Playing Fantasy Troubles
A lot of articles, books, documentaries and news pieces have been produced over the last two decades exploring the origins of theContinue Reading
Tag: Ireland
Irish Books For Irish Children – A Success Story
The Irish publishing industry has always struggled against the domination of the book market here by overseas English-language publishers, particularlyContinue Reading
An Anti-Irish Free State?
I’ve written several pieces here about the shock and dismay felt by many Irish-speaking citizens across Ireland at the decision by the currentContinue Reading
Colonially Speaking
While in my earlier post it was good to see positive news for Ireland’s Irish-speaking population, it’s depressing to beContinue Reading
An Irish Slam!
Nice report from the Derry Journal on the recent All-Ireland Poetry Slam competition held in the Maiden City and its winner, IrishContinue Reading
Taking Back “Our Territory”
Following on from yesterday’s piece on Québec and Canada, some potentially important developments for the indigenous peoples of La belleContinue Reading
The Québécois Demand Their Rights, While The Gaeilgeoirí Plead For Theirs
Some interesting news on the revived language debate in Québec. With Francophone nationalism at a House of Commons level suffering something of anContinue Reading
Irish Republican Army – The History Of A Name
While many decry the growth of the internet for its allegedly deleterious effects on the absorption of information by theContinue Reading
His Master’s Voice
Ah, elitism, ‘tis the bane of Irish society. Ever since the days of the Liberator there have always been thoseContinue Reading
Freedom To Talk
If the message hasn’t been driven home that the Irish language and those who speak it are at the topContinue Reading
Fighting The Peace
Outreach? What outreach?! Looking on at the hostility of many in the British separatist minority as they react to the half-hearted overturesContinue Reading
The Politics Of Distraction
Here is another entry for my occasional “Only In Ireland” series. Following on from the slow drip of revelations thatContinue Reading
Fight The Power!
From Galltacht, the Hidden Ireland blog, Eoin Ó Riain brings the latest news on the campaign to defend the officeContinue Reading
What’s All This Shouting? We’ll Have No Trouble Here!
Following on from the DUP leader Peter Robinson’s “outreach” to “Catholic voters” in the North of Ireland (by which heContinue Reading
#AnGhaeilge
Some more fun with Occupy images, this time from here, with Sábháil Ár dTeanga and #AnGhaeilge theme.
Abair Leat!
A new online Irish language social network, Abair Leat!, is to be launched (actually relaunched) in 2012 and is currently going throughContinue Reading
British Minority To Irish Majority: Your Language Is Foreign Gobbledegook
Last week the DUP leader and Joint First Minister Peter Robinson made an “outreach” at his party conference to RomanContinue Reading
Special Educational Needs And Gaelscoileanna
It is widely recognised that some of the best educational services in Ireland for children with Special Needs is throughContinue Reading
Some Classic Irish Language Book Covers
I love books, especially old books (much to the detriment of my bank account). I’ve managed to gather a wide and variedContinue Reading
We Are 42%
Another image borrowed from the Occupy movement with another Irish spin. More of the original images are available from libcom.org and occupypocatello.org. The 42% ofContinue Reading
Tá An Réabhlóid Ag Teacht!
Inspired by the images emerging from the Occupy movement here are some more adaptations of my own, this time in the styleContinue Reading
Bella, Joan And Me
Last week I wrote a piece criticising some of the points made by the Scottish journalist and SNP politician Joan McAlpine inContinue Reading
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