Form: Study
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The Wrong Kind of Irish: Sligo, the West, and the Two Conquests of Ireland
Warning! book length essay – 26,689 words “The starting-point of critical elaboration is the consciousness of what one really is, and is ‘knowing thyself’ as a product of the historical process to date which has deposited in you an infinity…
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Bulmer Hobson: The Revolutionary Who Survived to Imagine a Different Ireland
Dylan Foley Words:19054 Introduction On Good Friday 1916, Bulmer Hobson found himself in an absurd and bitter predicament. His own comrades in the Irish Republican Brotherhood—men he had recruited, trained, and worked alongside for over a decade—kidnapped him and held…
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The Democratic Deficit: Ireland’s Invisible Political Ceiling
A data-driven analysis of elected positions and democratic participation. Dylan Foley [[Written with Claude AI : Figures may be wonky but you get the idea, just dont quote this in your thesis]] The Shock Factor The United States has 471,335…
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John Butler Yeats; Anarchism & Art in the Making of Modern Ireland
“I know that there are many historians, or at least writers on historical subjects, who still think it necessary to apply moral judgments to history, and who distribute their praise or blame with the solemn complacency of a successful schoolmaster.…
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Why Sligo Needs a World Class Museum
The case for a world class museum in the town of Sligo, northwest Ireland.
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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?