Which came first? The Catholic Church? Or the people? The latter, surely: nowhere else in Europe was the Catholic Church given such power by democratically-elected governments.
“Those lads don’t object to British Rule, so much as they object to Rule, full stop”.
The passage of time has made the intellectual contradictions in Irish Republicanism much harder to sustain.
There’s respectable Brit-Bashing, and then there’s “up the ra”.
Monarchy is just something you could not institute or invent, in 2022. For perfectly understandable reasons, it would be difficult to win support for the idea of placing a crown on the head of Michael D. Higgins, swearing allegiance to him for life, and pledging loyalty to the heirs and successors of his body. For […]
Just as Britain left an indelible mark in Ireland, so too did Ireland leave an indelible mark on Britain.
How can you say to Unionists that you respect them and their votes while at the same time saying that their country is illegitimate?