The effect is unmistakable – this is the Australianisation of the young Irish man. Even Paul Mescal has fallen for the unholy ...

Although I took Modern History as a GCSE and A-Level, England’s colonisation of Ireland wasn’t part of the curriculum. Any fleeting mentions of the Troubles only focused on attacks by the ...

As an Irish person, you might baulk at the idea of an English person doing a podcast on the colonisation of Ireland. That feeling’s not eased in the opening few minutes of episode 233 of Empire ...

the degree of resemblance between the mainstream colonial forces and the policing institutions of Ireland is not surprising. A significant proportion of Irish migrants, many with previous ...

After England completed colonisation of Ireland, abolishing Ireland’s parliament with the Act of Union, the Home Office continued to be responsible for Ireland through the Chief Secretary.

the state violence routinely employed was not subjected to Ireland-style press and political scrutiny. Furthermore, it could be applied to a non-white ‘colonial race’ in a manner unthinkable ...

In the following centuries, the use of Irish was discouraged and suppressed, particularly during the English colonization of Ireland in the 1600s. The English government implemented policies to ...