Forum: General history and culture

Few Quotes that I think are interrelated. Would enjoy hearing some random thoughts on them:

Having just read Pearse's lecture on 'the Intellectual future of the Gael', I noticed he made several references to the 'Gaelic Race', which he defines as a unique identity within the Celtic people as a whole. This is extremely important, as with the marxist/imperialists attempting to destory...

On June 22, 1922, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson was shot and killed by two IRA men in London. Wilson was an Irish native, born in County Longford, and a long-time opponent of Irish home-rule. Wilson joined the British army in 1884 and saw action during the Boer War. He was promoted to brigadier...

THE COMING REVOLUTION (November 1913) published in An Claidheamh Soluis I have come to the conclusion that the Gaelic League, as the Gaelic League, is a spent force; and I am glad of it. I do not mean that no work remains for the Gaelic League, or that the Gaelic League itself is no...

Preface The three lectures or papers comprised in this little volume were not originally intended to see the light of publication. They were written, in every case, at a few days' notice, and at different periods during the last twelve months. Though I have revised them for publication, yet I...

Pádraic Anraí Mac Piarais was much more than a figurehead for Irish Nationalism/Irish Republicanism. He had a vision for Ireland, that today 90 years later has not been recognised (Or has been ignored). To Honour his memory 90 years after his death, I am starting this thread beginning with his...

can you guys explain to me what the "fine gael" party is about?

I'm afraid that to understand the problem of Spain and the Basques in particular, and of Spain and the rest of the territories in general (this is not only a matter in the Basque Country, or Basque Provinces) it is necessary to start with a bare minimum of historical background. I'll start by...

The articles which follow were contributed by me to Irish Freedom during the eight months extending from June 1913 to January 1914. They thus form a contemporary commentary on the period immediately preceding and covering the rise of the Irish Volunteers; a period which, when things assume their...

This is a series of articles dealing with the realities of Ireland’s position in the world. It is the writers contention that, while the Six-County area is obviously a colonial possession of England, the 26-County ‘Republic’ is also still in large measure a colonial society, despite the removal of...

For almost sixty years, the Nourse Line would primarily engage its oceanic fleet in the transport of cheap labor. "The service operated by Nourse Line was a virtual round the world voyage, initially sailing from London for European ports where a general cargo was loaded before heading for...

This is one of the more unusual famine era articles as much as for what it doesn't say as for what it does. First published in the September 30, 1851 issue of The London Times "The prosperity and happiness he speaks of may some day reign over that beautiful island. It's fertile soil, its...

THE PROTESTANT INQUISITION "Reformation" Intolerance and Persecution Dave Armstrong Author's disclaimer and statement of intent: Unfortunately, the religious "scandal score" needs to be evened up now and then, and the lesser-known "skeletons in the closet" need to be rescued from...