The Intelligence authorities found it difficult to accept that parents whose eldest adult child had been executed for his role in the Easter Rising, and who moreover had two more sons Volunteers (initially sentenced to death but commuted to 10-year sentences), were not actively involved in the Rising. Continue reading
A ‘Brief Life’ of Professor J. Otway-Ruthven. Continue reading
Snippets from the news: Fada officially protected; All Irelands, Brian Cowen… Continue reading
Former footballer gives a riveting account of the workings of the fraud squad, from an insider’s perspective. Continue reading
One hundred years ago this month, Ireland found that it had to deal with former comrades fighting and killing each other. Continue reading
One of Ireland’s best-known writers and his take on the years since he was born in 1958 Continue reading
From the beginning of European settlement, St Patrick’s Day in South Australia has been commemorated annually as a rallying call to express Irish identity in a new land. Continue reading
It was a sunny afternoon when 10,000 – 15,000 people joined together to take part in the march. The march began in the housing estate of Creggan and then made its way down the Bogside, which is the largely Catholic area just outside of Derry’s Old City walls. Continue reading
It may help to know that the book is written by an Australian-born journalist, now living in Dublin. She comes to the story as a neutral outsider, unburdened by the many educational and social experiences that an Irish writer would carry. Continue reading
With 83% of those surveyed expressing a sense of belonging to Northern Ireland, the rise in a Northern Irish identity is more a reflection of an attachment to one’s homeplace, than a political statement. Continue reading
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