I mí Dheireadh Fómhair 1691 dhein Pádraig Sairséil conradh síochána leis na Sasanaigh tar éis na mblianta de chogadh agus ár sa tír. Conradh Luimnigh a thugadh air. Mar chuid den chonradh gheall na Sasanaigh nach gcuirfeadh siad isteach ar an gCaitliceachas is go mbeadh saoirse creidimh i réim in Éirinn. D’fhág Pádraig Sairséil agus […]
I was reluctant to see Greta Gerwig’s film production of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Hints of overplayed feminism permeated reviews, and surely no one could play a better Jo than Katharine Hepburn. I was glad I did. Gerwig’s original film adaptation brought this children’s classic to life in ways earlier movie versions did not. Those who […]
The haunting old Irish air, Lament for Staker Wallace, rang out in Kilmainham Gaol on Sunday, the majestic sound of uilleann pipes drawing out the old ghosts of this historic building where the 1916 leaders were imprisoned and executed. Famed Wexford piper Mark Redmond was playing no ordinary pipes however: these were the set owned […]
On September 19, 2019, at the fourteenth annual Gala for Western Civilization, ISI presented Sir Roger Scruton with the Defender of Western Civilization award. Sir Roger gave these remarks on accepting the award. It is a great honor to be named Defender of Western Civilization for the year 2019 by ISI, an organization with which […]
In ancient Rome, a victorious General returning to the city in triumph always had a slave walking behind him through the cheering crowds, whispering, again and again, into his ears the words “memento mori” – remember, you are a mortal. It might be a good idea to revive the practice for men in general, and […]
‘Everyone who is strongly pro-life has a moment that made them feel this way. What’s yours?’ To many outsiders looking in, today’s March for Life in Washington, D.C. seems to be a strange and foreign event. Hundreds of thousands of people, many of them young, from every walk of life, faith background, and corner of […]
This is Elisha Mysin. He is from Russia, and he is five years old. He is so small still that when he sits down at the Piano, his feet do not reach the pedals. Elisha is from Stavropol, Russia, but his fame is growing, as he takes his talent on concerts right across Russia. What […]
Social media is causing anxiety amongst teenagers – and that effect is bigger for girls than it is for boys, a leading expert on child psychology has written. Dr. Leonard Sax, a psychologist and leading author on child psychology and learning, says “the bottom line is that the evidence is much stronger than I had […]
It’s been a busy week, with the election, so readers may have missed an important tale in the middle of all the political noise. This is the story about the cancellation of Jason Evert, after an outcry that amounted to Mr. Evert’s desire to teach Catholicism to Catholics in Catholic schools and church halls. To […]
In the opening passage of his latest book, How to be a Dictator, Dutch historian Frank Dikötter quotes British novelist William Thackeray’s caption of a satirical engraving depicting the Sun King Louis XIV in his unadorned, sickly body. “Thus do barbers and cobblers make the gods that we worship.” Dikötter’s book is the verbal equivalent of […]
What is it with the British and being desperate to leave reasonably successful, if controversial, institutions? “The Royal Family are said to be “hurt” at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s announcement they will step back as senior royals. Prince Harry and Meghan did not consult any senior royal about making the statement, it is […]
The EU has diverted from its original vision, but the restoration of a Christian Europe is possible, a conference in Galway later this month will hear. The conference entitled, “The Restoration of Europe: By the Liturgy and the Saints”, is being held in Galway on January 18th, and will feature acclaimed international speakers and prominent […]