Month: September 2021
For All his Faults, Higgins is right on Northern Centenary
Michael D. Higgins has caused consternation amongst the John Brutons of this world by his non-attendance at a religious ceremony in Armagh that was to "mark the centenaries of the partition of Ireland and the formation of Northern Ireland." The...
Foundation Texts of Irish Nationalism: A Reading List
Below is a list of books for the purpose of acquainting and educating its audience on the subject of Irish Nationalism. The books form a canon which is mostly, but not entirely, political in nature. The works were chosen to...
The Praesidium Triumphant: Lessons from the Legion of Mary
“In short, in every circumstance of special difficulty, or in face of danger, the legionary should remind himself: “A war is on”! This phrase that nerves a war-ridden people to sacrifice, should steel the legionary in his warfare for souls...
The Long Defeat: In Further Defence of Conservatism
Last November, I wrote an article for the Burkean entitled "In Defence of Conservatism". It drew two responses, one in December of that year ("Rebuking Conservatism", 07/12/2020) and one nine months later ("Does Conservatism Pave the Way for Progressivism", 11/09/2021)....
Four Generations into the Struggle: An Interview with Malachy Steenson
Image: Steenson addresses the crowd as an independent speaker at an IFP rally (source) The Burkean sat down recently with Malachy Steenson, a veteran of the Republican Movement with a long and storied career. We discussed Malachy’s personal and familial...
Does Conservatism Pave the Way for Progressivism ?
The Conservative Movement and its consequences have been a disaster for Western civilization. Anyone who has spent any time pursuing so-called ‘far-right’ ideas is sure to have come across the almost cliché question; what has conservatism ever managed to conserve? ...
Nazbol Sally: A Right Wing Extremist Reviews ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’
Preface: I vowed never to read Rooney’s glorified chick-lit again… I was on an excursion to the Carpathian Mountains, accompanied by my Dacian irredentist comrade from the Blackrock College days, when I received a call at the foot of the...
NIMBYism i bPórt Lairge: An bhfuil Lorraine Clifford Lee Ceart?
Ní minic a fhaighimid conspóid maidir leis an nGaeilge sa tír seo. Tharla an eachtra neamhghnách le déanaí, áfach, nuair a chuir Seanadóir Clifford Lee i gcoinne forbairt tithíochta i lár Gaeltacht Phórt Lairge. Bunaithe i mBaile Atha Cliath, ach...
Irish School Pronoun Pledge-How Did Trans Lobby Take Over Irish Education?
A time traveler from 2011 would scarcely recognise the manner in which LGBT ideologues have remodeled Irish education. Whereas at the beginning of the last decade, tentative steps to advance the LGBT agenda in classrooms were under the guise of...
A Tale of Two Bishops: Eamonn Casey and Irish Modernism
Nothing encapsulates the regime change that occurred in the Irish hierarchy during the 20th century more than the transfer of the Galway bishopric from Michael Browne to Eamonn Casey in 1976. The parishioners of Galway had to say goodbye to...