Licensed To Kill
While the revelations about the murderous activities of British Army death squads in Ireland in the early and mid 1970sContinue Reading
Tag: Ireland
Sinn Féin, Éirígí And The Republican Left
A quick post to highlight some recent political analyses. The first comes from World by Storm examining the alleged reductionContinue Reading
An Island Nation Once Called Ireland
Following on from my post here on the government plans to demolish uninhabited housing estates left behind by the evaporationContinue Reading
Death Squad Britain – The Past That Won’t Stay Hidden
Regular readers of An Sionnach Fionn will know how many times we have examined in detail the activities of Britain’sContinue Reading
Socio-Economic Cleansing – The Irish Way Of Doing Things
So the Fine Oibre government is considering demolishing forty of the ”worse” ghost estates in the country. From the Journal:Continue Reading
Wolfing Around
Given the importance of wolves in the traditions of the Indo-European peoples as far back as one can go intoContinue Reading
Publishing News From Scotland And Ireland
Congratulations to the author Tim Armstrong on his award from the Saltire Society, one of Scotland’s premier cultural organisations, for hisContinue Reading
Righting A Wrong Simply Because It Is The Right Thing To Do
Two vastly contrasting stories that ultimately derive from the same history of invasion, occupation, annexation and colonisation. The first dealsContinue Reading
Those Damn Gaels
While the Anglophone extreme in Ireland are foaming at the mouth (or more accurately, the keyboard) over the suggestion byContinue Reading
From Drogue Grenades To IRAMs
There are a couple of recent articles in the At War blog of the New York Times that are quiteContinue Reading
John Redmond And The Politics Of The Grave
A quick post to highlight John Dorney’s still excellent 2012 article on the Irish Story examining the by now annual controversiesContinue Reading
Responses To The Metro Herald “Nazis” Letter
Following on from my criticism of the Dublin-based newspaper, the Metro Herald, for publishing a letter from a correspondent stylingContinue Reading
A Sign Of The Times – An Ireland Of Equals
There’s news that the National Roads Authority is to consider (and only consider, mind you) a proposal backed by LeoContinue Reading
Ireland’s Jewish Revolutionaries
The always fascinating Dublin history and culture blog Come Here To Me has another excellent article on the capital’s recentContinue Reading
Metro Herald Letter: Irish-Speakers Are “Nazis”
The Metro Herald is a free newspaper published in Ireland with both print and electronic editions, and distributed principally inContinue Reading
If It Is Good Enough For Canada
Justin Trudeau is probably the nearest thing Canadians have to some home-grown royalty of their own (as opposed to theContinue Reading
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
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
Britain’s Armed Shame
In Ireland the British separatist terrorists of the state-controlled UVF faction pose for the cameras Some time ago I publishedContinue 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
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