Continuity IRA Prisoners End Dirty Protest In Maghaberry
Last week a significant number of the Irish political prisoners in the now notorious British-run Maghaberry Prison in the OccupiedContinue Reading
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Purging The Ranks
Well what is one to make of all this then? The Irish news media is reporting that a close associate of theContinue Reading
Gráinne Holland – Teanga na nGael
In a shameless rip-off of the Cedar Lounge Revolution here is my own “Something For The Weekend“. Belfast’s Gráinne HollandContinue Reading
Pádraig Mac Piarais – The New Study In Review
I’ve been meaning to write a review of the new biography of Pádraig Mac Piarais, “Patrick Pearse: the making of a revolutionary“ byContinue Reading
A Letter From John Paul Wootton
John Paul Wootton is a twenty year old Irishman who was arrested on the 10th of March 2009 at theContinue Reading
“New” IRA Prisoners End Their Dirty Protest In Maghaberry Prison
It’s been announced that a section of the Irish political prisoners engaged in a “Dirty Protest” in the notorious MaghaberryContinue Reading
Some Political Musings
As a Gaelic Republican I suppose my politics lie somewhere on the social-democratic centre-left. Sometimes my opinions veer towards theContinue Reading
Character Assassination And The Herald
Without a single shred of evidence that could stand up in a court, apparently based upon nothing but hearsay andContinue Reading
Britain’s Irish Civil War
In my 2011 review of historian Liz Gillis’ new Irish Civil War study “The Fall of Dublin” from Mercier Press IContinue Reading
Some New Arrivals
In recent months I have been somewhat remiss in posting no new book reviews on An Sionnach Fionn. This isContinue Reading
Irish Political Prisoners And The Revolutionary Dynamic
Well there is no surprise in this tragic news. In fact observers have been predicting something along these lines forContinue Reading
Samhain
Well the sunset in Baile Átha Cliath is less than half-an-hour away and with it comes Samhain or the greatContinue Reading
Some Irish Gaming News!
Two PC games for you, one old and one new – and both as Gaeilge. The first is the multilingual platformer DeadContinue Reading
Micheál Martin, The Irish Citizens Of Belfast, And Opposition Hypocrisy
Hmmm. Micheál Martin, leader of the discredited centre-right Fianna Fáil party, has stated at the annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration in Baile Uí Bhuadáin that theContinue Reading
Who Dares To Speak? Morality Versus Venality In Modern Ireland
What other nation in Europe would have such little regard for its history? What other nation in Europe would beContinue Reading
No Irish For The Irish Parliament?
Eoin Ó Riain tackles the latest example of Gaeilgeoir-baiting that has tarnished the pages of the Irish Times, courtesy of journalist Miriam Lord, the newspaper’s political sketch writer. Over theContinue Reading
BBC Alba And The Success Of Scottish Language Broadcasting
The Scotsman newspaper has an in-depth profile of Maggie Cunningham, the new head of BBC Alba, the Scottish language television service. Like Ireland’s TG4,Continue Reading
Imram 2012, Leonard Cohen And More
Today’s Irish Times has a lengthy examination by Úna Mullally of the Irish arts scene that is well worth reading:Continue Reading
Big Boost For TG4 Audience Figures
The growing popularity of TG4, the Irish language television station, was underlined by last weekend’s audience figures for the channel.Continue Reading
The Success Of Líofa 2015 In Ireland, And The Cooish In The Isle Of Man
Good news on the Líofa 2015 campaign launched last September by the regional culture minister in the North of Ireland, Carál Ní Chuilín,Continue Reading
A Resurgence Of Anti-Irish Racism In The United States – Or Harmless Stereotyping?
When most people speak of racism against the Irish they automatically think of Britain and more specifically England. The historyContinue Reading
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