Since 2009 the Blether RegionContinue Reading
More Accounts Of Death Squad Britain
Veteran Irish journalist and author Ed Moloney and his colleague Bob Mitchell continue their investigations into the Military Reaction Force (MRF), a British ArmyContinue Reading
How Can The Irish State Ignore The Wishes Of 41% Of Its Citizens?
An article in the Irish Times by Seán Tadgh Ó Gairbhí examining the reaction of people in Ireland to theContinue Reading
Brothers In Arms? Ireland And Israel
The excellent history site, The Irish Story, has recently posted two articles examining the ideological similarities between Irish and Israeli nationalism in theContinue Reading
Seanchas – Irish, Scottish And Manx Mythology And Folklore
For those of you with an interest in early, middle and early modern indigenous Irish literature and post-Medieval folklore (IrishContinue Reading
Inside The IRA – 1994
How things have changed in the last 19 years – and how much they have stayed the same. In 1994Continue Reading
Cultural Terrorism In Timbuktu
This is terrible news that comes on top of previous acts of cultural terrorism carried out by extreme ideologues inContinue Reading
Britain’s War In Ireland – Learning The Lessons
The Irish journalist and author Finian Cunningham examines the conflict in the north-east of Ireland during the late 1960s andContinue Reading
The McGurk Bar Massacre – British Bombers In Irish Cities
Two reviews of the ground-breaking investigative book “The McGurk’s Bar Bombing: Collusion, Cover–Up and a Campaign for Truth” by the Irish author and campaigner CiaránContinue Reading
Counter-Gangs – The Origins Of British Terrorism In Ireland
I’ve devoted considerable space on An Sionnach Fionn to cataloguing Britain’s dirty war in Ireland highlighting a wide range of evidence gatheredContinue Reading
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