Category: Culture & Arts
Dublin’s Globalist Aesthetic
Dublin is in many respects a bloated provincial town - one stretching out in kilometers in each direction to accommodate over a million people, as opposed to a kilometer in each to accommodate ten thousand. Large buildings are the exception...
The Progressive Aristocracy: Ornate Titles as a Form of Prestige-Signalling
When our ruling-class wants to identify someone that’s a member of what they deem as a protected group, they are noticeably quite conscious of the words they use. Not only that, they are conscious of the amount of words used,...
Ancient Order of Hibernians Returns to Armagh
Armagh for those not familiar is a quaint town (no urban area with a population of 10,000 should be described as a city), the reported burial place of Brian Boru. The seat of the Primate of All Ireland, the county...
Escaping Irish Feminism
I was once a feminist – of the fourth wave variety. My activist ensemble consisted of a slogan t-shirt, leggings and Doc Marten boots. A rebuttal of my generation’s dichotomic embrace of Kardashian - like overt sexuality or Middleton-esque sedate...
Irish Christian Brothers: Reflections on the End of a Tradition
I recently visited Ireland's main burial site for the Christian Brothers; it is in Baldoyle's Dublin Road at the back of their former residence, which is now a block of luxury apartments. Access to it is gained by arranging in...
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...
What to do with Seán Russell?
Leo Varadkar is correct. We do need conversations about the statue of Seán Russell, the vandalism of the Booterstown plaque to Kevin O'Higgins, the vandals' Glasnevin victory, the Nenagh and Drumcondra monuments to rapist Martin Hogan, the statues in Crossmaglen,...
A Message to the Irish Diaspora 1920
The following are extracts from Éamon de Valera's wartime St. Patrick’s Day message 1920 beseeching the Irish Diaspora at a time of war. Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh go léir Sons and daughters of the Gael, wherever you be today,...
Liberalism as a Form of Entropy
Last year I wrote an article on the Roderic O’Gorman controversy. The what I remember most about the those events was the confrontation between nationalist protestors and Sinn-Féin affiliated counter-protestors outside of Leinster House. The latter group chanted their tried-and-true...
Chelsea and the Oligarchs: England’s Second Battle of Stamford Bridge
The City of London's shock blitzkrieg against Chelsea FC, who are currently the reigning European and world champions, will totally transform English football into something football fans will never stomach. Red-carding Chelsea's owner, Israeli citizen Roman Abramovich, because of his...