The following are quotes from our extensive collection of Arthur Griffith’s writings from his earliest editorials to his final testament. One of the most prolific Irish journalists of his time and a founding father of the early Irish state, his writings are of very great interest to those researching the early Sinn Féin movement.
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…
‘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.
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,…
Firstly, we would like to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! It has been a while since we have given an update on the site. However, some very…
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…
“Beside a library, how poor are all the other greatest deeds of man – his constitution, brigade, factory, man of war, cathedral – how poor are all miracles in comparison!”…
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…
It has been just over six months since we officially launched An Chartlann on December 22 of last year. Since then, we have made impressive progress and the reception the…
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…
Although our goal as an archive is to mainly preserve the works of Irish nationalists, there have been many foreign writers and works that have been highly influential in the…
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:
Today, we are proud to announce the first major update of the website since our official launch several weeks ago. When we launched in late December, we had 10 authors,…
Firstly, we would like to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This festive season is, as we know, in testing and difficult times for us all, so we…
Firstly, we would like to thank everyone for the kind support and response to our launch. We genuinely had very little expectations and the initial response has been much better…