Some Basque Lessons
This article on the resilience of the indigenous language of the historic Basque nation in north-eastern Spain and neighbouring France isContinue Reading
Tag: United States of America
More Allegations In The Boston Tapes Controversy
The “Boston Tapes” controversy just grows murkier by the day. I’m not saying I fall on the side of theContinue Reading
Cultus Obscuram – Mr Rossi, Signor Rossi
Sometimes looking back at Ireland in the 1970s and ‘80s I wonder if the entire nation was quite right inContinue Reading
Barack Obama, They All Look Irish To Me
President Barack Obama addressing the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall in University Malaysia, as reported by News StraitsContinue Reading
The Little Englanders Of The American Left
AlterNet, that online bastion of American left-wing liberalism and anti-establishment rhetoric, has an opinion piece on the attendance of SinnContinue 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
The Irish Revolution And Native America
In June of 1919 Éamon de Valera, the American-born president of Ireland’s revolutionary government, was smuggled out of his war-torn homelandContinue Reading
Fight The Power! An Interview With The Authors
In the 18th and 19th centuries one of the more popular forms of protest against authoritarian governments or regimes wasContinue Reading
Irish History Meets Dan Brown
Do journalists in Ireland even bother to investigate the background to stories any more or are certain reports just usedContinue Reading
It’s All About The Metadata
I’ve written before about the importance of “raw data” in any revolutionary or military struggle and while that may seemContinue Reading
Drool Cars
As I face up to the troubling fact that wanting a certain type of car is not the same asContinue Reading
A Stranger In Olondria By Sofia Samatar
I don’t get much time to read works of fiction these days which somewhat pains me since some books haveContinue Reading
From Drogue Grenades To IRAMs
There are a couple of recent articles in the At War blog of the New York Times that are quiteContinue Reading
End Times In The United States
While some in the United States believe their nation is perched on the cusp of a very literal biblical apocalypseContinue Reading
JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit And An Sionnach Fionn
The 2013 issue of Tolkien Studies, an academic journal dedicated to the works of the English Fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien,Continue Reading
A Strange Twist In The Boston College Tapes Affair
I have touched before on the controversy surrounding Boston College’s “Belfast Project” and this site here gives a summation of theContinue Reading
Ní Bóna Ná Coróin
Pádraig Ó Laoire or Patrick O’Leary was at one time a well-known member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, an influential 19th centuryContinue Reading
Fox News, The Theocratic Broadcaster
As a fighter for the indigenous language and culture of the island-nation of Ireland I sometimes have mixed feelings aboutContinue Reading
O Brother, Sounds Familiar
The Coen brothers are geniuses and “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” is one of their greatest movies with fantastic performancesContinue Reading
Revival Of A Native American Tongue
After some bad-news stories I thought you might like a break with a good-news one from Cotton Boll Conspiracy: “TheContinue Reading
Patterns Of War
With all the media focus on the rise of a global Big Brother via the Orwellian ambitions of the UnitedContinue Reading
AN SIONNACH FIONN 