Tag: Ireland
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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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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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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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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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Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up?
In relation to the British governments response to the Manchester suicide bomber, it is most interesting to contrast how the Tory establishment treated IRA violence during the height of their campaigns, and this “Islamic” violence now. To put it simply,…