"Rooney spoke as a prophet. He prepared the way and foresaw the victory, and he helped his nation to rise and, by developing its soul, to get ready for victory."

He longed for an Ireland equal among the nations.

Arthur Griffith on William Rooney.

https://meonjournal.com/read/arthur-griffith-on-the-significance-and-vision-of-william-rooney

"Has the introduction of the television into Irish society done more harm than good?"

ATOMISATION, IRRELIGION, AND CRIME.

Drawing on Robert Putnam's seminal book Bowling Alone, Cennétig explores the deleterious effects of television on the 20th century.

https://meonjournal.com/read/the-damaging-effect-that-the-television-has-had-on-social-life

"Be careful lest you devote yourself to a movement that is, in actuality, a psychologist’s scheme."

Howard Woods takes aim at the subject of populist politics, the masses, arguing that it represents a false hope with a history of being manipulated.

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https://meonjournal.com/read/the-death-of-charlie-kirk-and-its-political-implications

"And think of the day that’s coming fast,
When we shall all be lobotomized,
Tongues clipped, arms chipped, and sanitized,
And the end of this nation realized."

Jack Napes latest is an updated version of Peadar Kearney's "God Bless England" for the modern age.

https://meonjournal.com/read/god-bless-england

"Home Secretary Herbert Samuel described the violence as unacceptable and 'weaponising.. by people who wish to sow dissent in our society'"

FINGLAS BUGLE - Finglas' Paper Of Record - on recent unrest and disarray on the streets of Dublin.

https://meonjournal.com/read/finglas-bugle-1

"Contemporaneously, the youth wings of both the Democratic and Republican parties, as well as the vote bases of both, are at odds with the upper-stratum of each. Introspection and a reckoning of asymmetries are in order, as are the following questions? Who does ideologically-defined macro-tribalism benefit? Is there a name for one who is consistently loyal to an authority which persistently rebukes them? At what point is a strategy, say populism, verifiable? Or is it an article of faith, a religious dogma sustained by social media slop? Do AI videos of Kirk in heaven violate the second commandment?"

https://meonjournal.com/read/the-death-of-charlie-kirk-and-its-political-implications

"I coined ‘Gaelstát’ because I believe that the people involved in what they call Irish Nationalism should not be adopting the ideas of Anglosphere movements"

Somhairle Buidhe, who coined Gaelstát, critically reflects on the evolution of the term.

https://meonjournal.com/read/gaelstt-odyssey-of-a-concept

"Irish history, now only an elective subject of both the Junior and Senior Cycles, is taught only in nonlinearly sequenced chronological episodes. The latter approach was defended to me by a history teacher on the basis that Jean‐ Francois Lyotard, and other now discredited apostles of postmodernism, a philosophical wing of neo‐liberalism, had “disproved” the validity of all meta narratives."

The Broken Harp: Identity and Language in Modern Ireland by Tomás Mac Síomóin

MEON is proud to present an Irish translation of ‘Oase Plângând’, a poem by the acclaimed Romanian poet Nichita Stănescu.

To the best of our knowledge, this represents the first time this poem has been translated into Irish.

https://meonjournal.com/read/cnmha-ag-gol

"And during the eulogy my aunt spoke of how she would walk with her out to the car, dragging herself from her hospital bed, her agony a pure act of devotion. What excuse do I have?"

A reflection on religion and death.

https://meonjournal.com/read/all-souls-day

"I will explain why, despite being sympathetic to some of Connolly’s positions, I spoiled my vote, and I will do so against the backdrop of the horror story from Citywest." - Ciarán O'Regan

https://meonjournal.com/read/reflections-on-the-irish-presidential-election

For our sixth episode, we are proud to present a podcast on the crisis of Marxism, contemporaneously and historically - the catalyst for this episode being László Molnárfi's critique of the prevailing left wing stance in Ireland regarding migration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFq5V_Uocw8