Right-wing propagandists fail to understand the difference between Irish nationalism and republicanism. By Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc Recent controversies surrounding Ireland’s immigration policy, the direct provision system and proposed ‘hate speech’ legislation have seen sections of the Irish ‘alt-right’ scene develop from a largely on-line phenomenon into an active protest movement. The Irish alt-right—who some … Read more
By Joe Culley @TheRealCulls In The begrudger’s guide to Irish politics, Breandán Ó hEithir, while discussing the executions of the Four Courts prisoners during our brief but vicious Civil War, says of Dick Mulcahy: ‘It was public opinion, fed on rumours, that dubbed him “Dirty Dick” and the cry “Seventy-seven” followed him all through his … Read more
‘Crank Hugh’ left a trail of bitterness and recrimination. By Colum Kenny Frank Hugh O’Donnell (1846–1916) merits entries in both the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the Cambridge/RIA Dictionary of Irish Biography, yet neither refers to his virulent anti-Semitism. The British immigration and identity scholar Kenneth Lunn has written of O’Donnell’s consistently exhibited view … Read more
By John Stocks Powell Lenin with his arm outstretched, a never-aging Ceaușescu on placards in Bucharest—the images of leaders, potentates and celebrities have been with us for a long time, in film, photograph, stone, steel and ceramics. The ceramic form tended to the more domestic, certainly the more portable, and, rather than being imposed on … Read more
Rebranding at Galway Museum Fáilte Ireland, through the National Tourism Development Authority, has committed a record €6.64m to develop a new state-of-the art museum in Galway city. Rebranded as the Atlantic Museum Galway, the new three-story interactive museum will be developed at Comerford House, next to the current Galway City Museum, which stands on the left … Read more