Meon Gaelach: On the Importance of Nationality from the Gaelic classic Saoirse Gan Só

Seán De Fréine's classic Saoirse Gan Só, written in 1960, is more relevant than ever.

De Fréine on the significance of nationhood

For this week’s edition of Meon Gaelach, I have decided to translate an extract from Seán De Fréine’s classic sociological work, Saoirse Gan Só (Freedom Without Respite). While perhaps not as infamous in folklore as previous Meon Gaelach subjects such as Seán South and James Connolly, De Fréine is inarguably an…