Braveheart and the Resurrection of the Gael
Gibson’s film has acted as the thin edge of the wedge that can part the Scottish psyche from British unionism and toward kinship with its Gaelic ur-culture.
Toward a Populist Programme for a Future Ireland
“There is no reason Ireland cannot move toward being a protectionist powerhouse once again.”
The Curious Case of the Corrib Gas Field: Corruption, Capture, and the Cost of Sovereignty
It remains a cautionary tale of how the promise of energy security can be undermined by poor governance and the silent encroachment of foreign interests.
Boycotts in Ireland - Past and Present
While nothing approaching the scale of the Land War’s boycotts has yet been implemented, the trend is beginning to emerge in the psyche of the movement. Tentative probes are being made towards ostracism.
In Defence of Gaeltwitter: A Rebuttal to Creeve Rua
“Ultimately, quality short-form content remains critical at this juncture. Demote it to a ‘pernicious release valve’ at your peril.”
Where Are the Warriors? Ireland’s Crisis of Feminine Conformism
“Ireland is really a collection of secret societies. For a rootless young man like myself, this had a strong allure.”
Filíocht Fridays: Against Gaeltwitter and Wasted Intellect
While endlessly intellectually stimulating, informative, and funny, I can’t help but come to the conclusion that Gaeltwitter acts as an incredibly pernicious release valve or playpen
Industrial Republican Manorialism: Toward the Modernisation of Irish Society
From the ruins of colonization and the drift of postmodern decline, a manorial republic can rise. One that is neither slave to foreign capital nor subject to bureaucratic inertia.
Ireland and the Hungary Connection: Reviewing and Reviving a Historical Parallel
"From Deák to Griffith, the fight was never just for land—it's for the soul of a nation."
The Easter Lily at 100: Cuimhnímis ar laochra na Cásca
Pay respects to your nation and wear your commitment to an Ireland Free and Gaelic on your sleeves.
Karl Marx, Friedrich List, and Revolution in the 20th Century - Part 2
“Nationalism had proven to be less fickle than Marx imagined; it represented a competitor, capable of accruing the loyalty of the masses.”
A Europe of Small Nations
The nation-state is exactly what the nationalist fears Europe to be: a centralist regime established upon an artificially constructed identity.
Karl Marx, Friedrich List, and Revolution in the 20th Century - Part 1
The first instalment of an essay on Friedrich List and Karl Marx, which views their work in light of the revolutionary tumult of the 20th century.
Reduced to the State of Otters: Aogán Ó Rathaille on Gaelic Dispossession
In many ways, we Gaels today are like those lost otters Ó Rathaille laments.
The Vulgar Image of Ireland
The Gaelstát will, as a mirror, reflect the old image of Ireland. The gallant image of Ireland, not the vulgar.
Mickey 17 – A Potentially Very Good Movie, Derailed by Anti-Trump Seethe
From this point, it is no longer a deep artistic exploration of our day and age, it is just a self-congratulatory middle-class neoliberal fable.
Letter to the Editor: Irish Tomfoolery and Roman Catholic Appropriation on a Lamentable St. Patrick’s Day
Moreover, I must remind this publication—despite its Catholic-leaning editorial stance—that St. Patrick was the founder of the ancient and esteemed Church of Ireland
An Ancestral Debt to Be Replaced? Ireland Owes the World Nothing
Our ancestors did not suffer so that we could throw away the gift of nationality.
The Cause of Ireland is the Cause Against Labour
Upon completion of my degree, my job hunt was stifled by a persistent anxiety that a friend or a girl I liked would see me in the debased condition of employment, a distress intensified by right-wingers (and my parents) telling me to get a job.
A Functionary Finds Himself in a Doomed, Sun Lacerated Vat
He felt like a gazelle adorned with a Francis Bacon death-mask, bereft of gas in the tank, caught betwixt a Lion pride with their crosshairs set on his jugular and a cackle of spotted hyenas eyeing up his pancreas