#and the pilgramage sites in ireland that people visited from across the world

[rubysevens]

the more i think abt it the more i think the far right idea of ireland historically being this “pure” island separated from the world around it before its colonisation is just an inversion of british ideas abt ireland which cast it as this backwards place only connected to the world through british influence. and instead of rejecting that framework and investigating the ways in which ancient ireland did play a role in the broader world before colonisation, the irish far right decided that england was completely right about ireland, with the only difference being that they see this mythical isolation as the ideal to be returned to.

edit: i cant believe i have to make this clearer but this post is criticising the irish far right for their hateful and ahistorical beliefs. migration is not colonialism nor is it the cause of irelands problems. it is a morally neutral act.

[originaljediinjeans]

#bro you are just accepting british paradigms #not to be like we live in a society but.#like do you know how involved ireland was in the transmission and reproduction of texts. do u know abt its tradition of pilgrimage#and the pilgramage sites in ireland that people visited from across the world#(i mean mostly europe and the middle east bc they were christian sites and thats where christians were. but still#but these connections predate christianity#did you know bronze age gold collars from ireland have been found throughout central europe. do you know how amber in ireland. like that in#most of ancient europe. comes from the area around ukraine#i cant emphasise enough how insane the state of the discourse is like. it seems like a lot of people really believe in this past which#never existed#sorry i watched some smarthistory videos abt ancient and medieval irish art and got mad#be quiet b

and now they're flooded with migrants bc the irish government went woke

the more i think abt it the more i think the far right idea of ireland historically being this “pure” island separated from the world around it before its colonisation is just an inversion of british ideas abt ireland which cast it as this backwards place only connected to the world through british influence. and instead of rejecting that framework and investigating the ways in which ancient ireland did play a role in the broader world before colonisation, the irish far right decided that england was completely right about ireland, with the only difference being that they see this mythical isolation as the ideal to be returned to.