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The Battle of the Falls - Three Days in July Part II
Irish History Podcast - June 24, 2024 14:36 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsOn July 3rd 1970, months of rising tensions in Belfast erupted as the British Army laid siege to thousands of homes in the Lower Falls, a large working-class community. This event, known as the Battle of the Falls, became a key moment in the Troubles. While this is a well-known episode in the co...
Three Days in July - A Forgotten Victim of The Troubles
Irish History Podcast - June 17, 2024 14:56 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsIn the summer of 1970, Belfast stood on the precipice of war. By June, months of rising tensions burst into violence, setting the stage for one of the most controversial British military operations of the Troubles – the Falls Curfew. This three-day siege of a large nationalist working-class comm...
Beyond the Famine: A History of the Potato in Ireland
Irish History Podcast - June 11, 2024 03:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsThroughout history, bread has consistently been one of the most popular foods across the world. For two centuries, Ireland was an exception. Indeed, by the early 19th century, some communities in the west of Ireland had lost all knowledge of how to bake bread. This was down to the remarkable h...
Lord Haw Haw - Ireland's Most Notorious Nazi
Irish History Podcast - May 28, 2024 17:20 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsWilliam Joyce aka Lord Haw Haw was Ireland's most notorious Nazi. Raised in the west of Ireland he was an unlikely spokesman for Hitler's Third Reich. Nevertheless millions tuned in to his sinister broadcasts on behalf of the Nazi regime during the Second World War. This podcast follows his jour...
Breaking the Silence: Post-Famine Trauma in Ireland
Irish History Podcast - May 21, 2024 13:28 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsIn this episode I delve into the lasting impact of the Great Hunger on Ireland. Its often said that the Famine was a taboo subject and a 'Great Silence' surrounded the 1840s. In this podcast I challenge this myth and explore how grief, guilt, and trauma were expressed and processed by the surviv...
The Rise of the Irish in New York
Irish History Podcast - May 14, 2024 13:32 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsWithin the space of a few years following the Great Hunger, hundreds of thousands of Irish emigrants settled in New York quickly becoming one of the largest communities in the city. These Irish emigrants are synonymous with slums, starvation, and misery; however, groundbreaking new research cha...
From Dublin to Devil's Island - The Life & Crimes of Vere Goold
Irish History Podcast - May 08, 2024 03:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsIn 1879 Vere Goold was a celebrity in Ireland. After winning Ireland’s first tennis championship, he reached the prestigious Wimbledon final later in the year. Exactly 30 years later he would die in the most notorious prison in the world – Devil’s Island. Known as the 'dry guillotine' the cond...
Unsolved: The 1928 Disappearance of Arthur Poole
Irish History Podcast - May 01, 2024 03:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsArthur Henri Poole was one of the most celebrated photographers in early 20th-century Ireland. An Englishman by birth, he was also most well-known figures in the city of Waterford where he lived for over four decades. In 1928 Poole disappeared almost without trace. Even though he was well kno...
Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Worse than you imagine...
Irish History Podcast - April 17, 2024 03:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsHow difficult was life in the Middle Ages? This is something archaeologists and historians have debated for decades. In recent years, new techniques, including genetic analysis, have given us new insights into the lives of our distant ancestors in the Medieval Era. Their findings are unsettling....
Manipulating the Past - A History of Photography in Ireland
Irish History Podcast - April 10, 2024 03:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsThe camera never lies or does it? In this episode, I take a trip to the National Photographic Archive in Temple Bar, Dublin. Joining me is the archivist, Nora Thornton. Nora not only leads you through the history of photography from its earliest days but also delves into the murky history of i...
Strongbow & Aoife: The wedding that changed Ireland
Irish History Podcast - April 03, 2024 03:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsIn 1170, the Norman Lord Strongbow landed an army in Ireland. The following day, he launched a deadly assault on the nearby city of Waterford. Before the day was out, Strongbow had not only conquered Waterford in a brutal assault but also made time for his wedding. This marriage changed Ireland...
Exiled: Irish Writers in the 1930s
Irish History Podcast - March 26, 2024 15:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsThe 1930s stood out as one of the most dramatic decades in modern history. Fascism was on the rise, and Europe was hurtling towards the Second World War. However, it was a peculiar time in Ireland. The Revolutionary Era was firmly in the rearview, and the optimism and hope it once inspired had...
Ireland's Lost Generation - The Orphans of the Great Hunger
Irish History Podcast - March 20, 2024 07:10 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsIn 1851 there were nearly 90,000 orphans in Irish Workhouses. Many of these children had lost their parents to hunger and disease. Others had been abandoned. This podcast explores the lives of these resilient children as they turned into young adults and rebelled against a world that had forsaken...
Time's Untold Tales: Life before clocks & Dublin's two time zones in the 1870s
Irish History Podcast - March 05, 2024 13:36 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsTelling the time in hours and minutes seems so natural that we don’t even question where it came from. However it is a pretty recent development. For most of history our ancestors didn’t have clocks and understood time itself in a very different way. In this podcast we will journey back throug...
The IRA ambush in Central Park, New York
Irish History Podcast - February 28, 2024 04:30 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsOn April 13th, 1922, three IRA volunteers chased a man through Central Park in New York. In front of dozens of witnesses, they shot him four times before escaping. This event marked the culmination of an international manhunt as the IRA tracked an informer across the world. In this episode, I a...
The Slaves who helped Ireland during the Great Hunger
Irish History Podcast - February 21, 2024 04:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsDuring the Great Hunger of the 1840s, vast sums of money were sent to Ireland by people across the world. One of the most remarkable stories is that of the First African Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia. Even though many of the congregants were slaves, they still sent a donation. In this po...
Saving Ireland from Sin & Sex - Film Censorship in Ireland
Irish History Podcast - February 14, 2024 04:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsThrough most of the 20th century, authorities in Ireland operated a strict censorship regime when it came to film. At its height, around one in every three films was censored in Ireland. The reasons for this are often hard to fathom today. Scenes that showed a dancer's legs or even a long kiss w...
What started The Troubles?
Irish History Podcast - February 08, 2024 04:30 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsIn the late 1960s, Northern Ireland erupted into major violence, marking the opening phase of The Troubles. Over three decades, this conflict would claim thousands of lives and continues to dominate life in Ireland today. In my new exclusive supporters series, I am joined by Dr. Brian Hanley to...
Polygamy, the Pope or Politics. Why was 19th century Ireland so hostile to Mormonism?
Irish History Podcast - January 31, 2024 04:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsIn the mid 19th century Mormonism was one of the fastest growing religions in the world. However when Mormon missionaries arrived in Ireland in 1840 they failed to establish a foothold. Over time Ireland gained a reputation as the most hostile country on earth for Mormons. This podcast explores...
Shipwrecked: The Story of the Samson
Irish History Podcast - January 24, 2024 04:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsThe story of the Samson is one most bizarre shipwrecks in Irish history. When this enormous sea crane ship crashed into the Irish coast, it's owners got more than they bargained for. While an RAF helicopter rescued the crew, a local man battled mountainous seas to climb aboard and claim the sh...
New Geneva: Ireland's Lost City
Irish History Podcast - January 16, 2024 14:08 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsIn the 1780s work began on a new city in Ireland. Called New Geneva it was designed to provide a new home for exiled revolutionaries from Switzerland. Today there are few traces of this now lost city. This masks a fascinating and dark history. When New Geneva failed, life there descended into ...
Plan 2024: It's ambitious but you can make it possible
Irish History Podcast - January 10, 2024 04:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsWe've been on an extraordinary journey since the show launched 14 years ago. From medieval battlefields to revolutions we've shared ringside seats to some of the greatest moments in history. My plan for 2024 is to embark on an even more ambitious journey with you. All is explained in this short ...
Forgotten: The Irish in the American West
Irish History Podcast - December 13, 2023 04:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsNew York, Boston, and Chicago dominate the history of Irish migration to the United States. However by 1900 one of the most Irish cities in the US was Butte Montana. Situated high in the Rocky mountains, Butte was just one of hundreds of Irish communities dotted across the American West. Begin...
Taking the world by storm – a history of podcasting 2/2
Irish History Podcast - December 06, 2023 04:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsIn the past decade, podcasting has taken the world by storm. The advent of smartphones and the ground-breaking podcast 'Serial' would see podcasting surge in popularity. In 2020 alone over a million new shows were launched. But does it have a future? Some are not convinced. In the second and f...
Are you in a cult? A history of podcasting 1/2
Irish History Podcast - November 28, 2023 13:49 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings‘You might not be a revolutionary, but you are living through a revolution.’ Podcasting is much older than you might imagine. A decade before the true crime show Serial took the world by storm, creators were making some of the earliest shows. This podcast is a nostalgic trip through the...
Assassinated: A Story of Vengeance & Murder in the Great Hunger
Irish History Podcast - November 22, 2023 04:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsIt’s a dark evening in early November 1847. A carriage makes it's way through lawless starving countryside in North Roscommon. A gun shot rings out, a man falls dead. A family mourns but a community rejoices. While the Great Hunger of the 1840s resulted in one million deaths, this one murder...
The Irish in Andersonville 'the deadliest place in America'
Irish History Podcast - November 15, 2023 04:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsIn the mid 1860s, Andersonville became one of the most feared places in America. This sleepy corner of Georgia gained notoriety in the later stages of the US Civil War when the Confederacy opened a prison camp there. Nearly one third of all prisoners who entered Andersonville never left. Amon...
Rose McKenna & Sydney Arnold – Rebels With A Secret History
Irish History Podcast - November 01, 2023 04:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsWriting histories of people who led secret lives is difficult because they leave few records. Yet that is precisely what my guest in today’s show has done. In this podcast, Dr Maurice Casey, shares the fascinating history of Rose McKenna and Sydney Arnold and how he uncovered their secret lives....
A History of the Supernatural in Ireland
Irish History Podcast - October 25, 2023 03:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsAs we prepare to celebrate Halloween, this episode is a timely exploration of the history of the supernatural in Ireland. Ghosts have long played an important role in Irish history and culture. In this podcast I am joined by Dr Clodagh Tait, a historian of the supernatural. Our conversation foc...
A History of Ireland's Deaf Community [From the archives]
Irish History Podcast - October 18, 2023 03:30 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsI have come down with a cold so rather than subject you to me coughing and spluttering through a show I have selected a classic from the archives. As I explain, I recently listened back to this episode after a chance meeting with my guest Cormac Leonard. The episode on the history of the Deaf ...
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