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Pope Leo says aerial military strikes should be banned reut.rs/4sBtXaY reut.rs/4sBtXaY
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@Ioannis_490 @Ecuyer_ Not only the Greeks. In Irish the word for Switzerland is An Eilbhéis which is derived directly from Helvētia (which might not be immediately clear if one doesn't understand Irish pronunciation)
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@Ecuyer_ True. The embarrassment is on the French side. After all, I have many more French colleagues than Swiss.
But even the Swiss are struck when they see that, among all foreign nations, only Greeks still remember their original name.
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The astonishment - and even embarrassment - of the French and the Swiss, when I tell them that my language carries such a capital of memory that we still call them by their ancient names, the ones they themselves have forgotten. Gauls and Helvetii.
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Mar sin i nGaeilig fosta:
Helvētia -> An Eilbhéis
Ach ní chuirtear An Ghaill ar an Fhrainc sa lá atá inniu ann
Ioannis S. G.@Ioannis_490
The astonishment - and even embarrassment - of the French and the Swiss, when I tell them that my language carries such a capital of memory that we still call them by their ancient names, the ones they themselves have forgotten. Gauls and Helvetii.
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This will piss many Free Staters off, but here I go, both of these two groups are effectively the British Army
darren leckey@darrenleckey
This will piss so many republicans off, but here I go. Isn't it great to see the British army and Irish army showing professional respect. 🇮🇪🇬🇧
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"Nationalism without Socialism – without a reorganisation of society on the basis of a broader and more developed form of that common property which underlay the social structure of Ancient Erin - is only national recreancy."
James Connolly
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Anois déan do Mheiriceá é. Nó déan léarscáil mar seo don Iosrael
Amb. Yacov Livne 🇮🇱@YacovLivne
This is how dangerous the Iranian regime is.
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@ThatRedCatholic I have a copy for years that I was given for free on the street
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I wonder how often it happens that the devout of one faith give sincere consideration to the ideas of another, in good faith, and find that their beliefs evolve
Rabbi Brian Samuel@rabbriansamuel
I'm Jewish. After careful study of the scriptures, I am convinced that Jesus is the Messiah, son of the living God.
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@erskinechilders Wind that Shakes the Barley has a story with some similarities to this wonderful novel. It might have been a conscious inspiration. I highly recommend the book
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WindShakes is an amalgam of several stories and historical events. The Republican Courts, the B&T’s both feature in it; the first time both put to film in a realistic portrayal.
Although the Collins film is entertaiment, pure and simple, it was marketed in 96’ as historical.
cuilleog@cuilleog
@erskinechilders @CorkUP Even compare the perspectives in film portrayals like “Michael Collins” (1996) and “The Wind That Shakes the Barley” (2006). The latter is MUCH more sympathetic to the anti treaty side, but also more nuanced and clear that any “good guys/bad guys” narrative was too simplistic
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Guys who scream endlessly about 'defending Irish culture' who never post about, say, GAA or music.
onion person@CantEverDie
i think one of the interesting things about observing far right communities online is that eventually you realize they are all depressed and genuinely enjoy absolutely nothing at all
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Their ignorance knows no bounds, not a mention of Cuba being crushed under 65 years of despotic totalitarian communist rule that haa destroyed what would have become a prosperous country
RTÉ News@rtenews
The members of the Irish-language rap trio Kneecap said that they joined an international aid convoy to Cuba because they could not stay silent while the island - gripped by crisis under a US fuel blockade - was being "strangled". rte.ie/news/2026/0321…
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"Fuck 17th century English colonialism!" is maybe not as catchy but it's less misdirected that attacking contemporary Irish farmers for a crisis they didn't create
Robbie@nextlevelrobbie
ireland was a rainforest btw, fuck farmers!
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An dtuigeann siḃ anois?
TheJournal.ie@thejournal_ie
The Dáil has heard that hill farmers in Co Waterford face "exorbitant" rent hikes amounting to thousands of euro from their landlord, the Duke of Devonshire. It was raised with the Agriculture Minister in the Dáil this week. thejournal.ie/duke-of-devons…
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@ThatRedCatholic Imagine altering a woman's body in infancy so that men would find her more pleasing in adulthood. Horrible logic. I do not like the notion and I'm glad it's not done to boys in my country
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Circumcision is good.
Plus women report it is more aesthetically pleasing and there is no decrease in sensitivity.
Hunter📈🌈📊@StatisticUrban
Circumcision is on the decline in the US. For the first time in decades, less than 50% of American newborn boys are circumcised. You might think this is due to demographic shifts. Latinos have very low circumcision rates, and are a larger and increasing share of total births. And this is part of it. But what's also interesting is the decline amongst white Americans. They declined by 5.3pts, from 65.3% to 60.0%. And it's not just a wealth or insurance thing either. The wealthiest Americans, the top income decile, experienced one of the largest declines. In 2022, only 51.4% of them were circumcised, nearly 10pts lower than 2012.
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I’m old enough to remember when our Óglaigh na hEireann, Irish Defence Forces guarded the banks with the Steyr AUG & escorted cash patrols in my hometown Carrick-on-Suir in the early 1990s. Even being from this far south, I’ve no sympathy for this brand of “Irish identity”.
James Bloodworth@J_Bloodworth
This is so poor. They make various directly political points and then hide behind "but we're just musicians" when asked to comment on human rights abuses perpetrated by the Cuban state: channel4.com/news/kneecap-i…
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The memorial to the 1981 hunger strikers in Havana. 🇮🇪 🇨🇺
With words in Spanish and Irish including an excerpt from a Fidel Castro speech:
"Let tyrants tremble before men who are capable of dying for their ideals, after 60 days on hunger strike!"
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