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James Connolly and Irish anticolonial resistance (Pt.1) w/ Chris Beausang

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Irish Speaking Is Coming Back Inerbinarism

From round te 18 eighties, and you might be aware of this from your own literary studies, the nationalist or gaelic revival is starting to get under way. He was initially sceptical of things like the irish language, and, you now, kind of kind of disregarded. But later on, he comes to realize that the erosion of the irian language is a consequence british colonialism. And sure enough, a lot of the most important figures,. the people that connelly worked most closely with, like maud gone, alice milligan, constance markevic, who were all suffragettes, trades unionists and irish language activists. They all

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