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Author: Michael Kirke

Michael Kirke is a freelance writer, a regular contributor to Position Papers, and a widely read blogger at Garvan Hill (click on 'W' below).

In Passing: Reflections on a long revolution. Part two: Be careful about what you celebrate

Ernie O’Malley was one of the more disillusioned members of the revolutionary…
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Posted on: 1 Dec 2015 Written by: Michael Kirke

In Passing: Reflections on a long revolution.
Part one: A commemoration nurtured in bad history?

There is something of the tragic about Ireland and her story. But…
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Part one: A commemoration nurtured in bad history?”…
Posted on: 1 Nov 2015 Written by: Michael Kirke

In Passing: “Those are babies that are being killed. Millions of them”

As the Reign of Terror into which the French Revolution descended progressed,…
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Posted on: 1 Oct 2015 Written by: Michael Kirke

In Passing: Go Set A Watchman

The most extraordinary thing about the literary phenomenon that is the publication…
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Posted on: 1 Aug 2015 Written by: Michael Kirke

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