Post by kj on Jul 20, 2017 12:17:09 GMT
I felt it appropriate to make a post marking the 401st anniversary of the death of the last great defender of Gaelic culture against Tudor England: Hugh O'Neill.
I really believe O'Neill's rebellion was the last chance of saving and perpetuating a genuinely Gaelic culture. Nearly every major rebellion afterwards was influenced heavily by Enlightenment, universal notions, such as the United Irishmen, the Fenians in 1867, and 1916, none of which placed a major emphasis on Gaelic culture as such.
I am hoping to make a trip to Rome this summer, and one of my first ports of call will be O'Neill's grave monument in the San Pietro in Montorio.(I went there the last time I was in Rome, but it was a Sunday and the church was closed!)
I really believe O'Neill's rebellion was the last chance of saving and perpetuating a genuinely Gaelic culture. Nearly every major rebellion afterwards was influenced heavily by Enlightenment, universal notions, such as the United Irishmen, the Fenians in 1867, and 1916, none of which placed a major emphasis on Gaelic culture as such.
I am hoping to make a trip to Rome this summer, and one of my first ports of call will be O'Neill's grave monument in the San Pietro in Montorio.(I went there the last time I was in Rome, but it was a Sunday and the church was closed!)
