Tom Barry’s book, Guerilla Days In Ireland is a must read for anyone interested in Irish Republicanism and the war against the colonial forces of Britain. Barry was a stalwart of militancy and his assessment of the means of permanently ending the violence in the Occupied Six Counties is as accurate today as it was […]
Ok, ok, before you start screaming about old fogey music, the question must be asked, how many of you with Irish mothers have not heard this song a hundred times from an old radio on the windowsill? This country song became a staple in Irish homes a long time ago. If the lyrics were changed […]
This is what happens when there’s only one bag of Monster Munch pickled onion left, and both men want it… badly.
Book Review The Guts by Roddy Doyle For anyone who has read the book, or seen the movie, of The Commitments and enjoyed either, this is the book for you. The Guts is Jimmy Rabbitte’s story. Jimmy has progressed from being the former manager of a failed Dublin soul band to becoming a settled […]
There was a time when you could play this tune on your phone in the pub, and 8 men would grab their phones to see who was calling. I wonder, do we men all see ourselves as action heroes?
It is said that you must know your enemy to defeat him. This short video clip is taken from a US documentary on the war in the Occupied Six Counties (OSC). It is interesting to hear the clipped British accents of the officers who are interviewed in the first part of the video. One officer […]
When Bernadette Devlin (McAliskey) first emerged on the Irish political scene, she was a breath of fresh air. Devlin was educated, eloquent, fiery and fearless. If not for the fact that she was so principled, she would have had a prominent career in politics. Modern Irish and British politics has no time for those who […]
This is a great and lively tune. It always seemed to get a smile from those who heard it, unless they were apes… and orange… and what do they know about music…
Anyone who has ever been in a university dorm with someone who owns a guitar will be all too familiar with this classic. It must be up there with Dylan’s Blowin’ In The Wind as a favourite of drunken young hipsters everywhere across the Celtic Isles. Sadly, this song is relevant today as we face […]
For all fans of Monty Python, and Rebel Voice is but one, this is a special treat. Anyone who has watched The Life Of Brian will remember the crack suicide squad who appeared at the end of the movie when Brian was on the cross. They promptly killed themselves for no apparent reason other than they were […]
The song below is posted in response to an article in the Irish News today by the Unionist columnist, Newton Emerson from Portadown. In his piece, Emerson suggests that Unionism is going to try to attack the singing of Republican songs, such as the one included here, as a means of opening up yet another […]
The continuing spate of gun deaths in Dublin has once again thrown the spotlight upon life in our nation’s capital. Shootings occur now on a sometimes daily basis. Drugs gangs, some apparently employing former Republican militants as mercenaries, are waging war upon each other and, as a result, are terrorizing local communities for no reasons […]
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