Fine Gael Government To Honour The Black And Tans And Auxies In State Ceremony?
I’m very much in two minds about the announcement of an official state ceremony to be held in Dublin CastleContinue Reading
Tag: War of Independence – Cogadh na Saoirse
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
The M1921 Thompson Submachine Gun, The IRA And The War Of Independence
While the American-manufactured Thompson submachine gun is frequently associated with the early 20th century incarnation of the Irish Republican ArmyContinue 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
Liam Cosgrave, A Fine Gael And Free State Reactionary To The Last
The recent passing of the former Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, Liam Cosgrave, had led to much eulogising by theContinue Reading
Michael Collins And The Oaths To The Irish Republic And The Irish Free State
Judging by the emails and messages I’m still receiving, my article at the start of the month criticising the supposedlyContinue Reading
Alternative Facts In The Irish Times On The 1921 Execution Of An Informer
I rarely pay attention to the mealy-mouthed nostalgia for the ancien régime of British colonial rule which fills the pages of certainContinue 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
The Torturers And Murderers Of The Royal Irish Constabulary
On Friday the 26th of November 1920, Patrick Loughnane, aged twenty-nine, and his younger brother, Harry, aged twenty-two, were labouring in the fieldsContinue 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
Will The Black And Tans Be Added To The Glasnevin Wall of Shame?
Further on the divisive “Wall of Remembrance” unveiled in the historic grounds of Glasnevin Cemetery on Sunday, a monument which partly pays tributeContinue 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
Lorcán Ó Ciaráin Of Magheramenagh Castle
Following up on my article examining the last great battle of the War of Independence, the confrontation between a combined force ofContinue 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
A British Tank On An Irish Street
On the 13th of January 1921 a number of British soldiers manning a vehicle-checkpoint on O’Connell Bridge, the main river-crossingContinue 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
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
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