Saint Patrick’s Day Belongs To The Global Irish, Past And Present
On this Saint Patrick’s Day, that most American of Irish festivals, I don’t think I can surpass the thoughts andContinue Reading
Tag: New York
Weiner, A Compulsive Documentary On A Repulsive Man
Returning to US politics, last night I watched the remarkably candid documentary, “Weiner“, the subject of which is the eponymous formerContinue Reading
Stop And Search Policing, Collective Punishment For Minority Communities
During a number of recent speeches the presidential nominee for the Republican Party in the United States, ex-real estate mogul DonaldContinue Reading
Researchers Are Convinced That The Grolier Codex Is A Genuine Mayan Book
After years of doubt and uncertainty researchers investigating the authenticity of the Grolier Codex, a pre-Columbian “book” initially dated to the 13th century CE, have concluded that the artefactContinue Reading
That Hillary Clinton Collapse In New York City
It was a disastrous weekend for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party nominee to the White House, as she visibly fell ill atContinue Reading
Headquarters Of The Fenian Brotherhood Of America, New York City
In the latter half of 1865, the Fenian Brotherhood of America (FBA), the formerly clandestine Irish revolutionary organisation in the UnitedContinue Reading
More On The Artist Seaghán Mac Cathmhaoil Or John P. Campbell
My post yesterday on an eyewitness account of the Easter Rising of 1916, published some three months after the insurrection by the NewContinue Reading
Donald Trump, Gerry Adams And The US Media’s British Blind Spot
When the American news and current affairs website, the Daily Beast, needs a reporter to write a piece on Donald Trump’sContinue Reading
9/11 Or The Saudi Arabian Terrorist Attack That Wasn’t
The New York Post newspaper carries more information on the investigations carried out by the FBI in the wake of theContinue Reading
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, The Unconquered And Unconquerable
By anyone’s standards the Irish revolutionary Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa was a remarkable human being. Born into a peasant family in theContinue Reading
Sinn Féin And The United States
It’s party conference time in Ireland and the two governing coalition partners, Fine Gael and Labour, have just ended theirContinue Reading
Support From New York City For Irish Language Rights In Ireland
Well done to everyone who gathered at the famous Rocky Sullivan’s Pub in Red Hook, Brooklyn, to show their supportContinue Reading
PSNI OK, LGBT Not OK
The people organising the Saint Patrick’s Day parade in New York City are to allow representatives of the PSNI, theContinue Reading
So What’cha What’cha What Ya Want
Genuinely saddened to hear of the passing of Adam “MCA” Yauch, certainly one of the voices of my generation. From the Guardian: “Rapper Adam Yauch, aContinue Reading
A Little Less Ireland, A Little More Éire
A few days ago I pointed to the criticisms made of Ireland by many experts in the field of international tourism due to the country’s failure to build uponContinue Reading
Not One Small Victory But Three
Some days it is nice to be reminded that the Gaelic languages are not just national languages, but internationalContinue Reading
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