PSNI OK, LGBT Not OK
The people organising the Saint Patrick’s Day parade in New York City are to allow representatives of the PSNI, theContinue Reading
Tag: Ireland
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
Flannbhuí
On the streets of Droichead Átha, the very definition of flannbhuí. And a beautiful example it is.
The Partition Of Québec
The one thing that stands out when you examine the ideological underpinnings of British nationalism (or Unionism) and Canadian nationalismContinue Reading
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 Randomers
I’ve been asked to highlight a recently released independent Irish movie, “The Randomers”, the fourth feature-length film from writer-director Graham Jones. TheContinue Reading
Fight The Power! An Interview With The Authors
In the 18th and 19th centuries one of the more popular forms of protest against authoritarian governments or regimes wasContinue 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
The Peace Process Elicits Irish Pride But British Shame?
So suddenly the news media around the globe have become aware of one the most widely-known secrets in Irish andContinue 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
Letter Bombs In Britain. A Failure Of Vision
This is not 1884 nor is it 1974. So what on earth is the military or revolutionary rationale for sendingContinue Reading
The Island Of The Corrupt And The Corruptible
The importation, sale and production of illegal narcotics generates huge revenues for organised criminal gangs and their associates in mostContinue Reading
A Red Day For Irish
More views on Lá Mór na Gaeilge, the demonstration to be held in support of Irish language rights starting atContinue Reading
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