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This blog contains articles on culture as well as a database of Realist and Social Realist art from around the world by Irish artist Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin. These paintings can be viewed country by country by clicking on the list of countries and themes down the right-hand side of the blog. The artwork of Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, consisting of cityscapes of Dublin, images based on Irish history and other work with social/political themes, can be seen at www.gaelart.net.

Thursday, June 13, 2019

The Catholic Church and the Constitution

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The political aspect of the 1937 Bunreacht na hÉireann or Constitution of Ireland is usually avoided in analytical writings on the cons...
Sunday, May 19, 2019

Notes on Using Your Name in Gaelic

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In Ireland using your name in Gaelic produces discussion and even difficulties of pronunciation despite the fact that Gaelic is compulsory...
Wednesday, May 8, 2019

NATO and the Culture of War: Ireland's Resistance

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70th anniversary of NATO This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of NATO with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on ...
Monday, April 15, 2019

Romanticism and the Rise of the Superheroes: Who Are the Saviours of the Oppressed?

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  Myth, Reification, Tradition, Modern For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught To say the things he...
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Taking on Goliath: Irish Journalist Gemma O’Doherty Takes on Google

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Google’s European headquarters in Dublin were surprised when Irish journalist Gemma O’Doherty and Yellow Vests Ireland staged a protest ove...

Cuba: Trump Turns the Vise. Social Inequality and Cuba’s Dual Currency System. The Creation of a Well-Off Middle Class

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January the 1st, 2019 marked the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Back in December 1958 the city of Santa Clara fell to the comb...

“Cultural Marxism”: The Quixotic Catch-All Term to Cover Feminism, Multiculturalism, Identity Politics, Civil Rights, …

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“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endl...
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