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“And Judas (Machabeus) said: Gird yourselves, and be valiant men, and be ready against the morning, that you may fight with these nations that are assembled against us to destroy us and our sanctuary.For it is better for us to die in battle, than to see the evils of our nation, and of the holies: Nevertheless as it shall be the will of God in heaven so be it done." (First Book of Machabees 3:58-60)
The First and Second books of Machabees recount how, in 167 B.C., the priest, Mattathias,refused to worship the Greek gods, sparking a rebellion of the Jews against Antiochus IV who had tried to supplant their religion with the veneration of his own pagan gods. Judas Machabeus and his brothers, sons of Mattathias, continued the war against the subjugation of their homeland and their religion.
In 17th Century Ireland the regiment of Owen Roe O’Neill identified its struggle for freedom of faith and country with that of the Holy Machabees of Old Testament Judea. O’Neill referred to his followers as his Irish Machabeans.
The same war between good and evil, one that has been waged from the beginning of time until now, still rages on. Inspired by the heroism of Machabeus, of Owen Roe O’Neill and their followers, the Irish Machabean is dedicated to resisting all the outrages being perpetrated against the Catholic faith and against the Irish people in our days.

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Letter to Cardinal Zen

On February 25, 2018, the Brazilian-based Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Institute sent a letter to Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun in support of the heroic persecuted Catholics of the underground Church […]

March 14, 2018 Irish Machabean
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Zappone Assumes Papal Authority

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone, delivered the keynote address to the Copenhagen Conference on Private and Family life for LGBTI people, held in the parliament of Denmark. […]

March 8, 2018 Irish Machabean 2 Comments
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Is Opposing Referenda Anti-democratic?

The Government has agreed to hold a referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment. But the final decision rests with the Oireachtas. Politicians with little grounding in political science tend to […]

February 15, 2018 Irish Machabean
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Man’s Right to Choose

If a woman talks about abortion being a woman’s right to choose, while we disagree with her, we don’t usually doubt her sincerity in believing it. We are a bit […]

February 10, 2018 Irish Machabean 1 Comment
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Referendum Could Be Stopped

For the past weeks and more we have been treated to the spectacle of one government minister after another checking which way the wind is blowing before announcing to the […]

January 31, 2018 Irish Machabean 2 Comments
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Future of 8th Amendment

Last week the Oireachtas debate on the future of the Eighth Amendment was launched. Simon Harris, Minister for Health, opened the debate, dramatically presenting it as a moment future generations […]

January 28, 2018 Irish Machabean
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Commemoration of the Holy Machabees Martyrs

The august heavens glitter with the brightest constellations of the sacred cycle. Even in the sixth century, the Second Council of Tours remarked that this month was filled with the […]

August 1, 2017 Irish Machabean
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Fake News

What a relief it must be for the left to have found an explanation (other than the truth) for their failure to attract the masses to socialism. The fact is […]

December 16, 2016 Irish Machabean 1 Comment
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Death of a Dictator

On announcing the death of Fidel Castro, many media outlets refrained from using the word “dictator,” except when referring to his predecessor, Fulgencio Batista, or to the claims of his […]

November 29, 2016 Irish Machabean 1 Comment
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American Presidential Election

The media, both in USA and in Europe, seems to be in shock in the wake of the election of Donald Trump to the highest office in the United States […]

November 17, 2016 Irish Machabean 2 Comments

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