Category: History
St Brigid: The DFA’s New Gaia Cult
Maria Maynes' recent Gript article on how the Irish Deapartment of Foreign Affairs' witches have hijacked St Brigid's Day warrants multiple readings and multiple replies. Maynes, not to put too fine a point on it, is piqued that the Department argues that St Brigid's...
From the Liffey to the Danube: The Sinn Féin Ideal and the Hungarian Question-Gyöngyösi Márton
The following tract is taken from a 2003 pamphlet about the Irish rejection of the Nice Treaty by former MEP and Hungarian parliamentarian Gyöngyösi Márton and is syndicated with permission of the author. In light of the outcome and results...
Custodianship Over Contest, Sinn Féin and Abstentionism: Part 2
1926-1938: The System, Withdrawal and Transfer of Authority The Sinn Féin that emerged from the split of 1926 did not mistake its survival for success. It had retained a justification without a viable constituency only a year after the split...
J. J. O’Kelly, Brian O’Higgins and Sinn Féin’s Suppressed Tradition: Part 1
1904-1923: From Strategy to Doctrine and into Practice Irish Republicanism did not begin with Sinn Féin, nor did Sinn Féin initially speak in its language. By the time the party was founded, a Republican tradition already existed, organised most coherently...
Vukovar: A Symbol of Christian and European Defiance Against the Remnants of Communism
On this day, the 18th November we remember all the fallen Croatian soldiers and killed civilians in War for Croatian independence, as well as 85 foreign volunteers who fell for our freedom. Vukovar is not just a Croatian symbol, its...
The Empire Acquits Itself: The Political Meaning of Soldier F’s Acquittal
The acquittal of “Soldier F” reminds us that justice delayed can become justice denied — and that a peace without legitimacy is merely the absence of open conflict.
Irish-America: A Journey from the Fenian Raids to NORAID
Irish nationalism, fuelled by the tragedy of the Famine, found itself nurtured by emigrants in the prosperous industrial economy of the United States.
Against the Stickie Conspiracy Theory: No, the Workers’ Party Did Not Liberalise Ireland
Conspiracy theories can be the comfort blanket for both left and right, hard analysis takes just that bit of self-reflection. Within the Irish ‘Right’ there is a general notion that the genesis for contemporary progressive hegemony comes from the Stalinist...
Irish Republicanism’s Reaganite Wing? NORAID and the Sidelining of Conservative Irish-America
This week’s premier of the RTÉ documentary series, “NORAID: Irish America & the IRA” chronicling the rise and role of diaspora Irish-Americans during the Troubles years offers insight into the ideological machinations of the Provisional movement and more importantly the...
Kylemore and the Culture War: @TuathaIreland’s Twitter Demise
Since Elon Musk has taken charge, Twitter has changed to the point of rebranding its name to X. Before this takeover, it was a ruthless place for those in the dissident sphere with the ban hammer at the ready for...