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The Lesser-Known Works of P. H. Pearse

His complete writings can be found here. Still subject to further addition. Any general analysis on the work of Pádraig Pearse almost invariably focuses on his political writings and speeches,…

Introduction to ‘The Irish Brigade in South Africa’ by John MacBride

In the early hours of 5 May, 1916, Major John MacBride would be executed by a British firing squad at Kilmainham Gaol for his role in the Easter Rising. To…

How You Can Help Transcribe

Transcribing is easily the most time-consuming and important part of our work. The vast majority of transcribing we do ourselves by hand, however we would be remiss if we did…

William Rooney: The Davis Of The National Revival

The May 11, 1901 edition of The United Irishman newspaper began in a sombre note; a eulogy written by one of its co-founders Arthur Griffith in the memory of its…

Firstly, we would like to quickly wish you all a happy St. Brigid’s Day tomorrow! Throughout January, Cartlann has made some very exciting additions to the archive, featuring new authors and texts, some of which we are proud to say are exclusive to An Chartlann. Here, in our monthly update post, we would like to recap on some of these new additions:

November 2023 Update

Over the past year, some new and significant changes have been made to the site’s design. In brief, they are as follows: HOME PAGE TEXTS FORMATTING CLÓ GAELACH Notes: LIGHT…

An Craoibhín Aoibhinn: The Thought of Douglas Hyde

‘The work of Douglas Hyde will live after him. It is not now possible that Irish can die, as but for him it would most assuredly have died. Even should it become extinct as a spoken language, reams of Irish literature have been preserved which but for Hyde would have perished.’ – An Craoibhin Aoibhinn, Diarmuid Coffey, 1917.