Unseen Women: Stories from Armagh Gaol
In 2006-07, the Prisons’ Memory Archive recorded former political prisoners, staff, teachers, chaplains and lawyers as they walked around theContinue Reading
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Targeting Civilians: Settlers, Human Shields, And The Wars In Algeria And Ireland
The Nation has published a review of Zohra Drif’s acclaimed autobiography, Inside the Battle of Algiers: Memoir of a WomanContinue Reading
The Vietnam War And The War On Terror
An article for the current affairs website TomDispatch by Danny Sjursen, a serving officer in the United States Armed Forces andContinue Reading
Arlene Foster’s Moderate Speech, Barry McElduff’s Idiotic Tweet, And The Atrocious Kingsmill Massacre
It says much for the extreme and unforgiving nature of mainstream unionism or British separatist politics on this island, thatContinue Reading
Ian Paisley, Ulster Resistance And Arms From Israel
The news that the Reverend Ian Paisley, the founder of the hardline Democratic Unionist Party and several associated paramilitary groupings,Continue Reading
The British Security Service, MI5, Planned Terrorist Assassination Of Fianna Fáil Leader, Charles Haughey
The last few days has seen the publication of another tranche of heretofore secret government documents under the National ArchivesContinue Reading
The Brexit Angst Of The Irish Revisionists
Dennis Kennedy, the former deputy editor of the Irish Times, has an opinion piece in his old newspaper, banging theContinue Reading
Unionism In Ireland Is Turning Brexit Into Its Political Death Warrant
The political humiliation of Theresa May, the inept prime minister of the United Kingdom, continues, with the news this morningContinue Reading
Ireland And The Roman Empire, Irish Tower Houses
I thought some readers might be interested in these two links from the Mediaevalist.Net. The first one leads to aContinue Reading
The UK Conspiracy Theory To Explain The Brexit Impasse With Ireland And EU
It has become standard fare among left-wing activists and politicians in the United Kingdom to accuse the political editor ofContinue Reading
The Remembrance Day Or Enniskillen Bombing, A Warning From History
On Wednesday the 28th of October 1987 the windows of a Renault 9 car parked outside a line of garages inContinue Reading
Arm Na Poblachta, Army Of The Republic, Reveals Its Anti-Armour Capacity
The term Irish Republican Army (IRA) – or more rarely, Army of the Irish Republic – entered the modern politicalContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar’s Shamrock-And-Poppy Badge Inspired By UVF Terror Symbol
Judging by the adverse reaction on social media, I think it’s safe to say that yesterday’s perplexing decision by AnContinue Reading
Gerry Adams On The Legitimacy Of The IRA’s Armed Resistance
An interesting snippet from an interview with the Sinn Féin president and Louth TD, Gerry Adams, recorded in July atContinue Reading
Liam Cosgrave, A Fine Gael And Free State Reactionary To The Last
The recent passing of the former Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, Liam Cosgrave, had led to much eulogising by theContinue Reading
William Morris And JRR Tolkien
JRR Tolkien’s admiration for the historical romances and epic poems of the late 19th century British writer and illustrator, WilliamContinue Reading
Ruth Russell, An American Journalist In Revolutionary Ireland
In early 1919 the pioneering woman journalist, Ruth Russell, visited Ireland to report on the brewing republican revolution for theContinue Reading
Women Warriors In Celtic And Medieval Ireland
With the controversy over the supposed identification of the grave of a “female Viking warrior”, known to archaeologists as BjContinue Reading
Was Leather Armour A Real Thing? Not For The Celts, Romans And Vikings
I’m currently watching the Norsemen on Netflix, a pitch-black historical comedy set in a Scandinavian coastal village during the late 8thContinue Reading
Three Lectures On The Scandinavian Worldview In The Viking Age
Following on from a recent post on the supposed existence of warrior women among the Vikings, here are three lecturesContinue Reading
Lyndon B Johnson And The Vast Resources Committed To The Vietnam War
Lyndon B. Johnson, the Texas-born vice-president who succeeded John F. Kennedy in the turbulent latter half of November 1963, has always heldContinue Reading
Did Celtic And Viking Female Warriors Exist?
The modern belief that professional female warriors were a common sight in the ancient world is a myth which owesContinue Reading
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