It is only when we are free as God meant us to be that Christmas in Ireland will be the loveliest time of the year, with gladness and true rejoicing in every heart, with laughter and hospitality in every home, with Gaelic song, story and dance and the music of píopáil and fidil and cláirseach;... Continue Reading →
Although Sinn Féin did not come into being as an organisation until four years after his death, and although in its earlier years countenanced things of which he would not approve, William Rooney may justly be claimed as its real founder. He is not often spoke of or quoted today; but his teaching, his example,... Continue Reading →
The coming of Easter brings into the mind memories of great heroic men, of valiant women, of splendid deeds, of glorious days, of valour and chivalry and sacrifice; but through every one of those memories comes, like the cut of a lash, the question: Was it worth while? And in moments of depression one is... Continue Reading →
Sinn Féin, Sinn Féin amháin. Our enemies over the water and their echoes in Ireland pretended to believe that these words had a narrow, arrogant, insular meaning, and they did a great deal to spread this idea abroad; and succeeded to no small extent. Those who adopted Sinn Féin, and Sinn Féin Amháin as slogans... Continue Reading →
The Treaty of Surrender was signed in London on midnight of the 6-7 December, 1921, the signatures of the Irish Delegation being given to it in violation of orders received from and undertakings given to the Government of the Republic at home, particularly with regard to the sovereignty of the Republic, to partition and allegiance... Continue Reading →
When at its Ard Fheis in October, 1933, Sinn Féin, after censuring three of its members who had voted at a general election to a partition and usurping parliament, proceeded solemnly to elect as its President a person on the pay-roll of that same parliament, another tier was added to the bank of confusion that... Continue Reading →
A native of Co. Meath, Brian went to Dublin as a teenager to work in a shop. In June, 1901 he joined the O’Growney branch of the Gaelic League and from that day he never ceased his endeavours for the national ideal of Ireland, Gaelic and free. Even in bad health or in prison, he... Continue Reading →
Brian na Banban 