Ireland’s First, Failed Rebellion
Posted by: Eolaí on July 25th, 2009
While I’m picking on the papers, and the Kansas City Star in particular, I’ll continue.
AP writer Shawn Pogatchnik in his article marking U2’s current series […]
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Pearse’s Cottage - A Painting
Posted by: Eolaí on July 26th, 2007
Pearse’s Cottage. In Rosmuc, County Galway. Where Patrick Pearse spent his summers. Before that trip to the GPO.
This is a big painting. And I’m leaving […]
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Appreciating the Living: The Politics of the Last Atrocity
Posted by: Eolaí on April 18th, 2007
Being Irish and walking among American flagpoles with their flags at half-mast has me thinking of the dead.
You know the way we sing happy-clappy sing-a-longy […]
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1916 Easter Rising Presentation by Lorcan Collins
Posted by: Eolaí on September 30th, 2006
Lorcan Collins is the founder of the 1916 Rebellion Walking Tour and co-author with Conor Kostick of the Easter Rising. Using a slide projector Lorcan […]
Something Irish for the Weekend?
Posted by: Eolaí on April 30th, 2006
Are you a weak, pathetic booze-hound who despises every detail of your hellish, pub-bound existence? Then you’re clearly not Irish.
Sam Delaney explores the stereotype […]
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Langerland’s Rising
Posted by: Eolaí on April 18th, 2006
If you want to see what American culture has done to Irish culture, or vice versa, you might want to have a look at this […]
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Black Shamrock and W
Posted by: Eolaí on April 17th, 2006
All the great splits in Irish Republicanism have basically been about whether the independent Irish state of the day should be considered legitimate as constituted. […]
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First Military 1916 Dublin Parade in 37 years
Posted by: Eolaí on April 17th, 2006
Speaking of Ireland’s Easter Rising, the first military parade in 37 years was held in Dublin yesterday to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the 1916 […]
Commemorative Concert for 1916 Rising
Posted by: Eolaí on April 14th, 2006
Speaking of the 1916 Rising, there is a commemorative concert to mark its 90th anniversary in St Louis on April 24.
It features The Xiles who […]
90th Anniversary of 1916 Rising
Posted by: Eolaí on April 13th, 2006
Speaking of Irish anniversaries, 2006 marks the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
The reason Mexican flags on the streets of the United States are […]
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KC Drill Teams Salute Irish Rebels
Posted by: Eolaí on March 18th, 2006
Ever since the Irish Rebels of 1916 drilled their way to a Post Office and ultimately Independence, teams of young girls and boys drill defiantly […]
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