‘Erin’s Flag’ by Fr. Abram Ryan
And we'll swear by the thousands who, famished, unfed,
Died down in the ditches, wild-howling for bread;
And we'll vow by our heroes, whose spirits have fled,
And we'll swear by the bones in each coffinless bed,
That we'll battle the Briton through danger and dread;
David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet’ As An Analysis Of Evil
Blue Velvet is ultimately a movie that carries concepts that Eraserhead left of at, cultivating a more accessible, real yet spiritually dark, violent, voyeuristic and erotic insight into the mythos of the American Dream.
Václav Havel and the Power of the Powerless - Part 1: On Dissent
For Havel, the very act of dissent is inextricable from the desire for truth. The dissident lives in a society where information is falsified, censored, and distorted pursuant to the whims and objectives of the communist system. This omni-obfuscation affects all domains of human life, ranging from economic information and religion to cultural expressions of national identity.
Irish Argentina: Ireland’s Forgotten Colonists
The earliest record of Irishmen in South America are Juan and Tomás Farrel, two brothers who were part of an expedition led by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza.
A Gaelic Medici? John Quinn: Patron of Modernism
After having established himself as a litigator to be reckoned with, Quinn turned his eyes to the land of his father. The Gaelic revival and Celtic Twilight entered their stride at this time. Griffith said that the Gaelic league attained vitality once it attracted idiots and geniuses alike to its ranks – Quinn belonged indubitably to the more cerebral quarter of its support base.
Níl Deireadh Ráite? Léirmheas “32 Words for Field”
Tá teagasc na Gaeilge báite i deasghnátha an stáit agus gan telos ceart taobh amuigh de ghnáthamh scoile.
Ealaín Nua-Aimseartha: Modern Art On Our Own Terms
“The Little Green Fields” is a painting I saw upon my first trip to the National Art Gallery a couple of years ago. I too had it in my head that all modern art was bad until I saw this.
HIBERNIA HYPNOGOGICA-Artwork from OUTLAW PRIME
The images, as described by the artist, are “Hypnogogic pieces inspired by Astral experiences and Gaelic myth and folklore set in familiar locations.”
Edenderry Power Plant Replaces Peat With Amazon Woodchip
It doesn't make any sense to import woodchip from halfway across the world, whether this be from an efficiency point of view or from a perspective of reducing emissions. This is a direct result of the government's ridiculous climate policy.
Raymond Crotty: Escaping the Gaelic Latifundia
Documenting his experiences in the semi-biographical A Radical’s Response, Dunbell set in motion Crotty’s rise to become Ireland’s leading eurosceptic gadfly, germinating an original prognosis about Ireland’s economic dysfunction.
Tobar Naoṁ Ḃríde
Life is the green algae
Clinging on — onto the Limestone’s Devonian imprint.
Time is the thin veil of water
Under which the flagstones shimmer.
Lá Ḟéile Ḃríde — Three Traditions
He again leaves the house and walking all around the homestead in the direction of the sun, picks up the bundle, and completes one circuit.
Synthwave in 2022
Like dubstep, since synthwave became a significant enough cultural phenomenon to permeate the mainstream, various purists have claimed its best days have past. While early synthwave has a unique, nostalgic charm… 2022’s electric gems are incredibly refined
“Mind on Matter” — A History of Ireland in a Church Door [Part 2]
“In the 12th century, when Irish literature, art and commerce were at their height… an exquisite native variation of Romanesque architecture promised means at last for the impress of the Gaelic mind on matter”
A History of Ireland in a Church Door [Part 1]
“They have razed our proudest castles — spoiled the Temples of the Lord — Burned to dust the sacred relics — put the Peaceful to the sword — Desecrated all things holy — as they soon may do again, If their power to-day we smite not — if to-day we be not men!”
The 4th Industrial Revolution: Liberalism’s Deathknell?
“If the current Western regime (Biden, Macron, and the others considered centre-left and centre-right) is to survive the social turmoil that will proceed and ensure the next industrial revolution, it is my belief that we will find ourselves in late-liberal authoritarianism.”
Heroism in Irish Literature [Part 2]
“Through the literary distillation and communication of the inner-mind of the Irish nation, Gaelic literature is undoubtedly a resource of prime importance to the re-Gaelicisation of Ireland. “
Heroism in Irish Literature [Part 1]
“The distinctive traits of Irish culture are demonstrable through the characterisation of heroism in Irish literature, in which the hills and fields of the Irish landscape are consecrated by heroic feats achieved on the battlefield, a tradition that is manifest in the aforementioned Dindsenchas place-naming tradition of Gaelic Ireland. “
70s Rock Contra Capitalism:Four Perspectives.
“This is the essence of the capitalist American dream mentality, if you just forfeit any sense of belonging, community, tradition, or loyalty you will become materially wealthy. However, there is a reason it is called the “American dream” — because you would have to be asleep to still believe it. “
Maine’s “Popular Government” and the Liberal-Elitist Tradition
“Such evils, according to Maine, include an opposition to free trade, Jacobitism, enmity to the protestant reformation, nationalism, and a hostility to vaccines, which Maine repeatedly mentions throughout the text – Maine would have been a quadruple vaxxed and triple boosted Luke Bro had he lived to witness covid.”