The New York Times Argues That The Irish Are Actually British
The New York Times has published an extraordinary opinion piece by the writer, Barry Kennerk, on the significance of the centenaryContinue Reading
Tag: The Easter Rising of 1916
Improvised Armour, From The British Army 1916 To The Islamic State 2016
Just after 12 o’clock on the afternoon of Easter Monday, the 24th of April 1916, Patrick H. Pearse and his revolutionary colleagues were escortedContinue Reading
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Two Irish Fantasy Writers On The 1916 Easter Rising
A quick post to recommend this short essay, “The Political Imagination: Irish Fantasy Writers and the Easter Rising“, by Rob MaslenContinue Reading
Orange Is Not The Only Fruit, Just Ask The Mandarins Of The Alliance Party
So, the regional justice minister in the north-east, David Ford, has disdained an invite to the official celebrations in the capital markingContinue Reading
John Redmond MP, The Historical Man And The Revisionist Myth
In recent days we have witnessed the bizarre spectacle of Dublin city council erecting a 1916-2016 centenary banner at theContinue Reading
TG4 Documentary, “Sheehy-Skeffington: Pacifist”
On Tuesday March 8th, at 9:30 pm, TG4 will be broadcasting a documentary on Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, one of the forgotten figures of theContinue Reading
Patrick Pearse And RTÉ’s Rebellion
With all the controversy stirred up by RTÉ’s dismal television dramatisation of the 1916 Easter Rising, its strange overtones of colonial denialism perhaps best summedContinue Reading
Dublin, Easter 1916, Their Sympathies Were With The Rebels
I’ve made reference before to one of the great myths of the Easter Rising of 1916. That is, the absence ofContinue Reading
The Fantasy History Of The 1916 Easter Rising
Liam Kennedy is a professor of economic and social history at Queen’s University Belfast, which is somewhat shocking given thatContinue Reading
An Irish Girl Rebel And The American Poet Joyce Kilmer
I thought some readers of An Sionnach Fionn might be interested in this interview, originally published in The New YorkContinue Reading
1916 Is Over And The Good Guys Won
Every year, on the 11th of November, hundreds of far right and neo-fascist campaigners in France, including the former leader of the Front national,Continue Reading
O’Connell Street In Flames, 1916
On the morning of Monday the 24th of April 1916 a number of republican and nationalist organisations in Ireland, directed byContinue Reading
Thomas Kent And The Hatred Of The Unionist Demagogues
On a day that has witnessed a state-funeral for the disinterred remains of Thomas Kent, a fifty-year-old commandant of the Irish VolunteersContinue Reading
An Inconvenient Truth Of The Irish Revolution
One of the great, populist myths on the right and far right of German politics during the 1920s and ’30s wasContinue Reading
John Redmond MP The Gun-Loving German-Shooting Pacifist
Just after midnight on the 15th of August 1915 several armed and masked men forced their way into the London and North WesternContinue Reading
Weapons Of The Irish Revolution
I thought these military-related articles would interest quite a few ASF readers (those of you who haven’t discovered the piecesContinue Reading
The 2016 Proclamation Of The Irish Republic Inc.
In light of Enda Kenny’s suggestion of a “new proclamation” for 2016, comes this leaked government draft: THE FINE OIBREContinue Reading
John Bruton. Why?
John Bruton, former Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach na hÉireann, writing in the Irish Independent newspaper manages once again to proveContinue Reading
Partition Is Wrong In Ukraine But Right In Ireland?
Apparently ethno-religious separatists carving off regions of clearly defined national territories through violence and the threat of violence, withContinue Reading
Condemning Rebellion In Occupied France And Ireland
Today’s Irish Times newspaper carries a deeply offensive article examining the period of 1939-45 in France and what the authorContinue Reading
Some Irish Stories
A few quick links to articles and posts that I have enjoyed over the last week or so. First upContinue Reading
Celebrating The Irish Who Fought Against Slavery
As Ireland’s plutocratic old guard grinds its teeth in anxiety at the approaching 2016 centenary of the Easter Rising, the insurrection that heralded the Irish RevolutionContinue Reading
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