A Trail Of Tears – Native American History Resonates For An Irish Audience
One of the leading online publications for news on the indigenous communities of the United Sates and Canada is the thirty-year old IndianContinue Reading
Category: History
Dáithí Ó hÓgáin – Ar Dheis Dé Go Raibh A Anam
A brief post to mark the passing of Professor Dáithí Ó hÓgáin, a man who brought academic rigour to the popular promotion of Early Irish Literature, MythologyContinue Reading
Taking Back “Our Territory”
Following on from yesterday’s piece on Québec and Canada, some potentially important developments for the indigenous peoples of La belleContinue Reading
Irish Republican Army – The History Of A Name
While many decry the growth of the internet for its allegedly deleterious effects on the absorption of information by theContinue Reading
Dissecting Empire – Richard Gott
In the Guardian journalist and writer Richard Gott examines the revived nationalist ideology of the British Empire as the world’s onlyContinue Reading
Fine Gael, “No Irish Here!” – A Flashback From 1938
The wonderful Irish Election Literature blog does it again with this Fine Gael election poster from 1938 protesting against “Migrants”Continue Reading
The History House – Armagh’s Irish Republican Museum
Fascinating article in the Guardian on the ‘History House’, a private Irish Republican museum open to invitation-only guests: ‘In a garden inContinue Reading
The rise and fall of the Knights Templar in Ireland. (via Irish History Podcast)
The great and informative Irish History Podcast carries a piece on the Knights Templar in Ireland… When we think ofContinue Reading
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru – Oireachtas Náisiúnta na Breataine Bige
The people of Wales have been marking the celebration of their native language and culture in this year’s Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru orContinue Reading
The Holocaust. A European Institution?
I’ve never been much of a European. In fact I’m not really sure if Ireland and the Irish qualify forContinue Reading
My Review Of ‘The Fall Of Dublin’ By Liz Gillis, From The Mercier Press
My review of ‘The Fall of Dublin’ by Liz Gillis, a new edition in the Mercier Press series ‘Military History ofContinue Reading
Video tour of Christchurch Cathedral Crypt (via Irish History Podcast)
Over the past two days I visited the oldest buildings in Dublin – that is Christchurch Cathedral, St Patricks CathedralContinue Reading
The Alphabet Of The Incas?
The Slate carries a great story on the possible identification of an ancient Inca alphabet: ‘When the Yale University history lecturer HiramContinue Reading
Know-Nothings – The American Right And The New Anti-Irishness
This week, under the thrilling headline question ‘Why Is Ireland Such a Bastion of Anti-Israel Feeling?’, long-standing Atlantic columnist (andContinue Reading
An Cloigtheach Shord Cholm Cille
An Cloigtheach Shord Cholm Cille, Fine Gall, Laighean, Éire, Meitheamh 2011 (The Round Tower of Swords, Fingal, Leinster, Ireland, June 2011).Continue Reading
New Hadrian’s Wall Exhibition
The Independent has news on a new exhibition of treasures from Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England, ‘The RomanContinue Reading
Irish In America
Anti-Irish (or more specifically anti-Irish Catholic) bigotry is a current which runs deep in American history, from the late 17th toContinue Reading
Old John Brown…
The main (and possibly only) thing most people outside of the United States know about the historical figure of JohnContinue Reading
An Táin – The Graphic Novel
Still widely available is Colmán Ó Raghallaigh’s An Táin, the ground-breaking Irish language graphic novel or Úrscéal Grafacha illustrated byContinue Reading
The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, and Indian Allies
An edited version of my review of historian Alan Taylor’s ‘The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects,Continue Reading
An Traoi – Troy
If you, like me, are fascinated (obsessed?) with the ancient Greek story of many-towered Ilium represented by the epic poems ofContinue Reading
The Celtic Origin Revised: the Atlantic View and the Nordwestblock Blues (via Rokus Blog)
An excellent overview of the new (and increasingly popular) ‘Celtic From The West Theory’, albeit with the focus mainly onContinue Reading
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