At a time when some appear intent on creating a mythological past for the Irish people, physical remembrances of our history have come under threat.
This is actually like something from a Monty Python movie. You can imagine the scene, where the angry mob is looking for something to burn, or tear down, or stone to death, and fixates on an innocent statue. Only to find, a little later, that they had got the wrong target. Anyway, the Shelbourne has […]
There’s been a lot of talk recently about the removal of statues being an assault on our history, and the decision of the Shelbourne Hotel to remove, yesterday, four statues that had adorned its exterior walls for a century and a half is interesting, in that context: The Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin has taken down […]
Popular U.S. Bishop, Robert Barron has described the attempt to erase the memory of catholic saint Junípero Serra is “from a historical standpoint ridiculous and from a moral standpoint more than a little frightening.” He made his comments after been informed that the government of Ventura in California was debating whether to remove the image […]
Dr. James Linsday, as seen on the Joe Rogan podcast, discusses Black Lives Matter, mob destruction of statues, and the danger of cultural revolution. #gript
At least two statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary have been attacked in recent days in the U.S., while churches have also come under attack, with one being set alight while parishioners prepared for Mass. The Catholic News Agency reported that last Saturday morning, the Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala, was set aflame […]
A Catholic priest who stood with members of his flock to defend a statue of a saint in St Louis, Missouri, was shouted down and told the crowd was coming for the cathedral next. Fr. Stephen Schumacher, a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, endeavoured to speak to the crowd who had come to […]
Local activists who help maintain and upkeep the statue of republican Séan Russell in Fairview Park have said they feel Leo Varadkar’s call to have the statue taken down may have prompted others to deface the monument. On Monday, the statue was defaced by being painted with the rainbow flag colours, usually associated with the LGBT […]
Fun fact: Iconoclasm was last in vogue, in the Christian world, during the reign of Leo the Armenian as Byzantine Emperor, from 815 to 843AD. Since then, most societies have shied away from the destruction of images of Jesus, because, well, it’s not very popular. Until now, anyway. A leading figure in the Black Lives […]
At a time when some appear intent on creating a mythological past for the Irish people, physical remembrances of our history have come under threat. Moore Street, site of the last armed confrontation of the 1916 Rising was once a vibrant street in the heart of the city where a large proportion of Dubs did their […]
The aphorism ‘behind every fortune, there’s a crime’, has considerable truth, no doubt. The new sensitivities around bequests and bursaries of questionable provenance from the super wealthy of bygone ages has forced a rethink about honouring them in public memorials. It is indeed sobering to consider that grand foundations like universities may have been paid […]
The push from several quarters to start tearing down statues of Irish historical figures and rename GAA clubs has come under fire from a TD who said “it’s like the Black and Tans controversy all over again”. Mattie McGrath, the independent TD from Tipperary, hit out at calls from left-wing politicians and agitators – and also […]