Good blogs

There are a few things happening out the wider world and for those of you less familiar with the world of blogging, here are some sites worth looking at.

The Irish at home:

Paul Dunne is what Irish in Britain calls a Nationalist with a capital ‘N’. Though not strictly a blog, nevertheless David Vance’s A Tangled Web represents an genuinely independent Unionist voice on the internet. Clickonsean is less political than literary, whilst Smoke Signals is great for picking up all manner of snippets.

Frank McGahon is one of the latest quality Irish blogs to join the game. Not forgetting the ever excellent Belfast-based Ma Bear. John Horan’s 1169 and counting is an historical gem, albeit strictly nationalist in bent. Carisenda is Slugger regular Beowulf’s private blog – no politics, but great taste in poetry and links to other good NI blogs!

The Brits::

Left of centre British Politics has some good insights into the British Cabinet re-shuffle that’s coming up. Another good leftish blog is Harry Hatchet has a particularly eclectic taste. If Slugger had politics, it might be closer to Chris Bartram’s Junius than most others we come across. The Libertarian daddy of them all is group blog Samizdata. For a practical insight into the concept of the Anglosphere, Iain Murray’s Edge of England’s Sword is a perfect introduction. Affectionately known as Tory Boy by some his rivals Peter Cuthbertson blogs in from the right – whether it’s extreme or not often depends upon the subject.

Irish abroad:

I’m running out of time on this post. For now the pick of the bunch so far. Eammon FitzGerald; Gallowglass; Keiran Healy; Diarmuid Logan and though she’s not actually Irish, she keeps a close eye on the place, Emily Jones (Warning – known to slip into parody now and then).

New world bloggers:

Glenn Reynolds; Rittenhouse Review; Daily Kos; Ken Layne; Mickey Kaus; Andrew Sullivan.

This is by no means comprehensive, or definative. But you can usefully surf for hours taking tangents off these and other blogs using the blogroll; usually located to one side to the side of the main page.

Mick Fealty

Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty