Culture Wars In Ireland And Britain
Hot on the heels of my post discussing the urgent need for the reform of public service broadcasting in Ireland comesContinue Reading
Category: The Irish Language – An Ghaeilge
Irish TV And Cinema? Some Hope
I was going through my collection of Blu-ray and DVD movies and box-sets over the weekend, not to mention severalContinue Reading
The Ultimate Irish Joke
It’s that time of year again when Ireland’s political establishment trots out its bit of lip-service and tokenism in relationContinue Reading
Learn A Language In Six Months?
Since this is generating some internet buzz I thought I’d post it: How to learn any language in six months, ChrisContinue Reading
Let Us Do Evil That Good May Come
Sometimes I wonder if there is an entire generation of Irish historians and writers who are so cocooned inside anContinue Reading
The Irish Revolution And Native America
In June of 1919 Éamon de Valera, the American-born president of Ireland’s revolutionary government, was smuggled out of his war-torn homelandContinue Reading
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An Irish Equivalent For Geek Or Otaku?
I was recently asked if there is an Irish word that is the equivalent of the Anglo-American term Geek orContinue Reading
Flannbhuí
On the streets of Droichead Átha, the very definition of flannbhuí. And a beautiful example it is.
Ireland’s Citizens And Version-Citizens
The Official Languages Act of 2003 is one of the few pieces of legislation in Irish law that guarantees theContinue Reading
No Way To Run A Country
Only on this poor benighted island could a government minister effectively claim with all due seriousness that rising levels ofContinue Reading
The Times They Are A-Changin’
While some have tried to reprimand An Sionnach Fionn and its readers for our assertive contribution in redefining the debateContinue Reading
Irish Rights Are Indigenous Rights?
The biggest deterrent to speaking Irish in Ireland? The hostile or derisory responses it elicits from a handful of chauvinisticContinue Reading
An English Ireland Fears An Irish Ireland
For over two-and-a-half years An Sionnach Fionn has been reporting on the rising levels of public antipathy towards Irish-speaking citizensContinue Reading
Medieval Discrimination In A Modern Ireland
The 14th century Statues of Kilkenny are generally remembered as one of the poorer attempts by the British state inContinue Reading
Ireland’s Supreme Court, Rights Of Irish-Speaking Citizens Are Conditional
Several writers and activists have protested at my recent characterisation of Irish-speakers in Ireland as second-class citizens with second-class rights.Continue Reading
EU? Screw You!
Another day, another confirmation that the Irish-speaking population of this island nation are not only second-class citizens of Ireland butContinue Reading
If You Tolerate This
The Limerick Leader carries an opinion piece by conservative columnist Patricia Feehily that plumbs the noxious depths of Anglophone intolerance asContinue Reading
Ten Thousand March For Irish Language Rights
On Saturday the 15th of February up to ten thousand people took part in Lá Mór na Gaeilge, a demonstrationContinue Reading
Save Our Language!
Lá Mór na Gaeilge, the rally in support of Irish language rights: 2.00pm, the entrance to the Garden of Remembrance,Continue Reading
Dearg Le Fearg!
Another reminder about the demonstration for Irish language rights due to be held in Dublin at 2pm on the 15thContinue Reading
Germany’s Ultra Left – Getting It Wrong Again
An update for you on the controversy surrounding the banning of the bilingual Scottish punk band Oi Polloi from aContinue Reading
Sladmhargadh, Karl Uhlemann
I’ve written before about my love of vintage book covers, especially those to be found in the genre fields ofContinue Reading
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