I have a PhD from the National University of Ireland, having studied history and politics. I am also a published author (both history and fiction). Interests: History (especially Irish history). politics, religion, globalisation, gay rights, the Australian constitution, Anglo-Irish Relations. I also work as a current affairs commentator for a number of publications and have worked as an advisor to senior Irish politicians.

Me!

• Age: 30s
• Political Affiliations: Left of centre
• Location: Dublin, Ireland
• Personal Vices: smoke too much, a Wikiholic.

On Wiki!

Since joining Wiki in November 2002, I have written primarily though not exclusively on Irish affairs, both political and historical. I have however broadened to cover a wide range of areas, from Papal Tiaras to Communist state, Blessed Virgin Mary to Oral sex!!! Since buying a digital camera in May 2003 I have devoted time (far too much time!!!) to taking photographs around Dublin for use on wiki. The lists below don't include all the images added.

Contents

1 My Wiki Contributions 1.1 Ireland 1.2 Biographies 2 Articles Contributed To

My Wiki Contributions

Ireland

Irish Constitutions

• The 1937 Irish Constitution
• Irish Free State Constitution (1922-37)
• Dáil Constitution (1919-22)
• The Constitution of 1782

Irish States and Structures

• The Republic of Ireland (1949- )
• Éire (1937- )
• The Irish Free State (1922-37)
• The Government of Ireland Act, 1920
• The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801-1922)
• Northern Ireland
• Southern Ireland
• The Irish Republic (1916-22)
• The Kingdom of Ireland (1541-1800)
• The Lordship of Ireland (1171-1541)
• Irish States (1171-present)

Irish History, Culture & Current Affairs

• The Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921)
• The Oath of Allegiance
• The Irish language
• The History of Ireland
• The Great Irish Famine (1846-49)
• The Irish Famine of 1740-41
• The Irish Houses of Parliament
• Maria Duce
• Dublin
• Dublin Castle
• Áras an Uachtaráin (Irish presidential palace)
• Leinster House (Irish parliament house)
• Penal Laws
• Amhrán na bhFiann (Irish National anthem)
• First Dáil
• Second Dáil
• Freeman's Journal
• The Nation - Irish newspaper newspaper
• The Irish Times
• The Irish Independent
• The Church of Ireland
• Tithes
• The Three Fs
• College Green
• Irish 'Pro-Life Amendment' (any-abortion provision in Irish constitution since 1983)
• Bloody Sunday
• Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform
• O'Connell Street
• Irish statues and their nicknames
• Republic of Ireland Act
• External Relations Act
• St. Patrick's Day
• Flag of Ireland
• Molly Malone
• General Post Office (Dublin)
• Home Rule
• Spire of Dublin
• Nelson's Pillar
• Bloody Sunday (Northern Ireland 1972)
• (Irish) Repeal
• Radio Telifís Éireann
• St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral
• The Late Late Show

Past and Present Institutions of State

• Áireacht (cabinet: 1919-22)
• Dáil Éireann
• The Governor-General of the Irish Free State (1922-36/7)
• The House of Commons of Southern Ireland (1921-22)
• Irish House of Commons (up to 1800)
• King of Ireland (1541-1800; 1927-1949)
• Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• Lists of Lords Lieutenant of Ireland
• President of the Executive Council (1922-37)
• President of Dáil Éireann/Príomh Áire (1919-21)
• President of the Republic (1921-22)
• President of Ireland
• Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1921-72)
• Seanad Éireann
• Tánaiste (Irish Deputy Prime Minister)
• Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister)

Biographies

Irish Governors-General

• Tim Healy
• James McNeill (to be done)
• Domhnall Ua Buachalla

Irish Presidents

• Douglas Hyde (to be done)
• Sean T. O'Kelly
• Eamon de Valera
• Erskine Hamilton Childers
• Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
• Patrick Hillery
• Mary Robinson
• Mary McAleese

Presidents of the Executive Council (1922-1937) & Irish Taoisigh (1937- ) (prime ministers)

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• W.T. Cosgrave (PoEC)
• Eamon de Valera (PoEC to 1937, T afterwards)
• John A. Costello
• Sean Lemass
• Jack Lynch
• Liam Cosgrave
• Garret FitzGerald
• Charles J. Haughey (to be finished)
• Albert Reynolds
• John Bruton
• Bertie Ahern

Public Figures

• Daniel O'Connell
• Lord John Russell
• Henry Grattan
• Tim Pat Coogan
• F.S.L. Lyons (to be finished)
• John Mitchel
• Blessed Virgin Mary
• Sacred Heart
• Senator David Norris
• Viscount Fitzalan
• Brian Lenihan
• Mary Harney (to be done)
• Desmond O'Malley (to be done)
• Lady Valerie Goulding
• Louis-Philippe, King of the French
• Walter Bagehot
• Arthur Griffith
• Michael Collins
• Jim Mitchell
• Seán Ó Muireagáin

Irish Political Parties

• Fianna Fáil
• Fine Gael
• Labour (to be done)
• Progressive Democrats
• Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
• Sinn Féin
• Unionists
• Irish Parliamentary Party (to be done)
• Independent Irish Party
• Cumann na nGaedhael

International & Other

• Altar rails
• Australia's Republic Advisory Committee
• Comte de Chambord
• Comte de Paris
• Communist state
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Blessed Virgin Mary
• Duke of Rothesay
• Head of State
• Letter of Credence
• Loss of Supply
• Mountbatten-Windsor
• Pretender
• Popular monarchy
• Reign
• Papal Tiara
• Antipope Pius XIII
• Antipope Gregory XVII
• Pope Pius X
• Pope Pius XII
• Pope John XXIII
• Pope Paul VI
• Pope John Paul I
• Pope John Paul II
• Royal House
• Style - Manner of Address
• true Catholic Church
• Tridentine
• Vicarius Filii Dei
• The correct titles of English/Great British and United Kingdom monarchs

Articles Contributed To

Also contibuted to: abortion, Anglo-Catholicism, Anne, Princess Royal, Australian Constitutional Crisis of 1975, Charles, Prince of Wales, Christian views of homosexuality, Commonwealth of Nations, Constantine II of Greece, Constitution of Sweden, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, George V of the United Kingdom, George VI of the United Kingdom, Governor-General, Gough Whitlam, Homosexuality, Humbert II of Italy, Sir John Kerr, Juan Carlos of Spain, List of Belgian monarchs, Lord Dunsany, President, Prime Minister of Canada, Pope Paul VI, The British Privy Council, Sir Roger Casement, Ulster Unionist Party, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Jerusalem and many others I cannot remember.

My favourite 'jokes' from wiki pages:

• RAM disk is NOT an installation instruction!
• What is a Canadian but an unarmed American with healthcare?
• Joke doing the rounds c. 1990:

God visits President George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Ian Paisley to announce the impending end of the world. They report the news to their colleagues.

George Bush announces to his cabinet: "Friends, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that I have definite proof that God exists, because He has spoken with me, and the bad news is that the world's going to end tomorrow."

Mikhail Gorbachev announces to the CPSU Presidium: "Comrades, I have bad news and worse news. The bad news is that the God, who we have been denying for the last 70 years, exists, for He has spoken with me, and the worse news is that the world's going to end tomorrow."

Ian Paisley announces to the UUP leadership: "Friends, I have good news and better news. The good news is that I have proof that the Lord our God exists, because I have spoken with Him, and the better news is that He has told me that there will NEVER be a united Ireland!".

Arwel

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Question: If we have to go back a while in terms of content, does this mean -

• 1. That out deletions are undeleted?
• 2. That our undeletions are deleted?
• 3. Will that make GrahamN happy or unhappy?
• 4. Does this mean we have to rename pages - Votes for Deletion becomes Votes for Redeleting Undeletions (VfRU) and Votes for Undeletion becomes Votes for Undeleting Redeleted Undeletions (VfURU). And if so, as User:MyRedDice any suggestions for how we can keep the contents, maybe even the titles of the pages, under 32K?
• 5. Does that mean our hardbanned people now become only squiggely banned?
• 6. Does that mean we might lose the records of some of Michael 2417 identities?
• 7. Does that mean that DW might become a wiki version of the Undead, the 'Unbanned'?
• 8 Does that mean we might have lost 172's reversion of Fred Bauder's additions to Communist State, Fred Bauder's reversions of 172's reversions, 172's reversions of Fred Bauder's reversions of 172's reversion, Fred bauder's reversions of 172's reversions of Fred Bauder's reversions of 172's reversion, my reversion of Fred Bauder's reversion of 172's reversion of Fred Bauder's reverson of 172's reversions of Fred Bauder's reversions of 172's reversion of Communist State?
• 9. When Wiki re-opens, will be find that it was all secretly a lockout by Pizza Puzzle so he could rewrite New Imperialism without anyone stopping him?
• 10. Will Liza Minnelli have found a new husband by the time wiki reopens for business?
• 11. Will David Gest have found a new husband by the time wiki reopens for business?

FearÉIREANN

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Hey, there's always Fred Bauder's Internet-Encyclopedia. http://www.internet-encyclopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Main_Page Anyone want to join me and get user accounts? 172 13:40 Jul 28, 2003 (CEST)

It looks so . . . so . . . wikipedian. What is it? Wikipedia for Reaganites? You know, it desparately needs an article on Communist state. What say you? Oh and as it likes opinion as opposed to NPOV, wouldn't a nice gentle article saying how Stalin was one of the greatest intellectual leaders in Russian history suit its acceptance of POV oh so well? Or an article on the People's Republic of China, liberation theology, Marxism for beginners, How Communist Intellectualism Benefits Humanity, Nixon was a Socialist, The Sandinista Revolution: An inspiration for America, Fidel Castro's collected speeches, Daughters of the Russian revolution. Maybe even New Imperialism/Temp and New Imperialism could find mutually accepting homes there. Yes, Fred's POV creation could prove such fun! And there we were all wondering where had be gone to? We missed him so terribly. FearÉIREANN 13:10 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Long time no hear, me old mucker. Deb 17:39, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Sorry to butt in but i noticed a conversation you had on the British isles discussion page where you referred to the Book "The Isles" by Norman Davis. Can i recommend to you two books on Cornish history.

Mark Stoyle "West Britons, Cornish identities in the early modern British state"

Philip Payton "Cornwall a history"

Both excellent and place the Cornish in their rightful context as a distinct peoples of the Atlantic Archipelago. Bretagne 44 6/02/05