Featuring a brand new release, The Brehon Laws: A Legal Handbook by the Irish Parliamentary Party and Sinn Féin politician Laurence Ginnell, providing a basic outline of the Brehon law system of Gaelic Ireland.
Ginnell, one of the few people to have served as both a British Member of Parliament and as a Teachta Dála in Dáil Éireann, wrote The Brehon Laws: A Legal Handbook with readability in mind, describing Brehon Law in layman's terms rather than in difficult to parse legalese.
https://cartlann.org/authors/laurence-ginnell/the-brehon-laws-a-legal-handbook/
Ginnell, one of the few people to have served as both a British Member of Parliament and as a Teachta Dála in Dáil Éireann, wrote The Brehon Laws: A Legal Handbook with readability in mind, describing Brehon Law in layman's terms rather than in difficult to parse legalese.
https://cartlann.org/authors/laurence-ginnell/the-brehon-laws-a-legal-handbook/
https://cartlann.org/authors/thomas-davis/udalism-and-feudalism/
"Udalism and Feudalism", a two-part essay by the Young Irelander Thomas Davis, in which Davis coins an interesting social and economic philosophy known as "udalism" in rejection of landlordism and feudalism, the text available now on Cartlann.
Davis's conception of "Udalism" seems to be based upon the Brehon Law system of Gaelic Ireland and more particularly the old Irish land inheritance system of gavelkind, but it also draws upon more contemporary analyses of nations such as Norway.
"Udalism and Feudalism", a two-part essay by the Young Irelander Thomas Davis, in which Davis coins an interesting social and economic philosophy known as "udalism" in rejection of landlordism and feudalism, the text available now on Cartlann.
Davis's conception of "Udalism" seems to be based upon the Brehon Law system of Gaelic Ireland and more particularly the old Irish land inheritance system of gavelkind, but it also draws upon more contemporary analyses of nations such as Norway.
Some of the poetry of the 1916 martyr Roger Casement, featuring poems titled “Parnell”, “Benburb” and “The Triumph of Hugh O’Neill” as well as poems from his time spent in Africa, now available on Cartlann.
https://cartlann.org/authors/roger-casement/some-poems-of-roger-casement/
https://cartlann.org/authors/roger-casement/some-poems-of-roger-casement/
The Path To Freedom by Michael Collins is now finally available in a PDF format. The writings of one of Ireland’s most famous and revered men touch on the Treaty, on Collins’ economic and cultural policies for a new Ireland, his strategy for winning back the North and his reflections on the revolutionary movement. The PDF is now available to view in Cartlann:
https://cartlann.org/authors/michael-collins/the-path-to-freedom/
https://cartlann.org/authors/michael-collins/the-path-to-freedom/
"Irish Literature: Its Origins, Environment and Influence", a lecture from one of the leading men of the Irish Literary Revival, George Sigerson, available now on the site.
https://cartlann.org/authors/george-sigerson/irish-literature-its-origin-environment-and-influence/
https://cartlann.org/authors/george-sigerson/irish-literature-its-origin-environment-and-influence/
The Proclamation of Dungannon, issued on 1st October 1641, by Phelim O'Neill, commencing the 1641 rebellion, now available on the site:
https://cartlann.org/authors/phelim-oneill/proclamation-of-dungannon/
https://cartlann.org/authors/phelim-oneill/proclamation-of-dungannon/
The Hedge Schools of Ireland", a 1935 article by Aodh de Blácam on the old Penal Law-era Catholic and Presbyterian hedge schools of Ireland, available on the site.
https://cartlann.org/authors/aodh-de-blacam/the-hedge-schools-of-ireland/
https://cartlann.org/authors/aodh-de-blacam/the-hedge-schools-of-ireland/
Our latest PDF release, "The Old Irish World", by the historian Alice Stopford Green:
https://cartlann.org/authors/alice-stopford-green/the-old-irish-world/
https://cartlann.org/authors/alice-stopford-green/the-old-irish-world/
Three poems attributed to Saint Colmcille, one of Ireland's Twelve Apostles and three patron saints, have been added to the site:
https://cartlann.org/authors/colmcille/
https://cartlann.org/authors/colmcille/
The "Account of the Late Plan of Insurrection in Dublin, And Cause of Its Failure", an excellent and highly valuable first-hand account of the 1803 rebellion by Robert Emmet hastily written as he awaited his fate.
https://cartlann.org/authors/robert-emmet/account-of-the-late-plan-of-insurrection-in-dublin-and-cause-of-its-failure/
https://cartlann.org/authors/robert-emmet/account-of-the-late-plan-of-insurrection-in-dublin-and-cause-of-its-failure/
"Remember against whom you fight, your oppressors for six hundred years, remember their massacres, their tortures, remember your murdered friends, your burned houses, your violated females, keep in mind your country, to whom you are now giving her high rank among nations."
A proclamation from the United Irishmen addressed to the citizens of Dublin from the 1803 rebellion, believed to have been authored by Phillip Long, now available on the site:
https://cartlann.org/categories/united-irishmen/proclamation-to-citizens-of-dublin/
A proclamation from the United Irishmen addressed to the citizens of Dublin from the 1803 rebellion, believed to have been authored by Phillip Long, now available on the site:
https://cartlann.org/categories/united-irishmen/proclamation-to-citizens-of-dublin/
The manifesto by Charles Stewart Parnell from November 29, 1890 addressed to the Irish people in an effort to rally popular support behind him and retain leadership of the Irish Parliamentary Party in light of the O'Shea affair is now on the site.
https://cartlann.org/authors/charles-stewart-parnell/the-manifesto-of-1890/
Weeks earlier, his years-long affair with Katherine O'Shea had been exposed to the public, damaging his public standing in Ireland severely and led to Gladstone of the English Liberal Party threatening to break their alliance if Parnell retained the leadership of the party.
Parnell refused, and a majority anti-Parnellite faction within the Irish Parliamentary Party officially split within days of the manifesto. Parnell unsuccessfully attempted to salvage his political career, but deteriorating health would eventually led to his death in 1891.
https://cartlann.org/authors/charles-stewart-parnell/the-manifesto-of-1890/
Weeks earlier, his years-long affair with Katherine O'Shea had been exposed to the public, damaging his public standing in Ireland severely and led to Gladstone of the English Liberal Party threatening to break their alliance if Parnell retained the leadership of the party.
Parnell refused, and a majority anti-Parnellite faction within the Irish Parliamentary Party officially split within days of the manifesto. Parnell unsuccessfully attempted to salvage his political career, but deteriorating health would eventually led to his death in 1891.
"You have arms in your hands as good as they have, and you are gentlemen as well as they are, you are the flower of Ulster, descended from an ancient and honourable a stock of people as any in Europe. This land you and your predecessors have possessed about three thousand years."
A transcription of Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill's speech to his men at the Battle of Benburb in June 1646, now available on the site.
https://cartlann.org/authors/eoghan-ruadh-o-neill/owen-roe-oneills-speech-at-benburb/
A transcription of Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill's speech to his men at the Battle of Benburb in June 1646, now available on the site.
https://cartlann.org/authors/eoghan-ruadh-o-neill/owen-roe-oneills-speech-at-benburb/
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In our biggest announcement yet, we are now beginning to upload John Mitchel's famous Jail Journal as a serial, with the first few chapters now uploaded onto the site.
https://cartlann.org/authors/john-mitchel/jail-journal/
This includes a preface by Arthur Griffith, an introductory chapter by Mitchel, and the first chapter of the journal proper, where Mitchel records his transportation from Ireland.
As Mitchel's Jail Journal was originally published as a serial in Mitchel's The Citizen newspaper in New York, we have decided to follow suit. The text will be periodically updated every couple of days. A PDF will be made available when the whole book has been fully transcribed.
https://cartlann.org/authors/john-mitchel/jail-journal/
This includes a preface by Arthur Griffith, an introductory chapter by Mitchel, and the first chapter of the journal proper, where Mitchel records his transportation from Ireland.
As Mitchel's Jail Journal was originally published as a serial in Mitchel's The Citizen newspaper in New York, we have decided to follow suit. The text will be periodically updated every couple of days. A PDF will be made available when the whole book has been fully transcribed.
A PDF of Robert Emmet's collected writings have been released, including his poetry, the 1803 Proclamation of the Irish Republic, his first-hand account of the rebellion and the reasons for its failure, his final letters, namely to Sarah Curran, his lover and to William Wickham, the Chief Secretary of Ireland, as well as his famous Speech From The Dock, one of the most memorable speeches in all Irish nationalism. Available now at this link:
https://cartlann.org/authors/robert-emmet/
https://cartlann.org/authors/robert-emmet/
The authoritative 1896 biography of the Confederate Irish commander Owen Roe O'Neill by John Francis Taylor is now available on the site.
https://cartlann.org/authors/john-francis-taylor/owen-roe-oneill/
The biography records his military career under the Spanish army, including his heroic defence of the city of Arras in 1640 during the Franco-Spanish War, his triumphant return to Ireland, his reorganisation of the Ulster Army, and his victory at Benburb over the Covenanters.
His untimely death in 1649 coincided with internal dispute within the Confederates over a peace agreement with the English Royalists, which Owen Roe and the Papal Nuncio Giovanni Battista Rinuccini rejected, and the arrival of Cromwell and the English Parliamentarians, whose successful conquest of Ireland would put an end to the Confederate cause, and lead to the end of any hopes of Irish self-government or restoring the O'Neill dynasty.
https://cartlann.org/authors/john-francis-taylor/owen-roe-oneill/
The biography records his military career under the Spanish army, including his heroic defence of the city of Arras in 1640 during the Franco-Spanish War, his triumphant return to Ireland, his reorganisation of the Ulster Army, and his victory at Benburb over the Covenanters.
His untimely death in 1649 coincided with internal dispute within the Confederates over a peace agreement with the English Royalists, which Owen Roe and the Papal Nuncio Giovanni Battista Rinuccini rejected, and the arrival of Cromwell and the English Parliamentarians, whose successful conquest of Ireland would put an end to the Confederate cause, and lead to the end of any hopes of Irish self-government or restoring the O'Neill dynasty.
Tá cnuasach eile de chuid an Phiarsaigh bailithe againn, gearrscéalta an uair seo. Scoth na scríbhneoireachta atá ann! Ina measc tá Íosagán agus Éoghainín na nÉan, na scéalta is mó clú ar scríobh sé.
https://cartlann.org/authors/padraig-pearse/sgealta/
https://cartlann.org/authors/padraig-pearse/sgealta/
Thomas Ashe, Gaelic Leaguer and one of the commanders of the Easter Rising, and his famous poem from Lewes Prison in England, "Let Me Carry Your Cross For Ireland, Lord" are now available on the site:
https://cartlann.org/authors/thomas-ashe/
https://cartlann.org/authors/thomas-ashe/
Tá sé dán úr foilsithe againn le Séamas Dall Mac Cuarta:
Is Fada Mé ’mo Luí i Lughbhaidh
Beannacht Bóinne
Fáilte ’on Éan
Ceithre Ráithe Na Bliana
Toigh Chorra
An Londubh Báite
https://cartlann.org/authors/seamas-dall-mac-cuarta/
Is Fada Mé ’mo Luí i Lughbhaidh
Beannacht Bóinne
Fáilte ’on Éan
Ceithre Ráithe Na Bliana
Toigh Chorra
An Londubh Báite
https://cartlann.org/authors/seamas-dall-mac-cuarta/
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Séamas Dall Mac Cuarta
Séamas Dall Mac Cuarta (c. 1647? – 1733) was a poet who founded a school of poetry in south Ulster and north Leinster. His school attracted a number of [...]