Edward Carson: Ulster And Ireland, Puppets In The Political Games Of The Conservative Party
The problem with selective quotes is that they tend to create a selective view of the person being quoted. ThisContinue Reading
Tag: The Irish Revolution
The Nation-State Of Ireland And The Revolutionary Irish Republic
The long-term republican activist, Cáit Trainor, formerly of the breakaway grouping Republican Sinn Féin, has written an interesting opinion pieceContinue Reading
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Author Of Sherlock Holmes, On Conscription In Ireland
I must admit to being a fan of the fictional “consulting detective” Sherlock Holmes. Or rather, a fan of theContinue Reading
Spy: Annie Mary Smith And The Citizens Defence Force
The Citizens Defence Force or CDF was one of the more desperate responses by the pro-treaty Provisional Government to theContinue Reading
An Sionnach Fionn To Be Added To The NLI Archive, Remembering 1916, Recording 2016
Unfortunately I was unaware of the nomination process being run by the National Library of Ireland for its “Remembering 1916, Recording 2016”Continue Reading
A Comparison Of The Hebrew And Gaelic Revivals
Featured above is an interesting lecture titled “A Comparison of the Hebrew and Gaelic Revivals“, originally given by Aidan BeattyContinue Reading
Regional Autonomy For North-East Ulster, A United Ireland For Slow Learners
As the negative effects of the successful Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom continue to ripple across this island nationContinue Reading
Echoes Of The Irish Revolution In Brexit Britain And The Scottish Independence Debate
These thoughts strike me in relation to the current post-referendum turmoil in Britain, and Scotland in particular. Ireland’s failed Easter RisingContinue Reading
The Rebel, Patrick H. Pearse
The Rebel I am come of the seed of the people, the people that sorrow; Who have no treasure butContinue Reading
The 1922 Irish Free State Was Not The 1916 Irish Republic
A taste of the modern myth-making to come in 2022 from the Fine Gael and Labour Party inheritors of the counter-revolutionariesContinue Reading
John Redmond And The Apologists For Appeasement
The Irish Times, along with other conservative news media, has made some valiant attempts in recent months to defend the politicalContinue Reading
The IRA’s Assassination Of The American Leader Of A British Death Squad In Ireland
The Daily Beast, under a typically sensationalist headline, “Why Did The IRA Assassinate This American?“, details in a rather selective manner theContinue Reading
Glasnevin’s 1916 Wall Of Shame
The apologists for colonialism have their day as the Glasnevin 1916 Remembrance Wall honours British killers alongside the Irish they killed
The Great Betrayal Of Ireland’s Counter-Revolution
Back in 2014 I wrote about the “Great Betrayal”, the abandonment of an all-Ireland republic, an all-Ireland revolution, and anContinue Reading
A Catholic Priest And The Message Of British Guns Good, Irish Guns Bad
So a Roman Catholic priest, a Jesuit intellectual no less, condemns armed insurrection by a significant body of men andContinue Reading
Writer Barry Kennerk Replies To His Critics
My short post on Friday criticising the tone and content of the New York Times opinion piece, “Inventing the Irish“, has generated considerable interestContinue Reading
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
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
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
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