By Tim Flynn
As Orangemen, residents, politicians, and police once again face each other at Drumcree, it is worth recalling a largely forgotten scene from June 1914.
Ireland then stood on the brink of civil war. The Ulster Volunteer Force and the…
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Free Book for Anybody Lonely or Broke this Christmas
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Merry Christmas to everybody.It’s been a great year for me but I’m thinking of the people who are doing it tough, as getting through the day last year was a struggle.If you’re stuck on your own or…Continue
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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 IdentityAt 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 Brian…See More
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 ArithmeticBy Tim Flynn (T.S. Flynn)For much of the last century, the question of Irish reunification was debated through the language of history, identity, and allegiance. Nationalists spoke of unfinished business; unionists spoke of constitutional permanence. Today, however, the discussion is…See More
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What Would a Generous United Ireland Look Like?
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By T.S. Flynn
The debate about Irish unity is too often conducted as if constitutional change were simply an exercise in bookkeeping. We obsess over demographics, opinion polls, electoral trends, and the precise legal threshold of a border poll. We ask whether reunification is mathematically likely, when it might happen, and what…
ContinueThe Memory of the Displaced: The Stories Behind Three Iconic Irish Ballads
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By T.S. Flynn
If you walk off the warm pavement of George Street on a Sunday afternoon and step through the doors of Irish Murphy's in the Brisbane CBD, the climate changes instantly. Outside, the city has slowed to a weekend crawl—lazy sunlight hitting the sandstones of the surrounding heritage…
The Salute of Equals: How Redmond and Craig Might Solve the Modern Crisis
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The Common Ground of the Centre: Why the Future of Power-Sharing in the North Depends on a ‘Union of People’
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There is an urgent need in modern political commentary to strip away the emotional, tribal battlefield of…
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- At 7:09am on July 22, 2013,
Ryan O'Rourke said…
Hi, Tim.
Just wanted to extend a bit of a belated welcome here to The Wild Geese. Hope you've had the opportunity to look around the site to see what's on offer. Of course, there is even more to come. It's a great little burgeoning community with loads of interesting folks enjoying the discussion of all-things-Irish.
Hope to hear more about your own Irish connections here in the days ahead.
Thanks, Tim ... and welcome aboard!
~ Ryan
- At 8:12am on March 25, 2016,
Michael H.J. Kane said…
Theo:
Anything like that happen in Perth, or other cities. Where is the largest enclave of IRISH IN AUSTRALIA? Up here New York and Boston get a lot of ink but Chicago and Philly (counties around) have the most.Irish.
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