The Commission of investigation set up to investigate the claims surrounding mother and baby homes has moved to cover-up all the evidence put before it,…
History Seminar 4th October 2020
All is set to go for Sunday’s history seminar with particular reference to the Tuam Children’s Home. The event is subject to COVID restrictions and…
Mad Irish Feminists going off Half-Cocked over Tampon Ad Ban.
The loonie fringe of Irish Feminism Róisín Ingle went off half-cocked recently in her article published in the Irish Times with the screaming headline ‘I’m…
The Enforced Silence of the Dissenters
Historians Silence on False History The Tuam Children’s Home or to give it its full title, St. Mary’s Home, Tuam was not exclusively a mother…
False History – Understanding the role of Cognitive Biases
This documentary financed by the Canadian government provides a good overview of the outcomes due to our cognitive biases combined with the democracy of the…
The War on Irish history – Irish Slavery
In recent years, the Irish nation has been at war with its own history, due mainly to the inevitable pendulum swing away from post-independence nationalism,…
The Slave Debunker Debunked!
Debunking a claimed Historical Debunking – Slave myth Part 1 Recently a post on Irish History’s Facebook page carried out a learning exercise to gauge…
Irish independent Adding Fuel to the Fire
Coronavirus: Pictures emerge of temporary mass graves in New York as US Covid-19 death toll surpasses 16,500 (Irish independent April 10th 2020) Classic sensationalism from…
Imagination Replaces Knowledge
Poor quality thinking is much in evidence these days, especially in the media, both traditional and non-traditional. One recent exemplar is the present day re-interpretation…
Carl Sagan – Mythmaker & the Priests of Science
America’s most popular science writer was a lousy historian! Carl Sagan (1934-1996) was a revered and immensely popular public figure around the time of the…
