the final end of the Irish nation was at hand, unless they acted dramatically to call back the nation’s soul from the very shadow of death. Continue reading
Filed under Northern Ireland …
Dissonant Voices: Faith and the Irish Diaspora
‘I now believe that the spiritual life is deeply political’ p.175.
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A Ghost of Home Rule at Charters Towers
Joe Devlin’s tour of country Queensland in 1906 followed hard on the heels of Redmond’s earlier lucrative one, advocating Home rule. Continue reading
Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland by Anne Cadwallader
Using previously confidential police reports, British declassified documents and eye-witness accounts, the book establishes beyond any doubt that London colluded in the murders of more than 120 Catholic civilians in Ireland.
Poetry
No new life here and ancient yellowing receipts
hung on rusty nails in the long black rafter beams. Continue reading
The Last Minstrel
I have just finished a painting of the fair at Ballycastle which had impressed me no end from the description in the old song. Continue reading
Brigidfest 2015: Women and girls in a war zone
The point was eloquently made: religion or politics were often not essential factors of many of these deaths Continue reading
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