Category: Culture & Arts
Arguments Against IRFU Trans Decision Fail to Cross the Line
Writing in the University Times, River Cooke tries to argue that “women's rugby must include all women”, and, in particular, men who want to masquerade as women. Rivers sees the exclusion of such men from women's sports as unfair because,...
Youth2000 and the Irish Right
Last weekend the annual Youth2000 main conference took place in Clongowes Wood College in Kildare. The Burkean went along and spoke to two attendees of a right leaning mindset to get their take on the weekend and the way ahead...
Reddit Science and the Broken Irish University Model
Science is gay – we all know it but only few acknowledge it. The world is gay, so science, the study of the world, must be too. One of the fundamental flaws of tertiary education in Ireland is complete ignorance...
Civilisation vs Culture and the Mystery of St Maurus
History has shown us that there exists an antithesis between two traditions; that of ‘civilisation’ and ‘culture’. Civilisation, which resides in the hearts of the French, the Americans and the English, embodies the notion of ‘progress’; the betterment of humanity...
Liberalism is a Sin: Absolutism Fights Back
Doctor Don Felix Sarda y Salvany was a popular priest in Spain in the late 19th and early 20th century who was considered exemplary for the firmness of his principles and the clarity of his apostolate –centred upon charity and...
Young Catholics Object to Irish Synod Findings
The ongoing Irish Synod is presenting itself as an opening for liberal lobbies within and without the Church to gain traction for long-envisioned ecclesiastical and catechetical reforms. The Irish wing of a worldwide consultation of the faithful, as well as...
The Greasy Till: DP Moran, Yeats and Ireland’s Emergent Catholic Bourgeoisie
Introduction “As regards Ireland, our feelings were curious… We intended as good Protestants and Loyalists to keep the papists under our feet. We impoverished them, though we loved them, and their religion by its doctrine of submission and obedience unintentionally...
After Repeal: Why I Turned Against the Abortion Movement
On Saturday the 2nd of July, I will be attending the annual all Ireland rally for life in Dublin. Only this will not be the first time I will be attending the march. I attended the same event over ten...
A Final Word to Patriotic Students: Christian Brothers Irish History Reader (1905)
The following are the concluding remarks in the 1905 edition of the Christian Brothers History Reader intended to imbue students with a sense of patriotism. Dear young friends, you are the offspring of an ancient race. Far, far back, in...
Dublin Does Sodom and Gomorrah
Given the current state of Dublin's inner city, it seems the slums of a century and more ago have been painted over to cater to Sinn Féin's LGBT++ zeitgeist. Dublin, in a word, is a kip; it combines all of...