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From Connemara to Cape Barren: The Shared Soil of Irish-Aboriginal Activism
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The Shadow of the Crown, the Bread of the Republic: Unmasking Reynolds, the IRA’s Auxiliary Spy
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The Real Tommy Shelby: How John Wren Ruled Melbourne’s Working-Class Underground
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The Pulpit of Defiance: Archbishop Mannix and the Conscription Wars
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From the Calton to Chimorra: Tommy Flynn and the Glasgow Vanguard in Spain
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The Vanguard of the Domain: Irish Rebels and the ‘One Big Union’
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THE GENTLEMEN REBELS OF ’98: HOW THE BRUTAL ISOLATION OF NORFOLK ISLAND FORGED AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY
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The Connemara Convictions: A Case for the Belated Recognition of a Land League Patriot By Tim Flynn
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The Fraying of the Common Ground: Why a victory of The UK Reform Party would Impact the Irish Diaspora in the UK
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The George Street Standoff: When Queensland’s Police Stood Down the Australian Army By T.S. Flynn
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This Week in the History of the Irish: September 20 - September 26
LUAIN -- On Sept. 21, 1827, Michael Corcoran (left), a brigadier general in the Federal Army during America's Civil War, was born in Carrowkeel, County Sligo. Corcoran served as a policeman in the Royal Irish Constabulary but resigned during the…
Added by The Wild Geese on September 19, 2026 at 11:00am — No Comments
The Alchemy of Reunification: Why a Border Poll Is About More Than Arithmetic By Tim Flynn (T.S. Flynn)
The Alchemy of Reunification: Why a Border Poll Is About More Than Arithmetic
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The Pits, the Parish, and the Premier: Andy Burnham and the Triumph of the Lancashire Irish
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The Fire of Erin in the Coalfields: How an Irish-Lancastrian Accent Explains the Beautiful, Messy Truth of Modern Identity By T.S. Flynn
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The Fire of Erin in the Coalfields: How an Irish-Lancastrian Accent Explains the Beautiful, Messy Truth of Modern Identity
By T.S. Flynn
Growing up in Ashton-in-Makerfield during the 1970s and 1980s, you didn't need a passport to visit Ireland. You simply needed to step inside the Brian Boru Irish Club on a…
Added by T.S.Flynn on September 14, 2026 at 7:58pm — No Comments
The Fire of Erin in the Coalfields: How Ashton-in-Makerfield Preserved an Irish Identity by Tim Flynn
The Brian Boru Club and Irish Political Identity
At the centre of this story stands the historic Brian Boru Irish Club, founded in the late nineteenth century by members of Ashton’s Irish community. The club traces its origins to around 1889, with evidence of activity from the mid-1880s, and is widely regarded as one of the oldest surviving Irish clubs in Britain.
Named after…
Added by T.S.Flynn on September 14, 2026 at 6:00pm — No Comments
Rebel Sounds: How the Children of the Irish Diaspora Built the Sound of Modern Britain
While Thatcher's government demonised Irish identity through state-sanctioned paranoia, the children of immigrants were quietly staging a hostile takeover of the British charts. From the punk vitriol of Johnny Rotten to the ethereal subversion of Kate Bush, this is the story of how the displaced sons and daughters of the Irish Underground…
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Ireland's Future Is Not a Corporate Merger
Donald Trump's latest intervention in Irish affairs has demonstrated a striking lack of appreciation for the constitutional and political sensitivities that continue to shape relations on the island of Ireland. During his visit to Dublin, the American president departed from the carefully guarded neutrality traditionally maintained by U.S.…
ContinueAdded by T.S.Flynn on September 12, 2026 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments
This Week in the History of the Irish: September 13 - September 19
DOMHNAIGH -- On September 13, 1803, John Barry (left), of Ballysampson, Co.Wexford, considered by many to be the 'Father of the U.S. Navy,' died in Philadelphia. At a young age, Barry went to sea as a fisherman; by age 20, he had a master's license. He emigrated to Philadelphia in…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: September 6 - September 12
MÁIRT -- On September 8, 1798, Lord Cornwallis
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This Week in the History of the Irish: August 30 - September 5
fLUAIN -- On August 31, 1767, Henry Joy McCracken, leader of the United Irish rising in Antrim, was born in Belfast. McCracken was running a cotton factory by the age of 22. He and Thomas Russell organized the first Society of United Irishmen in Belfast in 1791. He was imprisoned for 13…
Added by The Wild Geese on August 29, 2026 at 8:20am — No Comments
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