Governing Without FG or FF: Clann na Poblachta as a Case Study
If Sinn Féin hold out until a left alliance is possible with them in the lead, their solidification as Ireland’s premier party will be secure.
Ó Bruadair's 17th Century Critique of Capitalist Globalism and Rootlessness
[O]ne can see the inherent tension between cultural traditionalism, and the revolutionary depravity of Capital, which requires constant expansion, gigantism and growth — regardless of ecological and cultural deficit:
How the World Turned Ugly: the Historical Demise of Beauty as a Value
In the modern age, the concept of beauty has become entirely meaningless – leaving a spiritual void in an increasingly unappealing world.
Genus Irritabile Vatum: Why You Should Write Cathartic Poetry
Without poetry fighting to keep Ireland's soul, we would have been subsumed by the English.
A Deep and Healing Platonism
There is a deep and healing Platonism at work here. The Platonists themselves called it anamnesis - the great work of piercing through the mental fog that surrounds us and stepping out again into the fullness of being.
The Norman Question: Conflict, Identity, and Nation-Building in Irish History
Using and abusing Norman history to illustrate an inclusive Irish identity is not only a severe distortion of reality, but the glossing over of the blood-soaked path to the emergence of Irish Catholic nationhood will ultimately undermine it.
The Death of the Gael in National Governance
The Gael, in all his stubborn idealism, has become inconvenient to the machinery of modern governance.
Ireland's Epstein Ring?: A History of the Monto, Dublin’s Red Light District
In many ways, there was no better symbol than the Monto of the matrix of British control and exploitation.
Lads First: The Case for Youthful Leadership
The beating heart of the current iteration of the Irish nationalist movement is the collection of intelligent, motivated, and realist youth.
An Appeal for a Gaelic Academy
[T]he victorious struggle of the Hungarians for their national existence affords many lessons which may usefully serve the cause of an Irish Ireland.
What is the Purpose of an Irish State?
The purpose of the State is to provide the means for the Irish to become Gaels.
The Rus and The Gael: The Andropov Doctrine in Ireland
Ireland: a soft target in a digital war, where small strikes yield big wins for Moscow.
Against Cross-Community Outreach: Why Irish Nationalists Should Not Ally with Loyalists
Even if nationalists were in a stronger position to broach cross-community initiatives, the current environment of media smears and intelligence ops would not make it an inviting prospect or a straightforward one.
Fenian on the Pampas: The Nationalist Travel Writing of William Bulfin
A dreamer he was, of course, but still, he was a testament to the reality that as long as Ireland remains unfree, there will be men who will take up the spear and head to the province of war.
A Reader's Guide to the World of Counter-Cultural Irish Intellectuals
I wish to inspire our youth, upon reading this, to take it upon themselves to embrace and thank the great Irish intellectual voices who are still around today.
Informers as the Architects: MI5’s Role in Framing Modern Ireland
The peace process wasn’t just negotiated — it was managed.
We Were Never Meant to Be Neoliberal: Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo and the Longhouse of Softboy Ireland
It’s less of a romance and more of an autopsy—on family, intimacy, and whatever’s left of Irish collective life after the recession.
Palestinians, Boers, and Irish: What Would the Irish Founding Fathers Think of Palestinian Solidarity?
They didn’t consider acknowledging universal injustice as a distraction from their just cause; in fact, international solidarity and moral certitude bolstered it.
Are Nationalists Right? The Question of Moral High Ground
The battle for moral legitimacy is uphill when your own side denies the moral cause.
The Last Gasp of the Gael: It’s More Than a Housing Crisis
The Gael, once intrinsically tied to place, language, tradition, and continuity, is being priced out of its homeland and into extinction.