Finley is a Slugger reader from Belfast Every year on July 12th, parts of Northern Ireland erupt into bonfires, parades, and ...

The Twelfth is a big deal around these parts, as you know. But it hit me the other day, I actually know very little about the actual Battle of the Boyne. In moments like this, I turn to a higher power ...

One of the recurring themes of this blog is that the people and politicians of the Republic are utterly unprepared for the ...

After the IRA ceasefire of 1994 the then leader of unionism, James Molyneaux described this as one of the most “destabilising ...

I’ve written before about moving away from the conservative Christianity and unionism of my upbringing, a gradual, personal ...

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