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Irish nationalist, history and folklore archive / Cartlann Stair agus Béaloidis Náisiúnach Éireannach.
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The letters of Henry Joy McCraken have just been added to the site.

He was one the leaders of the United Irishmen in Ulster. Commander of the rebels in the Battle of Antrim, following their defeat he was hung in Belfast in 1798.

The letters contain his writings from his time in Kilmainham Jail, the lead up, and the aftermath to the Battle of Antrim.

https://cartlann.org/authors/henry-joy-mccracken/
Happy Christmas to all from the Cartlann team.

If you're looking for some Christmas reading, Our new blog post entails all the new writings available on the site.

https://cartlann.org/2020/12/24/a-christmas-message/
The North Began by Eoin McNeil is now available on the site.

MacNeil is famous for co-founding the Gaelic League along side Douglas Hyde. But his legacy is controversial with him issuing the counter-order that prevented thousands more volunteers joining the Rising.

https://cartlann.org/authors/eoin-macneill/
If you are lookin for a starting point with Irish Nationalist literature Padraig Pearse's 'The Coming Revolution' is an excellent starting point. You can read it on the site in the form of PDF or straight through your browser.

https://cartlann.org/authors/padraig-pearse/the-coming-revolution/
Yesterday we released our first major update since our launch. Some of the new notable authors are that of Tom Clarke, John Mitchel, Aodh De Blácam, and Arthur Griffith.

You can read the full list of additions below.

https://cartlann.org/2021/01/06/our-first-update/
The Felon's Track by Michael Doheny is now available on the site. Doheny's memoir of the Young Irelanders and the 1848 uprising.

Doheny would later flee to America and help to found an Irish-American infantry regiment alongside other rebels and exiles.

https://cartlann.org/authors/michael-doheny/
Yesterday marked the 268th anniversary of the death of Irish Philosopher George Berkeley. Perhaps Ireland's greatest philosopher his work played a pivotal role in the development of western philosophy.

His influence outside the realm of philosophy can also be noted. You may be familliar with the Berkeley library in Trinity College. The city of Berkeley in California was also named in his honour.

You can read one of Berkeley's primary texts 'A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge' on Cartlann.

https://cartlann.org/authors/george-berkeley/
D.P Morans The Philosophy of Irish Ireland is now available on Cartlann in both PDF and on page text.

Available nowhere else on the web for free Moran's work delves into the use of the Irish language, membership of the Roman Catholic Church, Gaelic Games, a Gaelic way of life, and rejecting the liberal-materialist paradigm.

https://cartlann.org/authors/d-p-moran/
On the 21st of January 1919 the first Dáil was convened at the Dublin Mansion house. You can now read three of its most important declarations on Cartlann: Declaration of Independence, Message to the free Nations of the World, and the Democratic Programme

https://cartlann.org/authors/dail-eireann/
A PDF of Terence MacSwineys Principles of Irish Freedom is now available on Cartlann.

MacSwiney; Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork died while on hunger strike during the War of Independence. This edition of the text was published after his death.

https://cartlann.org/authors/terence-macswiney/
New PDF Cover for Aodh de Blácam's 'For God and Spain' courtesy of our graphic designer.