Great to see a space like this open up on the left. At the launch I played Tribute to Peadar O’Donnell. He founded The Bell with O’Faoláin back in 1940. An Cloghan means “the little bell.” A great title. It rings the alarm, signals people to gather and hopefully, calls time on the old order.

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to the Galway launch of An Clogán! 🔔 It was great to see you all there. A massive thank you also to our hosts and participants - the beautiful @charliebyrnesbookshop and the powerful Eoghan Mac Cormaic.

People of Galway - get down to Charlie Byrne's at 6! 🔔 Hear about An Clogán, listen to poetry, and have a glass of wine 🍷 What's not to love? See you there! 😉

Reminder: An Clogán is in Charlie Byrne's, Galway, tomorrow at 6pm! 🔔 Looking forward to seeing you all there! 😍 With special guest Eoghan Mac Cormaic - poet, republican, Gaeilgeoir.

Galwegians - a little reminder that An Clogán is coming to Charlie Byrne's bookshop this Friday at 6pm 🔔 Special guest Eoghan Mac Cormaic - republican, former H Blocks prisoner, author and poet. Come down, hear about the magazine, listen to poetry, and have a chat! Pints afterwards nearby 🍺

The An Clogán website is now live! 🔔 anclogan.ie Log on to read open-access articles... ... subscribe for more! Go on and take a look 😉

The An Clogán website is going live tomorrow! anclogan.ie Log on tomorrow morning and take a look! 🔔

An Clogán is now available in Roe River Books, Dundalk! 🔔 If you're based in Louth, and you somehow haven't yet gotten a copy of An Clogán, get down to Roe River Books 🔴 ⚪

Thanks a million to everyone who supported the An Clogán Kickstarter 🙏 Almost all rewards have now been posted. We still need postal addresses from 6 people - if that's you, please get in touch!

ANNOUNCEMENT: There are less than 48 hours left in An Clogán's Kickstarter campaign! A huge thank you to all those who have donated so far. We have already raised €1,775 of our €2,000 goal. We'd really appreciate your help in getting us over the line!

ANNOUNCEMENT: An Clogán's first issue, The Republic, is now available in @bangbangd7 Get on down, grab yourself a coffee, and get stuck into this tasty socialist republican magazine 🤤 Big thanks to Bang Bang!

In the face of Macron's neoliberal onslaught, the creation of a workers' cooperative at the Duralex glass factory has inspired the French labour movement. Can it also shine a path forward for workers across Europe? An Clogán's own Shane O'Curry in our first issue 🔔

"Neutrality does not mean staying silent about oppression and imperialism. It means [...] taking a distinct anti-colonial position." @Kieran_Allen_ on the anti-imperial roots of Irish neutrality, attempts to undermine it, and its growing importance in an ever more volatile world

The decline of the Catholic church was greeted as an ideological victory by the Left in Ireland. But might the church's fall also signal the erosion of the social bonds necessary for any mass movement? If so, what's to be done? William Foley in An Clogán's first issue 🔔

Can the Irish people pursue self-determination and neutrality while remaining committed to the EU? This notion, writes @claredalyirl, is one of the central contradictions of Irish political consciousness today. As the EU militarises, progressives cannot equivocate.

An Clogán is now available in An Ceathrú Póilí @anceathrupoili Daoine Béal Feirste, get down and take a look 😉

Before becoming the 'godfather' of communism, Karl Marx was a committed republican. And his republicanism, writes Bruno Leipold, indelibly shaped his understanding of politics and his vision for a post-capitalist society. Read more in Bruno’s article for An Clogán 🔔

An Clogán is now available in Books Upstairs, 17 D'Olier Street, Dublin. If you're about town, call in and take a look at this beautiful socialist republican magazine 😍

"A republic truly committed to self-rule must provide the conditions for its citizens to think, imagine, and express themselves freely." Sara and Joshua Muthi in An Clogán on the role of art in a republic: a site of freedom or another casualty of capital?

"Irish republicanism", writes @M_AndersonSF, "has always sought to dismantle systems of oppression." In An Clogán, Martina traces the growth of republican thought and its application to contemporary challenges, from gender to the environment to national sovereignty and the EU.

Could you be an anti-republican and not know it? 🤔 In his article for An Clogán, Jack Sheehan details three anti-republican political traditions - outside of unionism - that hold sway in Ireland today. Get your hands on a copy to find out more 😉

Are you sick of the usual spin in the establishment press? 🤢 Then help us build an alternative, Left media in Ireland! 😎 Donate to our kickstarter today! Link in bio 😉

"I would depose King for President in a heartbeat, but it's the quality of democracy in a new Republic that I'm interested in. And that's not something that gets mentioned very often." Claire Mitchell looks for the seeds of a new republic in the community action of Newtownards.

Did you miss our Belfast and Dublin launches...? Not to worry 😉 More launch parties for An Clogán's inaugural issue are coming to a city near you! Let us know where you'd like to see a launch party in the replies 😎 Cífimid sibh go luath 🔔

Drawing on first-hand experience, Deaglán Ó Mocháin describes how working-class women and men, as republican prisoners, developed their own political consciousness - rooted in a shared social background, a national culture and language, and a global emancipatory struggle.

Do you think that the Irish left needs a shared platform for debating and spreading its ideas? Then support An Clogán! 🔔 Donate to our Kickstarter today! Link in bio 😉

Can the Irish people achieve meaningful decolonisation and real self-determination without reclaiming their native language? In An Clogán's inaugural issue, Ursula Ní Shionnain argues that without full Irish language revival, our liberation in other spheres is incomplete. [1/2]

A massive THANK YOU to all of our guest-speakers, poets, chairs, musicians, DJs, and to all those who contributed to making An Clogán's inaugural launch party a huge success! Tunes were played, poems read, the craic had, and ideas exchanged. Stayed tuned for updates 😉

MISSING TICKETS FOR THE MAIN EVENT? You can still pick up tickets for the An Clogán launch afterparty. Tonight, Sugar Club, 10:30 PM - 02:30 AM. €5 on the door. Come along and shake a leg 💃

ANNOUNCEMENT: The An Clogán inaugural launch party is now SOLD OUT. For those of you who didn't manage to book, you can still pick up tickets for the afterparty from 10:30 PM onwards. €5 on the door. See you there 🤙

AFTERPARTY TICKETS ANNOUNCEMENT: Coming to the An Clogán launch, but have friends who were caught napping? 😴 They can still get tickets to the Afterparty... €5 on the door, tomorrow Friday 05 Sept, Sugar Club, 10:30 PM - 02:30 AM Let them know!

GUEST SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Dundalk musician Seán McKenna will be joining An Clogán for its inaugural launch to discuss Art and Politics in 21st Century Ireland, and to play a few tunes to boot. The Sugar Club Dublin, Friday 05 September, 6:30PM - 2:30AM. Last handful of tickets, link in bio!

MISSED OUR BELFAST LAUNCH? Don't miss our Dublin launch this Friday evening at the Sugar Club! Only a handful of tickets left 🔥 Get yours now! Link in bio 😉

DJ ANNOUNCEMENT: Dublin-based DJ, organiser and filmmaker, James Redmond, will be spinning the decks at An Clogán's inaugural launch party. @thesugarclub, Friday 05 September, 6:30PM - 2:30AM. Last tickets - link in bio!

PERFORMERS ANNOUNCEMENT: Derry duo Declan McLaughlin and Jennifer Kelly, whose folk combines heft with humour, will be performing a set at the Dublin launch of An Clogán's inaugural issue. @thesugarclub, Friday 05 September, 6:30PM - 2:30AM. Link for tickets in bio!

DJ ANNOUNCEMENT: A central figure in Ireland's electronic scene and co-founder of Apartment Records, Kenny Halon will be gracing the decks at An Clogán's inaugural launch party. The Sugar Club, Friday 05 September, 6:30PM - 2:30AM. Tickets have almost sold out - get yours fast! Link in bio 😉

GUEST SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Brazilian-Irish migrant and poet, Rafael Mendes, will be joining An Clogán for its inaugural launch party to share a selection of his work. The Sugar Club, Friday 05 September, 6:30PM - 2:30AM. Tickets have almost sold out - get your fast! Link in bio 😉

GUEST SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Curator, writer, and organiser, Sara Greavu, will be joining us at An Clogán's inaugural launch party to chair a discussion on Art and Politics in 21st century Ireland. @thesugarclub, Friday 05 September, 6:30PM - 2:30AM. Tickets have almost sold out - link in bio!

TICKET ANNOUNCEMENT: More than 90% of the tickets for An Clogán's inaugural launch party have now been sold! Buy now to guarantee yourself a copy of the inaugural issue and a ticket for the event at the Sugar Club, Friday 05 September, 6:30PM - 2:30AM. Tickets linked in bio!

GUEST SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: documentary filmmaker, co-writer and director of 'NORAID: Irish America and the IRA', @kevinbrannigans, will be joining us at An Clogán's inaugural launch party ... 1/2

TICKET ANNOUNCEMENT: More than 75% of the tickets for An Clogán's launch party have now been sold! Buy now to guarantee yourself a copy of the inaugural issue and a ticket for the event at the Sugar Club, Friday 05 September, 6:30PM - 2:30AM. Tickets linked in bio!

GUEST SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Irish Senator, writer, and filmmaker, Lynn Ruane, joins us at An Clogán's inaugural launch party to discuss Art and Politics in 21st Century Ireland. @thesugarclub, Friday 05 September, 6:30PM - 2:30AM. Tickets selling fast, get yours today! Link in bio!

PERFORMER ANNOUNCEMENT: Dublin musician, guitarist, violinist, and singer, Fintan Warfield, will be performing a set at the Dublin launch of An Clogán's inaugural issue, The Republic. @thesugarclub, Friday 05 September, 6:30PM - 2:30AM. Get your tickets now, link in bio!

GUEST SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: cultural critic and writer @deanvannguyen.bsky.social joins us at An Clogán's inaugural launch party to discuss Art and Politics in 21st Century Ireland. @thesugarclub, Friday 05 September, 6:30PM - 2:30AM. Get your tickets now, link in bio!

FULL LINE-UP ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re delighted to share the full line-up for the Dublin Launch of An Clogán’s inaugural issue, The Republic. Catherine Connolly and Vincent Bevins on imperialism and neutrality. ... 1/2

GUEST SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: journalist and writer ‪@vincentbevins.bsky.social‬ joins us at An Clogán's inaugural launch party to discuss Neutrality and Imperialism. @thesugarclub, Friday 05 September, 6:30PM - 2:30AM. Get your tickets now, link in bio!

GUEST SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Catherine Connolly, Presidential Candidate, joins us at An Clogán's inaugural Dublin launch party to discuss Neutrality and Imperialism. The Sugar Club, Friday 05 September, 6:30PM - 2:30AM. Get your tickets now, link in bio!

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: An Clogán Dublin Launch. An Clogán will be holding a launch party for its inaugural issue, The Republic, next Friday at the Sugar Club. Expect political and cultural debate, poetry, music, DJs until late. Get your tickets now! Link in bio!

Great launch of An Clogán, a new socialist republican magazine. So important to be able to shape a vision of a new Republic together. Loved the synergies between Martina’s and my essays. Different backgrounds, but we both want a just, equal & regenerative Republic, bringing power closer to people.