Shall thy martyred priests' and patriots' blood make fertile fields for thee? Keep thy memories fair and fragrant. And thy valour’s ancient glory, Folded now in song and story Long will bloom in liberty A poem of peace and patriotism by Canon Sheehan meonjournal.com/read/ode-trium…

"By Connolly’s definition, we are under siege — mass migration serves the capitalist and political classes." "National and Labour movements are nothing without each other." Dawning on Connolly, Stephen J. Delaney makes the case for Proletarian Nativism. meonjournal.com/read/a-case-fo…

"Rooney spoke as a prophet. He prepared the way and foresaw the victory, and he helped his nation to rise and, by developing its soul, to get ready for victory." He longed for an Ireland equal among the nations. Arthur Griffith on William Rooney. meonjournal.com/read/arthur-gr…

"Has the introduction of the television into Irish society done more harm than good?" ATOMISATION, IRRELIGION, AND CRIME. Drawing on Robert Putnam's seminal book Bowling Alone, Cennétig explores the deleterious effects of television on the 20th century. meonjournal.com/read/the-damag…

"Be careful lest you devote yourself to a movement that is, in actuality, a psychologist’s scheme." Howard Woods takes aim at the subject of populist politics, the masses, arguing that it represents a false hope with a history of being manipulated. ✍️ meonjournal.com/read/the-death…

"And think of the day that’s coming fast, When we shall all be lobotomized, Tongues clipped, arms chipped, and sanitized, And the end of this nation realized." Jack Napes latest is an update of Peadar Kearney's "God Bless England" for the modern age. meonjournal.com/read/god-bless…

"Home Secretary Herbert Samuel described the violence as unacceptable and 'weaponising.. by people who wish to sow dissent in our society'" FINGLAS BUGLE - Finglas' Paper Of Record - on recent unrest and disarray on the streets of Dublin. meonjournal.com/read/finglas-b…

"Contemporaneously, the youth wings of both the Democratic and Republican parties, as well as the vote bases of both, are at odds with the upper-stratum of each. Introspection and a reckoning of asymmetries are in order, as are the following questions? Who does

The Finglas Bugle ~ Finglas’ Paper of Record ~ Serving Deh Community for 35 Years Prime Minister H. H. Asquith "strongly condemned" the violent disorder and paid tribute to the courage of the Crown forces who restored order quickly. Lord Lieutenant Wimborne said "there is no

"I coined ‘Gaelstát’ because I believe that the people involved in what they call Irish Nationalism should not be adopting the ideas of Anglosphere movements" Somhairle Buidhe, who coined Gaelstát, critically reflects on the evolution of the term. meonjournal.com/read/gaelstt-o…

Scríobh mé rud nua faoi choinne MEON. Gabh agus léigí más mian libh.

If there is anything to be learned from this essay it's that re-discovery of our inheritance, rather than playing around with ideological neologisms, is the path forward. "So perhaps not a Gaelstát or a Free State but an Irish Republic. Beir bua." READ:

Alt den scoth ar fad ó Gaeloglac (gaeloglac 🐦‍🔥💍) do MEON (MEON)! Is é an t-alt seo an téacs is fearr liom faoi na hÉireannaigh agus na Gaeil ó foilsíodh alt faoi na Normannaigh ag Crosáid Chultúir (Culture Crusade) cúpla mí ó shin.

That’s an insane sentence

🇮🇪 DUBLIN RIOTS Jamie Robinson (25) has been sentenced to two years in prison for stealing cigarettes and gathering rubbish that was set on fire. The riots took place after immigrant Riad Bouchaker went on a stabbing spree, severely wounding a five-year-old girl.

An excellent article from Gaeloglac (gaeloglac 🐦‍🔥💍) for MEON (MEON)! This article is my favourite text about the Irish and the Gaels since Culture Crusade (Culture Crusade) published his article about the Normans a few months ago.

"Irish history, now only an elective subject of both the Junior and Senior Cycles, is taught only in nonlinearly sequenced chronological episodes. The latter approach was defended to me by a history teacher on the basis that Jean‐ Francois Lyotard, and other now discredited