Atlanticism: Ireland’s Cultural and Ideological Occupation
It isn’t difficult to find yourself estranged in the modern world. While every generation seems to be nostalgic for the decade that they grew up in, there is something fundamentally…
The Question of Territory: Croke Park, Eid and the GAA
It had been a quiet year in Croke Park, for obvious reasons. Lockdown restrictions had silenced stadiums throughout the country and indeed the world. That was until Friday 31 July…
Embarrassed to Be Irish? Then Prepare to Be Nothing
The Irish are a race who are in the process of discarding their entire practical and theoretical existence, not out of duress or necessity but seemingly out of conformity. Even…
Liberal Ireland Doesn’t Make Sense, Even to Fintan O’Toole
On the 19th August, 2017, The Irish Times published an article by Fintan O’Toole entitled The State of Us: Ireland’s story doesn’t make sense any more. The subheading: “Globalisation, migration…
The Identity Question: Why Liberals Are Always Right
“The awful thing about life is this: Everybody has their reasons” – Jean Renoir, The Rules of the Game The Black Hats and the White Hats On the 23rd of January 2017, an…