Teaching Racism While Eating Cats and Dogs…

How Trump’s delusional lies about immigrants fuels a deeper worry about Irish schoolbooks…

By any sane assessment, an angry and unprepared Donald Trump lost heavily in the ABC News Presidential Debate on Tuesday night last, against a confident and joyful Kamala Harris. He lied, as he does, forcing factchecks from the moderators and was easily baited by the barbed remarks of his opponent; into ridiculous claims of; his vast crowd sizes; that he had nothing to do with the January 6 attack on the Capital which was the fault of Nancy Pelosi; a migrant crime wave was sweeping the country and Haitians were eating the pets of residents in Springfield, Ohio (the last a crazy lie which normally would have concerned relatives googling costs of nursing homes).

Spirit of Revolution

Very enthused by the reviews of our latest book on the Irish War of Independence and Civil War periods - Spirit of Revolution: Ireland from below 1917-23, edited by Dr John Cunningham and Dr Terry Dunne. I have a chapter in it based on an aspect of my PhD research, looking at an IRA Volunteer company in rural County Mayo.

Irish HistoryLiam Alex HeffronMay 3, 2024Books, Mayo, War of Independence, Civil War, HistoryComment

A lop-sided study of the Mayo Revolution

This is the thirteenth book in the county studies series, drawing on new archival records and scholarship to examine the local Irish revolutionary period. Joost Augusteijn expands his previous PhD research and 1998 study of IRA volunteers in west Mayo, with additional material from north and east of the county.[1] He draws on a rich vein of sources including IRA witness statements, local newspapers and interviews with Volunteers and their families, to present a concise and accessible narrative of local events and personalities in Mayo, over 1912-23.