Oracles Of God – A Review
A review of Oracles of God: the Roman Catholic Church and Irish Politics, by Patrick Murray.
An Evening Stroll
An encounter with local children.
Father Theobald Mathew OFM Cap, Apostle of Temperance 1790-1856
A brief biography of the Irish temperance reformer, Fr Theobald Mathew.
The Mystique of The Reek
A visit to Ireland’s Croagh Patrick
The Changing Face of Irish Farming
A look at Ireland’s changing rural socio-economic landscape at the start of the millennium.
Where are Men Going in Ireland Today?
Men are living in a world that has changed hugely. They have become units of production; efficiency, output, and productivity are the measures of that ever-elusive will o’ the wisp called “Success.”
James Connolly a Communist?
Despite lavish praise, it is very doubtful that James Connolly went as far as Marx did in his theories of Socialism.
When Forwards Means Backwards
As a foreigner living in Zambia it’s not too difficult to stand back and have a somewhat detached view of the country and the processes taking place in it. As an Irishman, it’s not too difficult to recognise some of them.
Pearse and Property
The leader of the 1916 Rising believed that the resources of the nation should belong to the people.
Property in Ireland in the Nineteenth Century
In nineteenth century Ireland there were two currents of thought on the subject of property: those held on the one hand by the wealthy landed classes and on the other by the Irish Nationalist tradition.