Most so-called Irish history commentators aren’t engaged in revisionism—they’re engaged in outright fabrication. Revisionism once meant stripping away propaganda to arrive at a clearer, more…
Category: Top 5 Most Untrue “Facts” Everyone Believes About Irish History
5. Noel Browne’s Mother and Child Scheme
4. The 1937 Constitution was heavily influenced by the Catholic Church
3. The Irish state was misogynistic
2. Irish Neutrality during WWII
1. The Troubles in Northern Ireland started to gain freedom from Britain.
Myth #3 Ireland Hates Women
The idea that post-independence Ireland was ruled over by a cabal of rosary-clutching misogynists is not just wrong—it’s historically illiterate. It is the sort of…
Myth #4: Post-Independence Ireland was a Theocracy Ruled from Rome
Calling this a “myth” is far too generous. It’s a brazen falsehood—one that survives solely by burying inconvenient facts and fabricating a caricature of the…
Myth #5 Noel Browne’s Mother and Child Scheme
The top five myths of Irish history which Irish People believe #5 The Mother and Child Scheme – Foundation Myth of Irish Atheism The failure…
