Today, Pat and I have a slightly different vlog/podcast, because we’re talking to a New Yorker (yes, in New York) by the name of Brian McCabe. Brian is a former District Commander in the NYPD and a prominent figure in Irish-America. Pat and I ask him questions about the degree to which Irish-America is a […]
October, 2022
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN’S C.P. SCOTT ON THE SIGNING OF THE ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT IN LONDON 1921 by Donal Kennedy
“Came up to London 2nd December…at Hammond’s * urgent request who reported the situation almost desperate and was anxious for me to see Lloyd George. Hobhouse** concurring. Met Laski*** and Hammond at Euston and talked while Hammond had lunch. Laski reported conversation with Churchill in which Churchill was full of threats of John Bull […]
Key Historical Documents from “THE IRISH REPUBLIC” by Dorothy Macardle
“After the 15th day of October, 1922 we, the Army Council, will exercise all the powers and do all the matters and things in the first paragraph of this proclamation mentioned, or any of them, according as the same shall seem necessary or expedient. The said Regulations as to the Trial of Civilians by Military […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT THE DUP ELECTION, PUTIN’S LONG SPEECH, THE SOUTH AND REFUGEES, & HARRY THE SPARE
Oh no! Not another one? Yep, another election is headed our way in our dear stateen, courtesy of the DUP. You’ve heard of the dam-busters? And the Ghostbusters? Meet the DUP – the protocol busters. To quote Doug Beattie regarding the next number of weeks: “It should be fun”. Did you catch Vlad Putin’s long […]
REVIEW OF ‘THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN’ by John Patton
McDonagh has enjoyed signiicant success in the theatre and those skills illuminate the script and direction; actors require characters who are multi-dimensional and lines which have meaning and are contextually appropriate; music, set and costume are important dramatic forces in a production. These requirements are well fulfilled in the film; each of the cast […]
LETTER FROM RORY O’CONNOR FROM MOUNTJOY GAOL AUGUST 1922 – by Donal Kennedy
“The lies and hypocrisy of the Free State leaders are astounding, especially to those of us who took part in the Army negotiations for unity and those who know the whole inner history of those negotiations. We were never requested to evacuate the Four Courts. On the contrary, at one meeting of the Coalition Army […]
MORE MUSING ON CIVIL WAR LEADERS by Donal Kennedy
≈ The only legitimate Government in Ireland from January 1919 was Dail Eireann and the electorate renewed its authority in 1921. Local Government elections for County Councils, Municipalities and smaller councils in 1920 resulted in the vast majority supporting the Republic. The Irish Republican Brotherhood previous to the establishment of Dail Eireann, was of […]
Twas’ the Night Before Election… – by Michael Lagan
To say Northern Irish Unionism is in a bit of a pickle is an understatement of the most epic proportions. Friday morning, one minute after midnight the Secretary of State for this little mess of a place may call a general election because one party refuses to sit in the Executive, essentially paralysing its decision-making […]
TAOISEACH’S “BLOOD BOILING” – NEWS REPORT – by Donal Kennedy
It must take little to upset him. It took a murderous attack on the Crimean Bridge celebrated by the Ukraine Junta and its NATO sponsors with a recording of Marilyn Monroe’s greeting to JFK’s on the latter’s birthday on President Putin on HIS 70th Birthday, to provoke the latter to remove one of the […]
MUSINGS ON LEADERS OF THE “CIVIL WAR” – by Donal Kennedy
On 21st January 1919 the Inaugural Meeting of Dail Eireann had a small attendance. Every candidate elected in Ireland the month before was invited. The 26 Unionists and the 6 “Nationalists” elected boycotted the National Parliament and 37 of the 73 Republicans were in British jails- many accused of a “German” plot which might […]