Edinburgh… Connolly: A Happy New Year 1 Jan 20161 Jan 2016 By James Connolly We should in this issue wish all our readers a “Happy New Year”. We do so wish them. But such a wish rings better when it…
Edinburgh… JCS New Year Statement 2016 31 Dec 20151 Jan 2016 Below is the full text of the James Connolly Society's New Year statement. The James Connolly Society extends New Year greetings to our activists, members and supporters. We offer solidarity…
International… Connolly: Notes On The Front 24 Dec 201525 Dec 2015 MORE POETRY Watch and Wait, boys, watch and wait, Let it be your motto, ever, Foolish zeal, unguarded hate, Often baulks a brave endeavour. God ordains, boys, God ordains That…
Edinburgh… Connolly: Economic Conscription I 18 Dec 201518 Dec 2015 As part of a new initiative to bring the writings of James Connolly to a wider audience 107 Cowgate will be republishing Connolly's writings exactly 100 years to the day…
International… 2016 And The Crop Of Orators 13 Aug 201519 Aug 2015 By Jim Slaven The centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising has loomed large for several years and coincides with an increasing desire for political transformation across the island of Ireland. In…
Events… Tommy McKearney & Ruth Dudley Edwards Debate 1916 Rising 12 Aug 201513 Aug 2015 Video of the recent debate between Ruth Dudley Edwards and Tommy McKearney in Dublin. The debate on '1916 Rising- A good or bad thing for Ireland? was hosted by the…
Events… Frankie Quinn Addresses Óglach George McBrearty Commemoration 7 Jun 20159 Jun 2015 Ar dtús tá mé lán sásta agus bródúil a bheith anseo inniu ag caint faoi Óglach George Mc Brearty. First of all I am delighted and honoured to be asked…
Culture… Art And The Revolution 4 Jun 201530 Mar 2016 By Jim Slaven In 1884 Aloysius O’Kelly’s Mass in a Connemara Cabin became the only painting of an Irish subject ever to be exhibited at the prestigious Paris Salon.…
Edinburgh… What The Proclamation Means To Me 24 Apr 20155 May 2015 This article is part of a series commissioned by the 1916 Societies and is published here on Republic Day. By Jim Slaven The great hero is still sitting on the…
Edinburgh… April 24th Is Republic Day 24 Apr 201329 Apr 2013 By Tom Stokes Charles Gavan Duffy, editor of The Nation newspaper which he established in 1840 with Thomas Davis and John Blake Dillon, explained why they chose that particular name for the…
