A Partisan History Of The Name IRA
The historical lecturer Séan Ó Duibhir has an interesting if flawed review on the RTÉ website of the many insurgentContinue Reading
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The New IRA Interview: Armed Struggle Without Purpose
The weekend publication of an interview in The Sunday Times newspaper with representatives of the Army Council of the NewContinue Reading
Saint Patrick’s Day Belongs To The Global Irish, Past And Present
On this Saint Patrick’s Day, that most American of Irish festivals, I don’t think I can surpass the thoughts andContinue Reading
Headquarters Of The Fenian Brotherhood Of America, New York City
In the latter half of 1865, the Fenian Brotherhood of America (FBA), the formerly clandestine Irish revolutionary organisation in the UnitedContinue Reading
The Colonist-Deniers Of Irish And British History
Speaking of that generation of academics, writers and journalists who have formed the core of what we might call the “colonist-deniers” ofContinue Reading
Google Ngram Viewer, Irish Republican Army, Fenian, Fenians
Judging by the positive reactions it seems that many of you have enjoyed my occasional posts highlighting the earliest occurrences of the term “Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, The Unconquered And Unconquerable
By anyone’s standards the Irish revolutionary Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa was a remarkable human being. Born into a peasant family in theContinue Reading
An Online Fenian Archive From ASF
I’ve discussed my interest in utilising online resources for researching various historical topics a number of times on ASF, as can be seenContinue Reading
The Origins Of The Name Irish Republican Army Or IRA
Back in 2011 I wrote a short piece on the history of the terms “Irish Republican Army” and “IRA“ by conducting aContinue Reading
Ní Bóna Ná Coróin
Pádraig Ó Laoire or Patrick O’Leary was at one time a well-known member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, an influential 19th centuryContinue Reading
The United States And It’s Irish Revolutionaries
Two articles from the United States exploring the Irish Republican heritage of Ireland and the US. First up is theContinue 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
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