The Irish Rally: Gaelic Ireland’s Medieval Fightback-Eoin MacNeill 1919
The following are tracts taken from the 1919 work Phases in Irish History by Eoin MacNeil courtesy of An Cartlann The most casual reader of Irish history knows that within a few centuries of the Norman invasion, the authority of...
Fenianism and Irish National Regeneration: Arthur Griffith 1915
The following is made available courtesy of the archiving work of An Cartlann and is syndicated in honour of the centenary of Arthur Griffith's death this week. In 1843 there were more than a million men of fighting age on...
Hungary Rejects the Post-Western Future-Viktor Orbán
Generating much controversy in the western press gallery the following is a partial transcript from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's recent campus speech on the topic of demography, war with Russia and his nation's schism with Western Liberalism. A full...
Rally for Life Returns to Dublin in Force
Ireland’s pro-life contingent rallied yesterday on Dublin’s streets energised by the American Roe vs Wade ruling. Organised by the Life Institute it is the first time since 2019 that the rally has occurred in person owing to lockdown restrictions. Beginning...
A Final Word to Patriotic Students: Christian Brothers Irish History Reader (1905)
The following are the concluding remarks in the 1905 edition of the Christian Brothers History Reader intended to imbue students with a sense of patriotism. Dear young friends, you are the offspring of an ancient race. Far, far back, in...
TUSLA Fostering Services Advertised Alongside ‘Glory Hole’ Sex Club
The Burkean can report that an advertisement for the state child services agency TUSLA was published in a magazine containing graphic promotional material for a sex club. Printed on page 113 of Issue 372 of GCN (Gay Community News) magazine,...
A Word About Irish Athletics (1884)
The following is taken from an 1884 article by GAA founder Michael Cusack No movement having for its object the social and political advancement of a nation from the tyranny of imported and enforced customs and manners can be regarded...
For Land and Life! – John Mitchel
From The United Irishman, 19 February, 1848 syndicated courtesy of An Cartlann. Land in Ireland is Life. Just in the proportion that our people contrive to keep or to gain some foot-hold on the soil, in that proportion exactly they will live and...
Icarus Redacted: Trinity Tries to Hide Print Edition After Burkean Prank
Burkean writers have been attentively scanning TCD’s skyscape for the surreptitious sight of smoke emerging from the Student Union offices this week as the Icarus editorial team tried to cover their tracks after last week’s poetry prank. Sufficient to say...
Icarus: Woke TCD Poetry Journal Publishes Fake Poems Written by The Burkean
Icarus magazine currently holds the reputation of being Trinity College’s — if not Ireland’s — premier poetry journal. In yesteryear, it has been edited by such litterateurs as David Norris, Derek Mahon and Brendan Kennelly, and with contributions from Seamus...