The Military Service Pensions Collection, Phase 1
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last 24 hours (or live outside of this emerald isle) youContinue Reading
Tag: War of Independence – Cogadh na Saoirse
Ireland’s Jewish Revolutionaries
The always fascinating Dublin history and culture blog Come Here To Me has another excellent article on the capital’s recentContinue Reading
Revisionism Or War By Other Means
There is huge controversy in France at the moment after it was revealed in a local newspaper that a monumentContinue Reading
The Irish Times – Mixed Messages From Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The Irish Times has a series of articles on the Irish Revolution roughly divided between even-handed accounts of those whoContinue Reading
Irish Ireland Versus Colonial Ireland
From the Irish Times: “Campaigners have called on Taoiseach Enda Kenny to take urgent steps to save the buildings thatContinue Reading
Irish War Graves Desecrated In Cork
In the wake of TV3’s much criticized drama-documentary “In the Name of the Republic” I argued that the intent of the Neo-Unionist fringe inContinue Reading
Truth Is The First Casualty Of War
Last Monday I watched the second part of TV3’s drama-documentary series, “In the Name of the Republic”, where once again Eunan O’Halpin claimedContinue Reading
Flying The British Flag In Ireland
How democratic opposition to the British flag used to be dealt with in Ireland. Is this what the Unionist leaders in the north-eastContinue Reading
Who Dares To Speak? Morality Versus Venality In Modern Ireland
What other nation in Europe would have such little regard for its history? What other nation in Europe would beContinue Reading
Cutting Through The Lies
Two excellent articles debunking the recent attempts by Pro-British and Neo-Unionist apologist-historians and journalists to rewrite Irish history with the aim of “rehabilitating” theContinue Reading
The Curse Of Peter Hart Strikes Again
A few weeks ago I linked to a review by the historian John M. Regan on the new publication “TerrorContinue Reading
Lies, Dammed Lies And The Pro-British Regressives
Rewriting Irish history? That seems to be the main concern of the contemporary Pro-British faction in modern Ireland. These anachronistic,Continue Reading
Proud Of The Gardaí – Ashamed Of The RIC
An Garda Síochána or “The Peace Guard” is Ireland’s national police service; a largely unarmed, civilian police force carefully regulatedContinue Reading
History And Counter-History In Ireland – Confronting The Apologist Historians
Just a quick post to highlight Protestant Cork 1911-1926, one of the best resources I’ve seen so far on the issue of the alleged declineContinue Reading
Alice Milligan – An Fíorghael
A national newspaper in Ireland carrying an article praising an Irish Republican and Revolutionary hero? Or in this case, a heroine. WhateverContinue Reading
The Sunday Independent Has An Article On Irish History – Which Favours The Irish!
Something truly strange must have happened in the offices of the Sunday Anglo Independent over the last few days. Why?Continue Reading
Come Here To Me!
Two great posts from the always interesting Come Here To Me! blog in their Statues of Dublin series: The Phibsborough Volunteer and Constance Markiewicz andContinue 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
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