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1. Eamon de Valera's audacious escape from English prison 100 years ago

   ... (14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975), a leading figure in Ireland's fight for independence, made an audacious escape from Lincoln Gaol in ... was launched by Irish republicans to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent Irish Republic. During the Rising he ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Feb 4 2019 - 9:54pm

2. Calls for Sinn Féin to take seats in British parliament wrong

   ... from constituencies in the Six Counties in the north of Ireland. Quite rightly, Sinn Féin has always contested general elections in the north of Ireland on the basis of abstentionism. As the political voice of nationalism in ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Nov 28 2018 - 2:35pm

3. Lesson From 'The Emerald Isle'

   ... in thrall to them sounds almost like Mann today but it was Ireland before the banking collapse. In this article Eibhlin O'Neill says ... Paradoxically the Manx government were recently in Ireland on a ‘fact-finding’ mission over the plans for their EDF what they ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Jan 28 2016 - 1:19pm - 0 comments

4. Celtic League at Frongoch 1916 Commemoration

   ... part of Welsh and Irish history, although well-known in Ireland is little known in Wales. To mark the centenary of the arrival of the ... in the 1916 Rising in Dublin but were arrested from all over Ireland. Their time in Frongoch together was invaluable in raising morale, ...

   Alastair Kneale - Oct 2 2016 - 3:40pm - 0 comments

5. British clandestine security service MI5 planned terrorist assassination plot on Irish political leader

   ... rule" is the informal name given to laws in the Republic of Ireland, that under the 1986 National Archives Act, allows certain government ... an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in the north-east of Ireland. The other main loyalist paramilitary group is the Ulster Defence ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Jan 1 2018 - 8:33pm

6. Easter 2020 celebrated in midst of global pandemic

   ... symbolise the rolling away of the stone in front of Christ's tomb. The Celts also decorated eggs. This year, 2020, the celebration of ...

   Alastair Kneale - Apr 7 2020 - 5:15pm

7. Archaeologists battle against time to uncover hidden truth on Scottish island of Rousay in Orkney

   ... the site which has a largely undisturbed Neolithic chambered tomb, with Iron Age roundhouses and Pictish buildings. As the Trust state on ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Jul 28 2017 - 2:44am

8. Easter Customs and Traditions - Wishing You a Happy Easter!

   ... symbolise the rolling away of the stone in front of Christ's tomb. The Celts also have the tradition, shared with others, of decorating eggs ...

   Alastair Kneale - Apr 3 2021 - 2:03pm

9. The Remarkable Irish Monastery of Sceilg Mhichíl

   Ireland's Skellig Islands (Irish: Na Scealaga), are two small spectacular ... they did not play a part in the mythology of pre-Christian Ireland. Although there is no record of the islands being inhabited prior to ... Míl Espáine is the ancestor of early inhabitants of Ireland, the Milesians . In the collection of writings in the Lebor Gabála ...

   Ciaran De Búrca - Apr 24 2021 - 1:48pm - 0 comments

10. Inappropriate foreign intervention condemned in both Irish and Manx abortion law reform debate

    Alastair Kneale's blog In both Ireland and the Isle of Man there is a debate underway in regard to the ... A debate on legalising abortion is also underway in Ireland. As with the Isle of Man Irish citizens are forced to go overseas to ...

    Alastair Kneale - Dec 15 2017 - 9:09pm

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