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, and to some extent his poetry of a more nationalistic tenor. It is unmistakeably the most famous Pearse, the Pearse most vivid in collective Irish…
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 commemorate the anniversary of MacBride’s sacrifice, we have decided to release our introduction to our upcoming first book release, The Irish Brigade in South Africa,…
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 not mention that we are indebted in some circumstances to others who have kindly transcribed material for us. We have long encouraged those who use…
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 other co-founder and one of his closest friends in the fledging nationalist movement, William Rooney, who had passed away several days earlier at just 27…
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:
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 significant updates have been made to the site recently that a regular visitor to the site may have noticed. To give a brief TL;DR: CHRISTMAS…
“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!” – Thomas Davis, Study In the time of the early Church, the monk, as part of his devotion to the life of asceticism, would spend…
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 website has received has been nothing short of remarkable. It is our belief that the website shall continue to go from strength to strength, and…
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 development of Irish nationalism. These influences are ideologically varied, and some are in direct conflict with others, yet it is worth studying all these influences…
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, 37 texts and around 200 pages of material. As of today (6 January), we now have 33 authors, 112 texts and almost 500 pages of…