The INLA Military Muscle Is All Show, But To What Purpose?
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) was established in December of 1974 as an off-shoot of the Official Irish Republican ArmyContinue Reading
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How The British Story Of Ireland Is The Norm For The American Press
One of the more interesting aspects of writing An Sionnach Fionn is my occasional brushes with the mainstream media (howeverContinue Reading
Better Be Hanged At Home Than Die Like Dogs In Ireland
The literary historian, James Shapiro, has a fascinating article in the Irish Times on William Shakespeare’s aversion to Ireland and the Irish.Continue Reading
The Uncomfortable Question Of Settler Politics In Ireland
The one thing that is guaranteed to infuriate most politicians and journalists from the British unionist minority in Ireland is to make reference to theContinue Reading
Andrew O’Hehir On The 1916 Easter Rising
I regularly lambaste American journalists on ASF for their piss-poor knowledge of Ireland and its history, a phenomenon made worse by someContinue Reading
Glasnevin’s 1916 Wall Of Shame
The apologists for colonialism have their day as the Glasnevin 1916 Remembrance Wall honours British killers alongside the Irish they killed
Not Merely Free But Gaelic 1916-2016
In August of 1915, Patrick H. Pearse, future president and commander-in-chief of the Provisional Government and Army of the IrishContinue Reading
A Catholic Priest And The Message Of British Guns Good, Irish Guns Bad
So a Roman Catholic priest, a Jesuit intellectual no less, condemns armed insurrection by a significant body of men andContinue Reading
The New York Times Argues That The Irish Are Actually British
The New York Times has published an extraordinary opinion piece by the writer, Barry Kennerk, on the significance of the centenaryContinue Reading
Improvised Armour, From The British Army 1916 To The Islamic State 2016
Just after 12 o’clock on the afternoon of Easter Monday, the 24th of April 1916, Patrick H. Pearse and his revolutionary colleagues were escortedContinue Reading
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Two Irish Fantasy Writers On The 1916 Easter Rising
A quick post to recommend this short essay, “The Political Imagination: Irish Fantasy Writers and the Easter Rising“, by Rob MaslenContinue Reading
Orange Is Not The Only Fruit, Just Ask The Mandarins Of The Alliance Party
So, the regional justice minister in the north-east, David Ford, has disdained an invite to the official celebrations in the capital markingContinue Reading
The Excusers And Apologists For The Bloody Sunday Massacre Are Still With Us
At the tail end of last year the former British army commander turned security “expert”, Tim Collins, writing in Britain’s conservative SundayContinue Reading
Irish And Celtic Origins In The Late Bronze Age
At the end of last year I discussed the publication of a research paper analysing the ancient DNA remains of a number of individuals whoContinue Reading
When Irish History And Geography Meets American Earnestness
From the United States (but of course), and more specifically, the city of Seattle (naturally), a video illustration of “100 YearsContinue Reading
Internationalised Domain Names To Be Introduced For Ireland Namespace
It seems likely that the IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the company that manages Ireland’s “.ie” country code top-level domain (ccTLD), is to go aheadContinue Reading
John Redmond MP, The Historical Man And The Revisionist Myth
In recent days we have witnessed the bizarre spectacle of Dublin city council erecting a 1916-2016 centenary banner at theContinue Reading
TG4 Documentary, “Sheehy-Skeffington: Pacifist”
On Tuesday March 8th, at 9:30 pm, TG4 will be broadcasting a documentary on Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, one of the forgotten figures of theContinue Reading
Jesus Loves You But Everyone Else…
The people of Ireland took to the polls on two separate occasions to reject his faith-based description of marriage and hisContinue Reading
No Irish Please, We’re Fine Gael And Labour
In former times the British-born journalist and occasional Confederate-apologist, Kevin Myers, regularly used his newspaper column to discuss his race theory ofContinue Reading
The Three Amigos And Others At The RTÉ Leaders’ Debate
Last night was the Leaders’ Debate on RTÉ’s Claire Byrne Live and it was a somewhat more even-tempered affair thanContinue Reading
White Protestants Protest The Spanish Language In Arizona
A letter from today’s edition of the Newsletter, a regional newspaper in Arizona: “I have received a number of complaints fromContinue Reading
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