The National Being: Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity

The essays present a meditation on a newly emergent national polity, portraying the State as a body destined to embody a racial soul and warning that sectarian strife and militarism can deform it. The author argues that true national life depends on forming organic rural communities rather than narrowly specialized cooperatives, and urges agricultural and economic organization that integrates all local business to create civic solidarity. Practical rural reform is tied to a broader civilizational project: ambitious community-building that cultivates shared interests, moral character, and social institutions capable of expressing collective will and lifting everyday life into a cohesive national culture.