-
Join 738 other followers
Never Felt Better
Twitter Updates
- Do you like Bridgerton? You know, the Netflix show nominally set in early 19th century England but a version of whi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 days ago
- NFB Re-Watches Battlestar Galactica Season Four: "A Disquiet Follows My Soul" #bsg neverfeltbetter.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/nfb… 5 days ago
- Ireland’s Wars: The Second World War In 1942 neverfeltbetter.wordpress.com/2022/08/09/ire… 6 days ago
- Review: DC League Of Super-Pets neverfeltbetter.wordpress.com/2022/08/05/rev… 1 week ago
- NFB Re-Watches Battlestar Galactica Season Four: "The Face Of The Enemy" #bsg neverfeltbetter.wordpress.com/2022/08/03/nfb… 1 week ago
-
Recent Posts
Top Posts
- The Lord Of The Rings, Chapter By Chapter: Index
- Ireland's Wars: Index
- The Lord Of The Rings, Chapter By Chapter: A Long Expected Party
- NFB Re-Watches Battlestar Galactica: Index
- Ireland's Wars: The Curlew Pass
- Ireland's Wars: The Ballylanders Barracks Attack
- The Lord Of The Rings, Chapter By Chapter: Shelob's Lair
- The Hobbit, Chapter By Chapter: Riddles In The Dark
- NFB Re-Watches Battlestar Galactica Season One: "33"
- The Lords Of The Rings, Chapter By Chapter: The Grey Havens
2022 Current Film Top Ten
Categories
- 30 For 30 (1)
- Afghanistan (27)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (23)
- Batman (23)
- Battlestar Galactica (75)
- Better Know A Micro-Party (14)
- Books (147)
- Children's Rights Referendum (5)
- Clusterf**k To The Aras (32)
- Comic Book TV (6)
- Constitutional Convention (8)
- Counter Insurgency (COIN) (33)
- English Premiership (38)
- Fiction (123)
- Firefly (82)
- Fiscal Compact Referendum (10)
- Football (All) (330)
- Euro 2012 (31)
- Football 10/11 (84)
- Football 11/12 (90)
- Sportsball (World Cup 2010) (31)
- Gaming (9)
- General Election 2011 (68)
- General Election 2016 (42)
- General Election 2020 (33)
- Harry Potter (8)
- History (657)
- Humour (6)
- In Detail (20)
- Iraq (18)
- Ireland (962)
- Ireland's Wars (495)
- Irish Defence Forces (35)
- It Is Not War (7)
- League of Ireland (75)
- Libya (19)
- Limerick (98)
- Middle East (52)
- Never Felt Better (31)
- NFB Reading List (13)
- NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World (33)
- Number Ones (26)
- Perfect Scenes (4)
- Politics (418)
- Presidential Election 2011 (32)
- Presidential Election 2018 (8)
- Quick Reviews (2)
- Religion (16)
- Reviews (1,045)
- Revolutionary Remembrance (43)
- Same-Sex Marriage Referendum (23)
- Seanad Referendum (1)
- Sport (337)
- Stupidest Thing (16)
- The Hobbit (19)
- The Lord of the Rings (82)
- To Ourselves (22)
- TV/Movies (868)
- Uncategorized (96)
- Villain Checklist (14)
- War (701)
- Why History? (6)
- World Cup 2014 (27)
- Wrestling (100)
- Xtranormal Videos (4)
Archives
Blogroll
Blog Stats
- 857,728 hits
Tag Archives: o’connell
Review: Killing Heydrich
Killing Heydrich Trailer Back in 2016 I caught Sean Ellis’ Anthropoid, a depiction of the titular World War II operation to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, carried out by members of the Czechoslovakian resistance and army-in-exile. With Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged clarke, film, HHhH, jiminez, killing heydrich, movies, o'connell, pike, reviews, reynor, the man with the iron heart
Leave a comment
Ireland’s Wars: Young Irelanders And Great Famines
As discussed last time, Daniel O’Connell’s Repeal Association was an entity divided into factions dominated by moderate and radical thinkers. O’Connell’s decision to cancel his Clontarf monster meeting exacerbated an already evident divide, that had been growing for several years. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged davis, famine, history, ireland, irelander, meagher, o'connell, repeal, war, young ireland
7 Comments
Ireland’s Wars: The Monster Meetings
Having succeeded in his quest for Catholic emancipation, and having played a crucial role in the struggle over tithes, Daniel O’Connell stood as the pre-eminent Irish Catholic politician of his day. While his support base had been greatly eroded in … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 19th century, clontarf, history, ireland, monster meetings, o'connell, peel, repeal, war, young irelanders
3 Comments
Ireland’s Wars: The Tithe War
The stage was set for yet another clash between the authorities and the Irish peasantry. The issue of tithes was now centre stage in the Irish political and cultural arena: government overreach and tenant retaliation would do the rest. Efforts … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 19th century, carrickshock, history, ireland, o'connell, tithe, war
2 Comments
Ireland’s Wars: Emancipation And Tithes
It was in the 1830’s that the agrarian unrest in Ireland, characterised by the emergence of the Ribbonmen movement, really exploded into something much more dangerous than the occasional harassment of an unjust landlord. It was a time in Ireland … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1820's, emancipation, history, ireland, o'connell, orange order, ribbonmen, tithes, war
4 Comments
Never Felt Better 