Old Stuff

This section contains stuff I wrote over the past 5 or 6 years.

Drumcree revisited
The second of two articles describing some of the savagery surrounding the "glorious 12th" celebrations by Orange Order in Northern Ireland. I'll be adding the earlier of the pieces as soon as I track it down.

Religious Persecution in Ireland"
This piece comes full circle from a time when Ireland was very casual about religion, through the dark ages of repression and starvation, to an increasingly secular and modern country.

Pushing the limits of our credibility
Penned (or is that boarded) in 1996, exploring the hot new(s) topic on the Internet - push - a lot of it still makes sense.

If ifs and ands . . .
Another commentary on the North. The title references one of my favourite sayings of all time: If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there'd be no need for tinkers