The Ferryman, A British Troubles Play Where The Irish Are The Troublemakers
It is a remarkable trick for a violator to present the violated as the aggressor. To turn the victim intoContinue Reading
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Networking The Cogadh Gaeil Ré Gaill, The War Of The Irish With The Foreigners
The Medieval text known as the Cogadh Gaeil ré Gaill or “War of the Irish with the Foreigners” describes theContinue Reading
The Sealand Dynasty Of Babylonia And Mesopotamia
In the middle of the 2nd millennium BCE the region of Mesopotamia, the ancient Middle East, was split between a numberContinue Reading
The Impossibility Of Camouflaging A Main Battle Tank In A City
The use of camouflage for military purposes, as we would understand it today, probably began in the late 18th andContinue Reading
With North Korea, Is Donald Trump Hoping For A Falkland Islands’ Solution To His Domestic Woes?
In March of 1982 the Ipsos MORI poll rating for Margaret Thatcher, the then prime minister of the United Kingdom,Continue Reading
The State-Backed Glenanne Gang, A Very British Death Squad
A former killer with the Glenanne Gang, a pro-British death squad which operated in the UK-administered north-east of Ireland duringContinue Reading
Antifa And Left-Wing Struggle
One of the lesser reported aspects of the Irish Republican Army’s former military campaign in the United Kingdom is the low-levelContinue Reading
Whether Robert E Lee Or Edward Carson, Some Statues Should Fall
If Donald Trump and the aberrant politics he espouses has brought out the worse angels of our nature, it’s notContinue Reading
Britain’s Revanchist Fantasies Of A Brexit Empire Focus On Ireland
Since the Brexit referendum vote in the summer of 2016 the conservative and right-wing press in the United Kingdom hasContinue Reading
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When It Comes To The Irish Otherworld, I’m With Danny Healy-Rae
When you find yourself in agreement with Danny Healy-Rae, the maverick independent TD from Kerry, you know that your dayContinue Reading
Britain’s Brexit-Born Indifference And Antipathy To Peace In Ireland
There is a somewhat pessimistic belief among some Irish revolutionary republicans which can be best summed up as follows: “WhenContinue Reading
The Caterthuns, Two Iron Age Hillforts In Scotland
Some of you may have already seen this wonderful drone footage by Kieran Baxter featuring the Caterthuns, a pair ofContinue Reading
Sí Gaoithe, An Otherworldly Whirlwind Caught On Camera
When I was growing up my mother regaled me with many stories of her own childhood in West Cork, andContinue Reading
The Torture Of Suspected Insurgents By The US And The UK
Two related stories about torture or more specifically the clinical nature of physical and psychological abuse when practiced by mature,Continue Reading
Barry Cunliffe Lectures On The Celtic From The West Theory
An interesting talk by the veteran British historian and archaeologist Barry Cunliffe discussing the controversial “Celtic from the West” theory.Continue Reading
The Bronze Age Battlefield Site Of Tollense, Northern Germany
In an article last year I highlighting some new research into the suspected Bronze Age battlefield site of Tollense, a riverContinue Reading
Michael Collins And The Oaths To The Irish Republic And The Irish Free State
Judging by the emails and messages I’m still receiving, my article at the start of the month criticising the supposedlyContinue Reading
The Unionist Argument Against The Irish Language Is A Colonial One
At the weekend I was interviewed by a metropolitan American journalist doing some background research into Brexit and the possibleContinue Reading
The Unconstitutional Pro-Treaty Faction Of The Irish Civil War
By the start of June of 1922, Michael Collins, Arthur Griffith and Richard Mulcahy had established themselves as the chiefContinue Reading
The Tories Form A Backdoor-Coalition With The DUP – And UDA, UVF And RHC
As I’m sure most readers are aware, Theresa May’s Conservative Party has formed a backdoor-coalition with Arlene Foster’s Democratic UnionistContinue Reading
Holy Wells And A Proposed Hill Of Tara National Monument And Park
The monumental landscape around Teamhair na Rí or the Hill of Tara in County Meath features several springs closely associatedContinue Reading
Sergio Leone’s Once Upon A Time… The Revolution
I’m a huge fan of the late Italian director Sergio Leone, the inventor of the Spaghetti Western, a broad sub-genre of Western-styleContinue Reading
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