Lessons From The First Chechen War
For military analysts like myself the two most interesting conflicts of the last twenty years have been the First Chechen War of 1994-1996Continue Reading
Category: History
Two Great Articles From “Come Here To Me”
One of the current buzzwords of the contemporary internet is “hyperlocal”. The term refers to the belief that small, regionally-based websitesContinue Reading
Beannachtaí Na Féile Daoibh Go Léir!
Seasons’ Greeting to all my readers from An Sionnach Fionn 😉
Death Squad Britain
Two weeks ago the British prime minister, David Cameron, apologised in the UK parliament on behalf of the British nation for the assassination of the Irish civil rights lawyerContinue Reading
Flying The British Flag In Ireland
How democratic opposition to the British flag used to be dealt with in Ireland. Is this what the Unionist leaders in the north-eastContinue Reading
Pádraig Mac Piarais – The New Study In Review
I’ve been meaning to write a review of the new biography of Pádraig Mac Piarais, “Patrick Pearse: the making of a revolutionary“ byContinue Reading
Britain’s Irish Civil War
In my 2011 review of historian Liz Gillis’ new Irish Civil War study “The Fall of Dublin” from Mercier Press IContinue Reading
Some New Arrivals
In recent months I have been somewhat remiss in posting no new book reviews on An Sionnach Fionn. This isContinue Reading
Samhain
Well the sunset in Baile Átha Cliath is less than half-an-hour away and with it comes Samhain or the greatContinue Reading
Folk Memory
Here is an interesting article, on genes and memory, from the New York Times: “I still wonder how I endedContinue Reading
Colm Tóibín – Not In My Name
Over the years I’ve slowly come to dislike Colm Tóibín. He is one of that closed group of Irish writersContinue Reading
Who Dares To Speak? Morality Versus Venality In Modern Ireland
What other nation in Europe would have such little regard for its history? What other nation in Europe would beContinue Reading
Na Fianna – A Rough Edit
Something that might interest a few of you, a rough draft of a piece on the Fianna, the early IrishContinue Reading
A Resurgence Of Anti-Irish Racism In The United States – Or Harmless Stereotyping?
When most people speak of racism against the Irish they automatically think of Britain and more specifically England. The historyContinue Reading
Beating Drums Instead Of Burning Crosses, Orange Sashes Instead Of White Hoods
A few readers have contacted me asking why no post on the Ulster Covenant centenary march held in Belfast on Saturday.Continue Reading
Ulster Resistance – Unapologetic British Terrorism In Ireland
The Seeds Of The Northern War We’ve seen a lot of outraged (and outrageous) speeches in recent days from politiciansContinue Reading
Engineers Of The Holocaust – In Their Own Words
Being a devout atheist (so to speak) I very rarely use the word “evil”. It seems too loaded with connotationsContinue Reading
Cutting Through The Lies
Two excellent articles debunking the recent attempts by Pro-British and Neo-Unionist apologist-historians and journalists to rewrite Irish history with the aim of “rehabilitating” theContinue Reading
The Curse Of Peter Hart Strikes Again
A few weeks ago I linked to a review by the historian John M. Regan on the new publication “TerrorContinue Reading
Lies, Dammed Lies And The Pro-British Regressives
Rewriting Irish history? That seems to be the main concern of the contemporary Pro-British faction in modern Ireland. These anachronistic,Continue Reading
Proud Of The Gardaí – Ashamed Of The RIC
An Garda Síochána or “The Peace Guard” is Ireland’s national police service; a largely unarmed, civilian police force carefully regulatedContinue Reading
Land Restitution – More News From The Occupied Territories
An excellent article in the Guardian by Dana Lone Hill of the Oglala Lakota Sioux people outlining the campaign byContinue Reading
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