After hearing the author appear on a number of podcasts I listen to (The Empire Never Ended, The State Between Us, Yeah Nah Pasaran!), I figured I'd give the book a go. As someone with a fascination in radical politics and Irish history, and of the diaspora, the overlap between Republicanism and Nationalism in the Irish struggle for independence is a curious one. The story of "How The Irish Became White" tells a story of the diaspora falling under sway of racial settlerism, but I've wondered what the reaction in Ireland looks like. The book is well-written and researched, with a partisanship that's clear through the authors sense of humor. The last chapter that brings the story up to date, speaking of anti-immigrant marches in recent years is striking and well worth a read. There is a certain Irish exceptionalism that points to the Irish as being somehow immune to the lure of fascism, but the author does a great job of countering this. This also gets extended to the Republican movement, to which the author is sympathetic. It is refreshing to read a book by an author willing to show the warts and give warning of the need to be vigilant in our antifascism.