This moving footage has some insightful family photos of Francis Hughes as a child. It’s a deserved tribute to a great Irish revolutionary.
Orange Order Nazis React To Parades Commission
The dubbing on this is perfectly appropriate. The ending is one hell of a piece of self-promotion.
Poem On Tom Barry, by Bobby Sands
Tom Barry was an acclaimed commander of the 3rd, West Cork Flying Column of the IRA, responsible for the famed Kilmichael Ambush which killed 18 British Auxillaries during the Black and Tan War. He was a solid tactician who fought on the Republican side during the ill-fated Civil War. He later supported the existence of […]
Dolores Keane – Caledonia
Rebel Voice recalled hearing this song in an advert on TV many years ago now. It was also on the highly successful album, A Woman’s Heart. Sadly, Dolores Keane has not appeared in public as much as she used to, having bravely survived a battle with cancer.
You Know You’re Irish When…
David Savage and team always seemed to hit the nail on the head.
Unionists And Nazis Together Again
You would be forgiven for thinking that Stephen Hawking introduces this short video. However, the tiny village of Feeny has been included on the map of the OSC, so perhaps Hawking is now resident in the Sperrins…
John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads
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 […]
Irish Travellers Brawl In Shop, Squash The Chocolate
This is what happens when there’s only one bag of Monster Munch pickled onion left, and both men want it… badly.
The Guts
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 […]
British Squaddies Speak About South Armagh
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 […]
Remembering Irish Firebrand Who Slapped Tory Minister
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 […]
Ralph McTell – Streets Of London
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 […]
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