Irish Ireland Versus Colonial Ireland
From the Irish Times: “Campaigners have called on Taoiseach Enda Kenny to take urgent steps to save the buildings thatContinue Reading
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Sinn Féin’s Lack Of Irish Vision
Below is the list of motions dealing with the Irish language to be debated at this year’s Sinn Féin partyContinue Reading
From Scotland To Propaganda, Rats And Nutters
A few quick posts, a chairde. First up the Edinburgh Coffee House features a number of images that illustrate the actionsContinue Reading
Margaret Thatcher – She Came, She Saw, She Failed
As a citizen of Ireland there is only one Margaret Thatcher that I remember. From the archives of the GuardianContinue Reading
Anglophone Supremacists Don’t Just Hate Irish – They Hate Those Who Speak Irish
“Irish language schools targeted over restrictive entrance rules” So screams the headline in today’s Anti-Irish Independent newspaper. In the follow-up article we are told that:Continue Reading
Truth Is The First Casualty Of War
Last Monday I watched the second part of TV3’s drama-documentary series, “In the Name of the Republic”, where once again Eunan O’Halpin claimedContinue Reading
Ain’t Nothing Change But The Weather
One definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result each time. SoContinue Reading
The Homeland Of The Celts, Where The Celts Have Always Been
For the last century and more historians have believed that the homeland of the Celtic-speaking peoples lay in central Europe and from thereContinue Reading
No Taxation Without Representation!
So the documentation for the latest state-sponsored extortion racket has arrived in the post under the guise of the Local Property Tax. HoweverContinue Reading
In The Name Of History
I’ve just finished watching a history-documentary (and I use that term advisedly) on Ireland’s British-owned private television channel, TV3, called “In The Name of the Republic”. Presented by EunanContinue Reading
Dehumanizing Irish-Speakers – Anti-Irish Propaganda In Modern Ireland
So I took a few days break away from An Sionnach Fionn. Not to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day, you understand,Continue Reading
Mind Your Language!
Following on from my post examining the scandal of a young Irish man arrested and detained in handcuffs by theContinue 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
Arrested For Speaking Irish – Welcome To Anglo-Ireland!
Seán Ó Cuirreáin, an Coimisinéir Teanga or the Language Commissioner, released his Annual Report for 2012 at an event in Galway yesterday and itContinue Reading
National Self-Determination – British Need Apply Only
Well there’s no surprise in the news that the vast majority of the people living on the Islas Malvinas/Falkland IslandsContinue Reading
Ireland – Poster Child Of The Stockholm Syndrome
Andrew S. Loveland has an interesting post over on The Frumious Bandersnatch examining the famous (if exceptional) psychological condition known asContinue Reading
Some Quick Posts
First up a review in the Irish Times of the new TG4/BBC co-production, the comedy-drama “Scúp”, penned by Irish authorContinue Reading
The Blether Region
A quick post to highlight one of the best language and culture blogs in Ireland. Since 2009 the Blether RegionContinue Reading
TG4 Scoops It Rivals
Three quick posts on TG4, the real public service broadcaster in Ireland, all from IFTN (the Irish Film & Television Network).Continue Reading
Fine Béarla
Not the story you might think but the headline seems appropriate enough… 😉
Flying The Flag For English In The North of Ireland
The Detail has a lengthy article based on an original investigation by Meon Eile examining allegations of anti-Irish polices beingContinue Reading
More Accounts Of Death Squad Britain
Veteran Irish journalist and author Ed Moloney and his colleague Bob Mitchell continue their investigations into the Military Reaction Force (MRF), a British ArmyContinue Reading
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