The Anglophone Machine – The Systemic Failure To Teach Irish
The Minister for Education and Skills Ruairí Quinn has launched the Chief Inspector’s Report on quality and standards in primaryContinue Reading
Category: The Irish Language – An Ghaeilge
British Unionism In Ireland – Anyone But The Irish!
Lord Megabucks Kilclooney, also known as former Ulster Unionist Party bigwig John Taylor, has jumped once again feet first intoContinue Reading
Irish Rights Are A Civil Right
On the back of the announcement by the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government that it is to further degrade the roleContinue Reading
Sowing A Gaelic Storm
Following the shock decision by the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government to further impede the provision of public services to Irish-speakingContinue Reading
Oíche Shamhna Shona Daoibh
A pale yellow sun has sunk below the grey horizon here in Baile Átha Cliath and the Feis Shamhna isContinue Reading
Monocultural Ireland – Conform Or Die
After sunset this evening we will officially be in the period of the Feis Shamhna, the Festival of Samhain, fromContinue Reading
Before You Learn To Kill You Have To Learn To Hate
From Aodh Ó Rathaille Hugh Reilly in the Scotsman newspaper: “In sooth, if a language fails to move with the timesContinue Reading
Gaels United
From “Driving A Wedge Within Gaeldom”, an article on the post-Medieval history of Ireland and Scotland featured in the magazineContinue Reading
Scotland’s Non-People
Right-wing journalist and British nationalist writer Allan Massie has a misleading opinion piece in today’s Scotsman newspaper on the ScottishContinue Reading
Hispanicise And Anglicize
Interesting article in the Irish Times on Monday examining attempts by the anti-separatist regional government in the Balearic Islands toContinue Reading
The Success Of Ghettoising Irish In The Schools
Tell a lie often enough and loud enough, and eventually it becomes the perceived truth. From RTÉ: “Minister of StateContinue Reading
Majority Of People In Scotland Reject British Identity
Mixed news today for the Gaelic-speaking community of Scotland in the figures released from the 2011 Census of Scotland. AccordingContinue Reading
The English Disease, Or Anti-Gaelic Racism
Today saw the opening in Edinburgh of Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce, a new Scottish-medium primary school, in yet another signContinue Reading
Get Up, Stand Up, Stand Up For Your Right
Great article on the Irish news and current affairs website An Tuairisceoir recounting the adventures of the American-domiciled blogger “ancroíait”Continue Reading
JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit And An Sionnach Fionn
The 2013 issue of Tolkien Studies, an academic journal dedicated to the works of the English Fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien,Continue Reading
The Racist Republic Of Ireland
Ah, ‘tis good to see that Anglophone racism continues to thrive in contemporary Ireland. Where would we be without ourContinue Reading
Stair Rúnda – Revolutionary Struggle
As always the Dublin history and culture blog Come Here To Me presents a fascinating if rarely discussed part ofContinue Reading
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New Monument Discovered At Brú Na Bóinne
Ireland’s Brú na Bóinne (“Palace of the Bóinn”) is generally regarded as holding north-western Europe’s greatest concentration of intact prehistoric monuments withContinue Reading
France Says No – Again!
Once again the political establishment in France has shown its opposition to any recognition of the cultural rights of theContinue Reading
Death Of The Irish Harp
For those interested in the psychology of art symbolism there is a great study by Mary Louise O’Donnell, of theContinue Reading
An Creideamh Sí
Militant atheist and secularist though I am I still respect religious beliefs as a vital component to the cultural heritageContinue Reading
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
The latest electoral poll shows Sinn Féin on 21%, just a handful of points behind Fianna Fáil’s 25% and FineContinue Reading
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