Culture Crusade

Mel Gibson’s Braveheart is 30 years old. My essay for Meon looks at its impact as Celtic nationalist art, influences from Romanticism, & its effect on politics. “..its significance as a milestone piece of Celtic nationalist art, is perhaps the most germane aspect of the film.”

“And the Gallowglass, where are they now?” “You’re looking at them asshole”

Live on the BBC. This is class.

"Cú Chulainn stood for a noble detachment from the world, conquest of bodily fears: “‘ I care not if I live but a day, so only that my deeds live after me,’’ sums up the heroic spirit in which a virile race perfected and enjoyed the Red Branch cycle." - De Blácam, p. 38.

Not at all unfortunately. Théoden was a good king who was being poisoned and gaslit by a subversive agent. Trump on the other hand is entirely aware of his role and is a willing participant for said subversive agents. With Théoden there was the hope of redemption. Not with Trump.

Noteworthy that Ireland and Scotland had more footsoldiers in the British Empire than England In India alone, its said 50% of the Army in the East India Company stationed there in the 1850s were Irish (According to 'Irish Officers in the British Forces' by Steven O'Connor)

Happy Birthday America 🇺🇸 Did you know that Washington had a favourite Wexford-man? Here he is. John Barry, captain of the Continental Navy, who alongside John Paul Jones, is known as ‘the father of the American Navy’.

The bagpipes need to replace the brass band for the national anthem in Croke Park going forward. Why have them consigned to Munster provincials when they clearly fit better with the GAA ethos? Gaelic music for Gaelic games, fires up players and fans alike 🔥

I still don’t get why BAP lumps the Irish in with Ellis Island and this ‘Ellis Island complex’ I have 16k total in the US Civil War index from my 4 family surnames lol. It doesn’t make historic sense. The Irish were here in a sizeable number more so than the Dutch and then if…

Why hello there fellow Norse-Gaels.

Irish are also disproportionately represented in Mensa elite IQs There's all sorts of anti-Irish lies pushed by media with no basis, such as "Irish men are seen as ugliest in the world!" despite being acknowledged on social media as one of the most attractive ethnicities

McGregor is out there creating the next generation of Gaelic super soldiers.

DEAR FOREIGNERS: FIRSTLY the IRA hasn’t existed for 20 years. Secondly Northern Ireland is very polarized and Protestants are very conservative so Sinn Féin went very liberal to gain votes. In the south they went leftist to gain votes. This made them the largest party in…

I think because we didn’t have a High-King / any sort of central monarchy after Normans (bar Brian O’Neill 1269 and Edward Bruce briefly) that people forget that most Gaelic kingdoms survived until 1604 with some of their royal seats / descendants still surviving today

The warrior-poet ideal in Irish literature is something that far too few people are aware of, let alone understand. The vision of the Irish warrior, the Gael, the Celt, as some kind of warpainted lunatic running into battle swinging outsized blades has become firmly implanted in…

Does any nationalist movement have better aesthetics than Ireland right now?