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
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Go Lassie Go, Getting It Wrong
The Scottish journalist and SNP politician Joan McAlpine is someone I have enormous respect for. She has worked tirelessly forContinue Reading
When Policemen Want To Commemorate A Police State Its Time To Worry…
I’m really thinking of setting up a regular “Only In Ireland” series here at An Sionnach Fionn, just so IContinue Reading
Liberal Britain, Or Don’t Mention The War. The Irish One, That Is.
The British left and the issue of Britain’s continued colonial presence in Ireland. A natural match you may think? Er, think again.Continue Reading
Lies, Damned Lies And The War In Ireland
Journalist Martina Devlin sets the readership of the Irish Independent (and others) fairly hopping with outrage over her latest opinion piece. CanContinue Reading
The Provisional IRA: From Insurrection to Parliament
Irish journalist Jason Walsh reviews new book The Provisional IRA: From Insurrection to Parliament by veteran Republican Tommy McKearney over atContinue Reading
Martin McGuinness – Uachtarán na hÉireann?
The politics of Ireland has been turned on its head with Sinn Féin’s announcement yesterday that Martin McGuinness MLA, theContinue Reading
The Propaganda Of Deed, Born Of Frustration
The propaganda of deed is an old revolutionary idea that was given new force in the violent political struggles of Latin AmericaContinue Reading
From Ireland To Iraq – The Same Army, The Same Abusers
Veteran British journalist Robert Fisk examines the use of torture by the British Army in Iraq, highlighted by the recentContinue Reading
The History House – Armagh’s Irish Republican Museum
Fascinating article in the Guardian on the ‘History House’, a private Irish Republican museum open to invitation-only guests: ‘In a garden inContinue Reading
Black Provos – The ANC And The IRA
One of the more famous descriptions to have emerged in the last thirty years for the former ANC leader andContinue Reading
The Labour Party And The Official IRA – They Haven’t Gone Away, You Know
The hijacking of the leadership of the Irish Labour Party by Official Sinn Féin / Official IRA Sinn Féin theContinue Reading
Banking With Menaces
I really don’t know what Resistance Republicans have against Spanish banks in Ireland. Maybe its some feeling of solidarity with the people of theContinue Reading
Sinn Féin’s Dual Strategy To A Reunited Ireland?
Two Sinn Féin leaders, two stories. On one side is Gerry Adams T.D., president of the party, member of DáilContinue Reading
Seán Garland, The Workers Party, And The Fools Republic
There’s none so hypocritical as those on the political Left, particularly the hard Left, so it’s been more than interestingContinue Reading
My Review Of ‘The Fall Of Dublin’ By Liz Gillis, From The Mercier Press
My review of ‘The Fall of Dublin’ by Liz Gillis, a new edition in the Mercier Press series ‘Military History ofContinue Reading
We’re Alright Paddy, To Hell With You
Well a relatively peaceful night has passed in the North of Ireland, with violence down to what we might almost describe as ‘peace-timeContinue Reading
Know-Nothings – The American Right And The New Anti-Irishness
This week, under the thrilling headline question ‘Why Is Ireland Such a Bastion of Anti-Israel Feeling?’, long-standing Atlantic columnist (andContinue Reading
Opposing Voices
The alleged revelations in journalist Ed Moloney’s controversial book Voices from the Grave has badly split many former comrades and friends in the Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
Loyalty Versus Counter-Insurgency – Or What To Do When The British No Longer Need You?
Excellent reporting from Jason Walsh in the CS Monitor on yesterday’s UVF-led rioting in Belfast, asking the questions you’re unlikelyContinue Reading
Roibeárd ‘Bobaí’ Ó Seachnasaigh
Interesting and timely article from journalist and media lecturer Roy Greenslade in the Guardian newspaper on the anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strikes. He begins: ‘Thirty years ago,Continue Reading
The Irish Republican Army Way – And The Taliban Way
The War Nerd (aka Gary Brecher aka John Dolan) examines the Long War military and political strategies of the (Provisional)Continue Reading
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