Category Archives: Ireland

Photo Recharge for Your Soul – NI September 2023

Posted on September 16, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

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Once Again, America Chooses Ireland Over the UK

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

Unherd published a piece of mine on US government interventions on Northern Ireland, and why Ireland’s special relationship with the USA usually trumps the UK’s (read more here). Irish influence in America is not just about raw political calculation, nor … Continue reading →

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Dublin and Kilkenny

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

The last days of 2022 saw me make my first visit to Dublin since 2013 and to Kilkenny since, I think, 1995! A trip to interview the delightful (and Most Rev’d) John Neill for my doctorate. I did a day … Continue reading →

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Strange outbreaks of positivity over Northern Ireland

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

I was published in Unherd over the strange emergence of good vibes about breaking the EU-UK bad blood over the Northern Ireland Protocol. “After nearly two years of ugly in-fighting over the Northern Ireland Protocol, there has been a sudden … Continue reading →

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IN MEMORIAM GERARD BENEDICT NEWE 1907-1982

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Gerry Lynch

Where Layde’s old tombstones tell the taleOf time before we felt the flailOf England’s “for your own good” yokeYou must have stood on many a mornAnd blessed the day when you were bornIn May’s bright sunshine and turf-smoke.  As the dog … Continue reading →

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The Strange Death of Catholic Ireland

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Gerry Lynch

This piece was published in the print edition of Prospect magazine in July 2015. In the referendum held in Ireland on 22nd May, voters chose overwhelmingly—by 62 per cent to 38 per cent—to endorse a proposal to amend the country’s … Continue reading →

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