"No more the waving cornfields shall be the Saxon’s spoil.
Our flag no longer drooping, each fold shall now reveal,
And wave for God and Erin and our darling Hugh O’Neill."

MEON has re-published 'The Triumph of Hugh O'Neill' by Roger Casement.

https://meonjournal.com/read/the-triumph-of-hugh-oneill

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The Triumph of Hugh O’Neill by Roger Casement — MEON

No more the feet of foemen shall taint our Northern soil, No more the waving cornfields shall be the Saxon’s spoil. Our flag no longer drooping, each fold shall now reveal, And wave for God and Erin and our darling Hugh O’Neill.

"Every Friday from now on, I will be publishing my own translations of previously untranslated works of Gaelic intellectual thought"

Creeve Rua outlines the aim of Meon Gaelach, a project dedicated to the revival of Irish intellectual life.

https://meonjournal.com/read/meon-gaelach-a-statement-of-aims-for-reviving-irish-intellectualism

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Meon Gaelach: A Statement of Aims for Reviving Irish Intellectualism — MEON

The one theme tying these works together is they are representations of what innovative and independent Irish thinking looks like in practice

"Their plan was to conquer Canada, force the British Empire to the negotiating table and proceed to trade Canada for a free Ireland."

In his debut for MEON, Jerry Mellerick provides an account of Fenian raids into Canada between 1866 to 1871.

From inventing the submarine to deciding to invade Canada: one must commend the Fenians for the audacious measures they employed toward the end of attaining Irish freedom.

https://meonjournal.com/read/fenian-raids-1866-to-1871

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Fenian Raids 1866 to 1871 — MEON

Their plan was to conquer Canada, force the British Empire to the negotiating table and proceed to trade Canada for a free Ireland.

"There used to be great fights and feuds between parishes and baronies long ago, and Adamstown used to be a great place for that."

For Folklore Friday, MEON has decided to re-publish an account of Faction Fighting in Adamstown.

https://meonjournal.com/read/folklore-faction-fights

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Folklore: Faction Fights — MEON

There used to be great fights and feuds between parishes and baronies long ago, and Adamstown used to be a great place for that.

"For them, saving our native identity was an existential matter because without our ethnos... there would be no ‘Ireland’ worth contributing to."
Creeve Rua's essay for MEON is on Desmond Fennell's attempt in the 1960s to initiate a Gaelic Revolution.

https://meonjournal.com/read/a-gaelic-kibbutzim

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A Gaelic Kibbutzim?: Fennell's 'Iosrael in Iarchonnachta' Movement (Fennellism, pt. 2) — MEON

For them, saving our native identity was an existential matter because without our ethnos… there would be no ‘Ireland’ worth contributing to.

"What is the germ of it all? The criminal carelessness of every class in Ireland to the real interests of the nation."
MEON has re-published William Rooney's clarion call for the Irish to resist anglicisation.

A prescient essay whose merits have only accentuated with time.

One wonders how William Rooney, a man who never minced his words, would evaluate the Americanisation of Ireland.

https://meonjournal.com/read/the-genesis-of-anglicisation-1

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The Genesis of Anglicisation by William Rooney — MEON

What is the germ of it all? The criminal carelessness of every class in Ireland to the real interests of the nation.

"Words that once carried weight and specificity are now used indiscriminately, their impact diminished by overuse and misapplication."
John Mac Ghlionn meditates on the danger linguistic dilution poses to modern political discourse.

All too often this is a bi-partisan problem, with the left and right alike using words such as 'fascist' and 'liberal' in catch-all and equivocal fashion that bears little relation to their historical usage.

https://meonjournal.com/read/confessions-of-a-modern-day-fascist-or-the-danger-of-diluted-language

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Confessions of a Modern-Day "Fascist", or the Danger of Diluted Language — MEON

Words that once carried weight and specificity are now used indiscriminately, their impact diminished by overuse and misapplication.

Didn't catch our transcript of Uberboyo's critique of John McGuirk?

Interested in the genetic basis of Irishness?

Check it out:

https://meonjournal.com/read/uberboyos-response-to-john-mcguirks-critique-of-ethnonationalism

"The Irish people have an incredibly stable genetic makeup that goes back not just to the Roman Empire, not just to the Celts before the Roman Empire, but back to to the times of ancient Egypt, at the very beginning of the Bronze Age"

MEON is proud to present a partial transcript of Uberboyo's response to John McGuirk's critique of Ethnonationalism.

https://meonjournal.com/read/uberboyos-response-to-john-mcguirks-critique-of-ethnonationalism

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In Defence of Ethnonationalism: Uberboyo’s Critique of John McGuirk — MEON

Irish people have an incredibly stable genetic makeup that goes back not just to the Roman Empire, not just to the Celts before the Roman Empire, but back to to the times of ancient Egypt, at the very beginning of the Bronze Age

MEON Journal is attending CPAC Hungary

Against totalising Globalism, Viktor Orbán's speech at CPAC heralds the return of National Sovereignty to Europe.