Life As Usual In The Westie Independent
Oh for God’s sake… “An Englishman gave us back our flag — and now we are reclaiming our own languageContinue Reading
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A United Ireland – Digitally At Least
Well, better late than never I suppose. From the Hollywood Reporter (ooh-la-la!): “TV viewers in Northern Ireland will be ableContinue Reading
Ag Troid Ar Ais
So you think you live in an Ireland of equals? Think again. From Gaelport: “My name is Niamh Ní ChadlaContinue Reading
Sinn Féin – Missing The Real Irish Revolution
Following on from my criticism of Gerry Adam’s speech at the 2012 Sinn Féin Ard-Fheis in Cill Airne for failingContinue Reading
Mícheál Ó hAirtnéide
A quick post to mark a review by Theo Dorgan in the Irish Times of a new biography of the Irish poet Mícheál Ó hAirtnéideContinue Reading
The Two Belgiums
Every now and again I have a look at news and current affairs from Belgium, that most interesting of artificialContinue Reading
So You Think You Know What It Means To Be Irish? Think Again…
During the revival of the French language and culture in Québec in the 1970s and ‘80s it became noticeable thatContinue Reading
A Monument To Freedom Versus A Monument To Greed
From Easter Rising to Celtic Tiger. Which would we rather remember? Or, indeed, celebrate? From the Irish Examiner. “Campaigners have renewed callsContinue Reading
Living Inside The Pale – Or The Contemptible Nature Of Irish Journalism
On June 18th 1994 in the small Irish village of Loughinisland a number of Irish men and women gathered together in their localContinue Reading
Minding Your Language In Derry
A new survey of local secondary students by Derry City Council has found a fair degree of both use and support amongst pupils fromContinue Reading
History And Counter-History In Ireland – Confronting The Apologist Historians
Just a quick post to highlight Protestant Cork 1911-1926, one of the best resources I’ve seen so far on the issue of the alleged declineContinue Reading
Gay Rights And Gael Rights. Facing Down The Bigots
The Irish Examiner has an editorial, presumably reflecting the newspaper’s official view, which yet again shows the extraordinarily warped reasoning of theContinue Reading
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In Praise Of An Hobad – But Why The Awful Gaelicisations?
The J.R.R. Tolkien fansite, TheOneRing.net, carries some news on the release of An Hobad, the Irish language version of Tolkien’sContinue Reading
Support Austerity Treaty Says Pat Cox Megarich European Politician. Sorry! I Meant, MEP
Ah, the upcoming referendum on the Austerity Treaty has the Golden Circle all of a-quiver as they face the outsideContinue Reading
Ignorance Is Bliss
In the Scotsman newspaper columnist Fiona McCade has contributed to the world of journalism one of the most selfish, self-centred,Continue Reading
The Dragon In The East
The Irish political classes. What a work of man they are. Throughout the 19th century they clung parasite-like to theContinue Reading
Bobaí Ó Seachnasaigh
The British version of the Huffington Post, which strangely I’ve always found a wee bit right-wing given its liberal US origins, carries a lengthyContinue Reading
Shining A Light On Institutional Discrimination?
Following on from the revelations of serious breaches by a significant number of public bodies in relation to their legal obligations underContinue Reading
Surprise Results For New Irish Language Survey In The North
The northern regional Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) has published a new study, ‘Public Attitudes towards the IrishContinue Reading
Scotland Moves Forward – While Ireland Goes Into Reverse
In Ireland a significant number of government departments and other public bodies, along with many public officials, have spent muchContinue Reading
The Banality Of Discrimination
The most notable thing about discrimination, whether towards a race or an ethnicity, is the utter, petty banality of it all. In IrelandContinue Reading
Éamon Ó Cuív – Republican Dissident?
Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin in government together? Something surely to send the Seoníní elite at the Irish and Sunday Independent newspapers into aContinue Reading
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