IRISH MY ERSE!

IRISH MY ERSE! A HIBERNIAN DIARY

ORIGIN AND INSPIRATION

For many, many years, which seemed like many, many centuries, one  Kevin Myers contributed a daily column,  " An Irishman's Diary," to the Irish Times.As a counterweight to his effusions and those of his fellow-travellers I decided to open my own blog.

Some pieces were letters, published or not , submitted in answer to editorials or articles that needed challenging. Some are pieces which were published in the tiny circulation Irish Democrat and might, through the Internet find, wider circulation.

Most of the pieces were written to blow holes in the wall of falsehood which supporters of British rule in Ireland, and of the conduct of British rulers in Ireland, have erected and maintained over the centuries. Or to lift that wall, like the effect of  a charge of ammonol under a bridge, using laughter to send it up.

It has been suggested to me that I am indulging in stage-Irish whimsy, self-indulgent Blarney.

I would suggest to anyone of that opinion that they read

i) Groundhog Day, I'm Convinced

ii) How Reliable is Keane?

iii) Melting a Heart of Stone

iv) Professional Fouls.

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