‘Immorally, Unconstitutionally, Tyrannically’: Ireland and the Conscription Crisis of 1918 erinascendantwordpress.wordpress.com/2024/05/01/imm…

I don’t disagree with him as such, but last summer there was a state decision to effectively tolerate road blockades against refugee accommodation - also people’s homes - & if people’s homes deserve protection I actually think that should apply equally to the humble & the grand

As always, the Muslim Sisters are doing more for homeless people than the government and racist demagogues combined

Interesting thread but this in particular stands out, only 1 in 5 tweeting about Newtownmountkennedy are even located in Ireland. It’s mostly US accounts stirring the pot something very that confirms the impression from replies where posters know little about Ireland

Ray Houghton wants to have this ref's babies

JRR Tolkien said 'I wisely started with a map' and he wrote his stories afterwards.
Too many history works treat maps as an annoyance to be packed into the appendix of a book if they are there at all.
The UCC team that brought us the brilliant Atlas of the Irish Revolution put…

John Dorney speaking at the launch of The Irish Civil War Fatalies Project this morning in takeshi

How many people died violent deaths in the Irish Civil War? The Irish Times thanks to Ronan McGreevy for covering the #IrishCivilWarFatalities project and launch this morning irishtimes.com/history/2024/0…

And at the end of the day I really do wonder how access and equity can be balanced ethically in wake of the recent Troubles legacy bill. No amount of scholarly composure can account for due process, which surely thinks of living survivors and relatives first?

Superb. Well worth a listen here:
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Well that escalated quickly… 😳

I kept this long read from Kieran Glennon for a sunny Sunday morning. Great article capturing brilliantly the aftermath of the conflict through the #Belfast pension applications. There are key differences between service levels across the country that the legislation ignored (Truce)

A public history of the Troubles? I can see a few issues already... open.substack.com/pub/garethmulv…

Wee bump for this. New post coming on Saturday, 'After the Pogrom: the bereaved, the broken and the bitter' - what the #MSPC files tell us about the emotional and physical scars Belfast nationalists carried and their battles to have their plight recognised.

Normally, you have to seize power, conquer most of Europe, invade Russia and fail, and only THEN have your Downfall bunker moment. This wingnut just fast-forwarded to Act 5, Scene 5.

'Fucks SAKE, THIS BASTARD CHAIR'

I've had those say they were sorry to miss my talk on IRA Chief-of-Staff Seán Russell in the Custom House Visitor Centre and couldn't make it. I've done this talk before online, the most comprehensive probably for the East Wall History Group, can be viewed here: youtube.com/watch?v=i56lJX…

'My whole life has been destroyed. I'm stuck in this life, like we were in lockdown. I haven't left that life. I've lost friendships and relationships because I'm stuck in this world that I feel like I no longer exist in'
#PatientExperience #LongCovid #SOS
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