Category: History
Local history, anarchist history, social movements
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Brexit, Irelands saviour!
Why Brexit may allow Ireland to finally take its place on the world stage. And allow the development of the regions of the country.
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Queen Medb and Lakshmi, Irish Kingship and the Feminine Power
“for ’tis I that exacted a singular vow, such as no woman before me had ever required of a man of the men of Erin, namely, a husband without avarice, without jealousy, without fear. For should he be mean, the…
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Rural Ireland is Rich, not Poor: The Exploitation of Ireland by its Own System
Despite success in raising living standards in Ireland since independence, and especially since joining the EU in the early seventies, Irish governments have failed to prevent the imbalance of development in Dublin at the expense of almost every region in…
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Christian Minarets: Irish Round Towers and the Hidden History of Islamic Influence
Is there a link between Irish round towers and Islamic minarets?
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The Curious Re-Emergence of an Ancient Irish Tuath
Indiana: Balloq’s medallion only had writing on one side? You sure about that? Sallah: Positive! Indiana: Balloq’s staff is too long. Indiana: Sallah: They’re digging in the wrong place! Raiders of the Lost Ark, (1981) County Sligo, and the…
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The Sligo Mills at the Glasshouse
In 2005 excavations took place on the site of the present Glasshouse hotel. The site had been that of the Sligo Mills, owned by the Pollexfen family in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Pollexfens were WB Yeats…
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A Castle on Teeling Street?
A Castle on Teeling Street, Sligo The Discovery In 2007, during routine extension works, archaeologists struck a stone covering an old drain right under the present Weekender office on Teeling street. When the stone was lifted an unusual type of…