MEON
02.05.202517:04
"While endlessly intellectually stimulating, informative, and funny, I can’t help but come to the conclusion that Gaeltwitter acts as an incredibly pernicious release valve or playpen"
Creeve Rua argues that Gaeltwitter is a fruitless release valve.
https://meonjournal.com/read/against-gaeltwitter
Creeve Rua argues that Gaeltwitter is a fruitless release valve.
https://meonjournal.com/read/against-gaeltwitter
16.04.202517:17
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“Nationalism had proven to be less fickle than Marx imagined; it represented a competitor, capable of accruing the loyalty of the masses"
Howard Woods outlines the theoretical quandaries Marxists faced in the 2nd part of his series on List and Marx.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/friedrich-list-karl-marx-20th-century-part-2
“Nationalism had proven to be less fickle than Marx imagined; it represented a competitor, capable of accruing the loyalty of the masses"
Howard Woods outlines the theoretical quandaries Marxists faced in the 2nd part of his series on List and Marx.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/friedrich-list-karl-marx-20th-century-part-2
08.04.202518:14
MEON SPEECH 🇮🇪🗣
How the Franciscans saved the Irish Nation.
A speech on the Irish College in Leuven - delivered by the editor of MEON Journal at the Irish Cultural Association and Flemish Club's St. Patrick's Day Event.
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https://youtu.be/mZH2AgUSsD0
How the Franciscans saved the Irish Nation.
A speech on the Irish College in Leuven - delivered by the editor of MEON Journal at the Irish Cultural Association and Flemish Club's St. Patrick's Day Event.
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https://youtu.be/mZH2AgUSsD0
31.03.202518:14
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"The Gaelstát will, as a mirror, reflect the old image of Ireland. The gallant image of Ireland, not the vulgar."
Ádhamh Mac Ármair corrects the misconceptions about Gaelic Ireland - many of which arise from linguistic baggage in the English language.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/the-vulgar-image-of-ireland
"The Gaelstát will, as a mirror, reflect the old image of Ireland. The gallant image of Ireland, not the vulgar."
Ádhamh Mac Ármair corrects the misconceptions about Gaelic Ireland - many of which arise from linguistic baggage in the English language.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/the-vulgar-image-of-ireland
22.03.202512:46
"Our ancestors did not suffer so that we could throw away the gift of nationality."
F. H. Kelly debunks the argument that we must accept immigration on grounds that we have a diaspora. He argues that preserving the Irish Nation is our only obligation
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https://meonjournal.com/read/an-ancestral-debt-to-be-replaced-ireland-owes-the-world-nothing
F. H. Kelly debunks the argument that we must accept immigration on grounds that we have a diaspora. He argues that preserving the Irish Nation is our only obligation
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https://meonjournal.com/read/an-ancestral-debt-to-be-replaced-ireland-owes-the-world-nothing
17.03.202515:43
"The Irish diaspora in America has often articulated a de-Anglicised dream of an Irish-Ireland better than those still living on our island."
On St. Patrick's day, Creeve Rua surveys rich history of Irish Nationalism among our American diaspora.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/irish-americans-greatest-apostles-independence
On St. Patrick's day, Creeve Rua surveys rich history of Irish Nationalism among our American diaspora.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/irish-americans-greatest-apostles-independence
29.04.202516:30
"From the ruins of colonization and the drift of postmodern decline, a manorial republic can rise. One that is neither slave to foreign capital nor subject to bureaucratic inertia."
Brendan Hegarty makes the case for the modernisation of Irish Society.
https://meonjournal.com/read/republican-manorialism
Brendan Hegarty makes the case for the modernisation of Irish Society.
https://meonjournal.com/read/republican-manorialism
13.04.202512:06
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"The nation-state is exactly what the nationalist fears Europe to be: a centralist regime established upon an artificially constructed identity."
Aodán Hill makes the case for a Federal Europe, arguing that the nation state is anti-national.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/a-europe-of-small-nations
"The nation-state is exactly what the nationalist fears Europe to be: a centralist regime established upon an artificially constructed identity."
Aodán Hill makes the case for a Federal Europe, arguing that the nation state is anti-national.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/a-europe-of-small-nations
06.04.202510:54
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"[W]hen they stooped to pick it up what was under the table but the devil."
Our Folklore series returns! ☘️
A brief tale of the defeat of the Devil in... Wexford?
Demonstrative of the imminence of good and evil in the Irish popular mind
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https://meonjournal.com/read/lord-tottenham-and-the-devil
"[W]hen they stooped to pick it up what was under the table but the devil."
Our Folklore series returns! ☘️
A brief tale of the defeat of the Devil in... Wexford?
Demonstrative of the imminence of good and evil in the Irish popular mind
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https://meonjournal.com/read/lord-tottenham-and-the-devil
29.03.202513:05
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"From this point, it is no longer a deep artistic exploration of our day and age, it is just a self-congratulatory middle-class neoliberal fable."
Ruined by anti-Trump hysteria - Tadhg Pidgeon reviews Mickey 17.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/mickey-17-a-potentially-very-good-movie-derailed-by-anti-trump-resent
"From this point, it is no longer a deep artistic exploration of our day and age, it is just a self-congratulatory middle-class neoliberal fable."
Ruined by anti-Trump hysteria - Tadhg Pidgeon reviews Mickey 17.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/mickey-17-a-potentially-very-good-movie-derailed-by-anti-trump-resent
20.03.202517:14
"My job hunt was stifled by a persistent anxiety that a friend or a girl I liked would see me in the debased condition of employment"
Charlie Kennedy argues against hard work, calling on the Irish to become Aristocratic Dole Scroungers.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/cause-of-ireland-cause-against-labour
Charlie Kennedy argues against hard work, calling on the Irish to become Aristocratic Dole Scroungers.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/cause-of-ireland-cause-against-labour
11.03.202517:37
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"The introduction of hate-speech prohibitions into international law was championed in its heyday by the Soviet Union and allies. Their motive was readily apparent"
Ciarán O’Regan interviews CJ Hopkins, a victim of Germany's restrictive hate speech laws.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/absurdity-of-hate-speech
"The introduction of hate-speech prohibitions into international law was championed in its heyday by the Soviet Union and allies. Their motive was readily apparent"
Ciarán O’Regan interviews CJ Hopkins, a victim of Germany's restrictive hate speech laws.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/absurdity-of-hate-speech
24.04.202518:00
"From Deák to Griffith, the fight was never just for land—it's for the soul of a nation."
Irish nationalists of previous eras have looked to Hungary for inspiration - Culture Crusade argues that Ireland must look to modern Hungary as an exemplar of sovereignty.
https://meonjournal.com/read/ireland-and-hungary-connection
Irish nationalists of previous eras have looked to Hungary for inspiration - Culture Crusade argues that Ireland must look to modern Hungary as an exemplar of sovereignty.
https://meonjournal.com/read/ireland-and-hungary-connection
11.04.202516:58
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"In such a context, the old dream - 'the Internationale unites the human race' - becomes farcical fanfiction." - Howard Woods
An essay on Friedrich List and Karl Marx, which views their work in light of 20th century revolutions - Part 1.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/karl-marx-friedrich-list-part-1
"In such a context, the old dream - 'the Internationale unites the human race' - becomes farcical fanfiction." - Howard Woods
An essay on Friedrich List and Karl Marx, which views their work in light of 20th century revolutions - Part 1.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/karl-marx-friedrich-list-part-1
04.04.202517:43
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"And to the unemployed right-wingers who praised my article, thinking I was writing to vindicate your lifestyle—get a job, losers. I need your PRSI contributions"
Charlie Kennedy calls on right wingers to be wage slaves - the dole wont pay itself!
https://meonjournal.com/read/letter-to-the-editor
"And to the unemployed right-wingers who praised my article, thinking I was writing to vindicate your lifestyle—get a job, losers. I need your PRSI contributions"
Charlie Kennedy calls on right wingers to be wage slaves - the dole wont pay itself!
https://meonjournal.com/read/letter-to-the-editor
25.03.202516:47
"I must remind this publication—despite its Catholic-leaning editorial stance—that St. Patrick was the founder of the ancient and esteemed Church of Ireland"
Critical letter addressed to our editor lamenting Irish drunkenness on St. Patrick's day. He also avers that St. Patrick was the founder of the Church of Ireland.
A rebuttal will follow in due course.
https://meonjournal.com/read/letter-to-the-editor-irish-tomfoolery-and-roman-catholic-appropriation-on-a-lamentable-st-patricks-day
Critical letter addressed to our editor lamenting Irish drunkenness on St. Patrick's day. He also avers that St. Patrick was the founder of the Church of Ireland.
A rebuttal will follow in due course.
https://meonjournal.com/read/letter-to-the-editor-irish-tomfoolery-and-roman-catholic-appropriation-on-a-lamentable-st-patricks-day
19.03.202517:10
"He felt like a gazelle adorned with a Francis Bacon death-mask... caught betwixt a Lion pride with their crosshairs set on his jugular and a cackle of spotted hyenas eyeing up his pancreas"
Garmonbozia O'Hanlon's tale of bureaucratic horror.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/functionary-finds-himself-in-a-sun-lacerated-vat
Garmonbozia O'Hanlon's tale of bureaucratic horror.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/functionary-finds-himself-in-a-sun-lacerated-vat
10.03.202518:29
For the Fourth episode of the MEON Podcast, we tackle Irish Republicanism, the experience of being an Irish Canadian on both sides of the Atlantic, and the seedy underbelly of the 60s counter culture with Brendan Heard, the Editor of The Aureus Press.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3zOlRZAsE8&ab_channel=MEONJournal
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3zOlRZAsE8&ab_channel=MEONJournal
21.04.202517:26
"Pay respects to your nation and wear your commitment to an Ireland Free and Gaelic on your sleeves."
Creeve Rua on the history of the Easter Lily - from attempts by Dev to jettison it, to the Stickies half-hearted appropriation of it.
https://meonjournal.com/read/the-easter-lily-at-100-cuimhnmis-ar-laochra-na-csca
Creeve Rua on the history of the Easter Lily - from attempts by Dev to jettison it, to the Stickies half-hearted appropriation of it.
https://meonjournal.com/read/the-easter-lily-at-100-cuimhnmis-ar-laochra-na-csca
10.04.202518:28
"[W]e Gaels today are like those lost otters Ó Rathaille laments." - Creeve Rua
Analysis of Aogán Ó Rathaille's Bhailintín Brún.
A scathing critique of the Munster Plantation, employing degraded nature as an allegory for Gaelic Ireland's decline.
https://meonjournal.com/read/aogn-rathaille-on-why-we-are-all-otters-now
Analysis of Aogán Ó Rathaille's Bhailintín Brún.
A scathing critique of the Munster Plantation, employing degraded nature as an allegory for Gaelic Ireland's decline.
https://meonjournal.com/read/aogn-rathaille-on-why-we-are-all-otters-now
01.04.202518:45
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“The clock’s ticking, the bar’s laughing, and I hear my name in every corner. Burn this if you find it—don’t let it mark you too.”
A harrowing account of Leinster House by a staffer-turned-whistle-blower.
Not for the faint of heart.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/b8qt8nw9m28kdy5kck7vdgs8lk121e
“The clock’s ticking, the bar’s laughing, and I hear my name in every corner. Burn this if you find it—don’t let it mark you too.”
A harrowing account of Leinster House by a staffer-turned-whistle-blower.
Not for the faint of heart.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/b8qt8nw9m28kdy5kck7vdgs8lk121e
24.03.202516:26
PODCAST🎙🎙🎙
For the fifth episode of the MEON Podcast, we’re joined by Brian James to discuss Frank Hugh O'Donnell.
Our discussion centres on O'Donnell's critique of W. B. Yeats in 'The Stage Irishman of the Pseudo-Celtic Drama'.
Listen 🇮🇪⤵️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l67zhxjOOa0&ab_channel=MEONJournal
For the fifth episode of the MEON Podcast, we’re joined by Brian James to discuss Frank Hugh O'Donnell.
Our discussion centres on O'Donnell's critique of W. B. Yeats in 'The Stage Irishman of the Pseudo-Celtic Drama'.
Listen 🇮🇪⤵️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l67zhxjOOa0&ab_channel=MEONJournal
18.03.202518:42
"The ideal educator was modeled on the poet-academic of Gaelic Ireland, An t-Ollamh, a figure of both intellect and insight"
Luke Ó’Conaráin examines Pearse's patriotic philosophy of education in 'The Murder Machine'.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/scoil-anna-and-the-machine-neoliberal-ideology-and-educational-apparatuses
Luke Ó’Conaráin examines Pearse's patriotic philosophy of education in 'The Murder Machine'.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/scoil-anna-and-the-machine-neoliberal-ideology-and-educational-apparatuses
08.03.202513:19
Lennert Van Hauwermeiren, who works for Vlaams Belang MEP Tom Vandendriessche, delivered a talk on the rich history of Katholiek Vlaams Hoogstudentenverbond, a Flemish Nationalist and Catholic student organisation. His speech centred on its role in Flemish nationalism — from its genesis in the cultural nationalism of the 19th century, to its contemporaneous expression in the 21st century.
Watch 📺⤵️
https://youtu.be/N03jMFQB6RQ?si=3Bm4lwBe9SXaphrz
Watch 📺⤵️
https://youtu.be/N03jMFQB6RQ?si=3Bm4lwBe9SXaphrz
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