Why 1921 was a remarkable year of conversion for the island of Ireland Big historical events offer students great opportunities to work with rich and abundant evidence
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Michael Collins in London for the treaty negotiations between representatives of Sinn Féin and the British government, which resulted in the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
“Think what have I got for Ireland … Something which she has wanted these past 700 years. Will anyone be satisfied with this bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this, early this morning I have signed my death warrant.” Michael Collins
Belfast Agreement not a postdated cheque for Irish unity Managing crises together on a small island is not just sensible, it is essential
about 3 hours ago Matthew O Toole
Belfast city: A large and growing number of people, people with and without a settled constitutional preference, have grown tired of a politics defined solely in the terms of the past.
The English comedian Harry Enfield had a sketch in the 1990s involving a character named “William Ulsterman”, a comically intransigent northerner who takes angry offence when offered a canapé by a baffled party host. Twenty-odd years on, it still resonates; people not born when it was broadcast share it on social media.
Offaly-based Turkish journalist examines a workers soviet set up during the War of Independence
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Journalist Çagdaş Gökbel translated into Turkish this interview he conducted with Liam Cahill about the Limerick Soviet and it appeared in SOL newspaper. );
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THERE are special periods in the history of every nation that are hidden but there are intellectuals who will remind society of these periods that shine light on humanity. Liam Cahill is one of them.
The endless curiosity and childish excitement of the intellectuals are the condition for progressing on this blessed road. The interview you will read is typical of this excitement. Thousands of kilometres away from Turkey, while continuing my research on the history of the Limerick Soviet, I met author Liam Cahill. The moment I contacted Liam, he signed his book and sent it to my address. Thus, while the story of a forgotten revolution is on a long journey at the same time it is com
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Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute presents Behind the Headlines: History, Hope, and the Political Speechâ on Monday, March 1.
What makes a political speech? From Aristotle to Hannah Arendt, philosophers have seen the arts of rhetoric and oratory as essential to the proper functioning of the public sphere.Â
Some speeches, like Martin Luther Kingâs 1963 dream vision or Greta Thunbergâs 2019 âHow dare you?â address have defined a generation. Others have embedded lasting images, metaphors, and poetic borrowings â âthe iron curtainâ, ârivers of bloodâ, âwhen hope and history rhymeâ â in the public imagination.
In Ireland, powerful speeches have patterned our history, from Robert Emmetâs 1803 declamation from the dock to Mary Robinsonâs 1990 presidential acceptance speech, that heralded the women of Ireland for rocking the system instead of rocking the cradle.