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Irish History Podcast

From the Norman Invasion to the War of Independence, the Great Famine to the Troubles, the Irish History Podcast takes you on a journey through the most fascinating stories in Ireland"s past. Whether it’s the siege of Dublin in 1171 or gun battles in the 1920s, the podcast vividly recreates a sense of time and place. Each episode is meticulously researched, creating character-driven narratives that are engaging and accessible for all.Since the first episode was released back in 2010, the podcast has

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33:40

American Wakes, Coffin Ships and Canada | The Great...

Irish History Podcast ·

2018/03/29

Coffin Ships are one of the most enduring images from the Great Famine. This was the name given to the boats that carried Irish Famine emigrants to North America in 1847.This sinister title comes from the appalling death rates onboard these ships. This show opens with the hopes and fears of famine emigrants in Black '47. Then I move on to the harrowing voyages and what awaited the emirgants when they landed in Canada, This fell far short of their expectations - this journey will take us onto the

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St Patricks Day in Black '47 | The Great Famine XX

Irish History Podcast ·

2018/03/16

As people across the world prepare to mark St Patrick's day this podcast looks what at happened on St Patricks Day during the worst year of the Great Famine. Celebrations were not cancelled but on a day supposed to celebrat all things Irish, events in Dublin revealed there were two very different Irelands in that year.While one half of the city starved the other half planned a party....As people across the world mark St Patrick's day this podcast looks what at happened in Dublin on St Patricks Day

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Dublin Famine Tour - A New Interactive Experience

Irish History Podcast ·

2018/03/06

This short podcast explains the Dublin Famine Tour, my new interactive historical experience which launches on St Patricks Weekend.On this walking tour I guide you through Victorian Dublin, explaining the fascinating but forgotten story of how the Great Famine transformed Ireland’s capital city.During the tour will also hear what Dublin sounded like in the 1840s along with recordings of accounts written by Dubliners at the time. Tune in for more exciting details.Become a supporter & access dozens of

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29:34

Exiles - Irish Famine Emigrants | The Great Famine XIX)

Irish History Podcast ·

2018/03/02

Emigration is arguably the greatest legacy of the Great Irish Famine. Between 1846 and 1851, 1.25 million Irish people passed through the port of Liverpool alone to escape the Great Hunger. This exodus of refugees transformed the Great Famine from an Irish catastrophe into a global phenomenon as these people established Irish communities across the world. It fitting then that the show opens with a story from the Canadian city of Montreal in the 1870s.The we will hone in on the port of Liverpool

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56:21

An Eye for an Eye: Evictions & Assassinations | The...

Irish History Podcast ·

2018/02/07

Over the course of the Great Famine, hundreds of thousands of Irish people were evicted from their homes.As ruthless landlords showed no pity, eviction was a death sentence for many starving tenants who were made homeless.It was inevitable these evictions provoked resistance. On November 2nd 1847, the most famous assassination of the Great Famine took place in North Roscommon.This podcast details the background of this assassination and how it relates to the wider story of other mass evictions in

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30:09

The Great Famine 1845 - 47 | The Great Famine XVII

Irish History Podcast ·

2018/01/22

This episode marks a return to the Great Famine Series. Coming podcasts will detail the later phase of the Famine including emigration and the bitter struggle that broke out between lanldords & tenants.This show sets the stage by focusing on the life of the most famous Irish person of the 19th century - Daniel O’Connell.Known as 'King Dan' the final years of his life provide a great opportunity to recap on what has happened so far and tie up loose ends before we continue our story.Become a supporter

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21:58

Spies & Jail Breaks: Female Rebels in Medieval Ireland

Irish History Podcast ·

2018/01/08

Isabella Cadel, Grace O Toole, Fynyna O Toohig. These are all women forgotten by history who lived intriguing and fascinating lives. The three had one thing in common - they were all rebels in medieval Ireland.In this podcast I look at their forgotten stories which took place in an Ireland ravaged by deadly conflict. These medieval female warriors played an overlooked role in the brutal and deadly war that broke out between Norman settlers and Gaelic Rebels in the late Middle Ages.Become a supporter

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27:36

Ireland's Nazi Commando II (Otto Skorzeny)

Irish History Podcast ·

2017/12/24

The last podcast looked at the arrival of the one time Nazi Commando Otto Skorzeny in Ireland in 1957 and the welcome he received from some of the most influential people in Dublin.This podcast continues this bizarre story using recently released files from Ireland's intelligence agency G2. These files contain serious allegations about Skorzeny in Ireland.Was he using Cork Harbour to smuggle arms to North Africa?Was he guilty of testing a gas gun on concentration camp inmates?Why did he reportedly

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36:02

Ireland's Nazi Commando: Otto Skorzeny (Part I)

Irish History Podcast ·

2017/12/18

This is the first of two podcasts which looks at the story of Otto Skorzeny, a notorious Nazi with a long but forgotten connection to Ireland.It is set in the aftermath of World War II to the intriguing backdrop of the hunt for Nazi war criminals after the war. Once labelled the most dangerous man in Europe the focus of the podcast, Otto Skorzeny, was a man plagued with rumours of war crimes, gun running and Neo-Nazi activities all his life.His arrival in Ireland in 1957 started a dark chapter in

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22:32

The First Irishman in China (Outsiders Part II)

Irish History Podcast ·

2017/12/12

Believe it or not the first Irish person to visit China left Europe in 1318 arriving. His fascinating journey would take several years. Known only as 'James of Ireland' this a story embroiled in the rise of the Mongols, medieval papal diplomacy and the tediously slow world of medieval travel.Hear his story in this podcast...This podcast is brought to you by Irish Newspaper ArchivesBecome a supporter & access dozens of exclusive podcastsPatreon www.patreon.com/irishpodcastAcast

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26:32

Ireland's Last Executioners (Outsiders Part I)

Irish History Podcast ·

2017/12/04

Over the coming weeks I am taking a break from the Great Famine Series to make a mini series entitled 'Outsiders'. These podcasts will focus on people who for one reason or another lived at the peripherary of Irish society.First up is Ireland's last executioners. These were members of a family who included one of the most prolific hangmen of all time. This is the story of the Pierrepoints who between them probably executed over 1,000 people in the mid 20th century.Find out their story in this

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40:40

The Workhouse and The Unwanted | The Great Famine XVI

Irish History Podcast ·

2017/11/15

The crumbling ruins of workhouses are one of the last visible reminders of the horrors of the Great Hunger in the Irish landscape. During the Great Famine they became home to the unwanted in Irish society. Ultimately over 300,000 people Irish people died in these institutions during the Great Hunger.While they may have been unwanted by the late 1840s very few of the so called 'inmates' of workhouses were born unwanted. The show begins by looking at how people found themsleves in such a position by

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34:12

A Doomed Land? Piracy, Elections and The 1847 Harvest...

Irish History Podcast ·

2017/10/23

This show opens with the fascinating story of communities in Mayo who resorted to piracy to survive in 1847. This is only a prelude however before we look at two pivotal events later in the year.After two years of starvation, the only election held during the Great Famine took place in August 1847. In some constituencies this poll was more like a blood sport than modern elections.That summer was also decisive because no sooner were the ballots counted than the island became fixated on an even more

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28:22

At a Crossroads - Salvation or Starvation (1847) |...

Irish History Podcast ·

2017/09/25

This podcast continues our journey through the summer of 1847 as we reach one of the pivotal moments in the history of the Great Famine. The British government finally realise a new policy is needed in Ireland but will it help or hinder?Decisions taken in this podcast overshadow life Ireland for years to come.Tune in to find out more.This episode is brought to you by Irish Newspaper ArchivesBecome a supporter & access dozens of exclusive podcastsPatreon www.patreon.com/irishpodcastAcast

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28:03

A Tale of Transportation | The Great Famine XIII

Irish History Podcast ·

2017/09/11

Transportation was a particularity cruel punishment. For centuries those condemned to this fate were shipped to penal colonies on the far side of the globe to serve out their sentences. It has become synonymous with injustice during the famine when many caught stealing food suffered this fate.For this podcast I dug deep into the archives and found the story of the Nangle family whose lives were ripped apart after they were caught stealing sheep.Their story also gives us an insight into life in

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30:41

The Great Hunger in Dublin | The Great Famine XII

Irish History Podcast ·

2017/08/14

Dublin is often forgotten in the story of the Great Famine. While death rates in the capital were not as severe as the west of Ireland, the city suffered nevertheless. The show follows the story of the Mulherins, a family who fled famine in their home in Co Leitrim and settled in the Smithfield - Stoneybatter area of Dublin. They quickly found life in the capital city was very different but not necessarily easier...The show also looks at life in one of the city workhouses and how prostitution

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28:41

Voices from Black '47 - Irish Emigrants in Their Own...

Irish History Podcast ·

2017/07/24

From January 1847 Irish people desperately trying to flee the famine began to leave the island in huge numbers.220,000 left in that year alone and by 1853 more than one in six people who had lived in Ireland in 1845 had emigrated. While we know a lot about where they went and the horrendous conditions they faced, we know less about the lives they left behind. This show tells that story through the words of these Irish emigrants.Research for this show took me into the archives of the National Library

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39:51

Black '47 - A World Turned Upside Down (1847) | The...

Irish History Podcast ·

2017/07/10

This series continues the story of the Great Famine into the notorious year of Black '47 by returning to the town of Skibbereen. Looking at how life in the town changed it details the horrifying lives many had to endure. However starvation was not the only way the famine changed Ireland and the show begins by looking at the unusual story of James Dillon, a coroner in Co Offaly who was tasked with investigating two suspicious deaths in December 1846.Become a supporter & access dozens of exclusive

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47:58

Insurrection and Starvation - A Tale of Two Towns...

Irish History Podcast ·

2017/06/19

As the situation deteriorated in Ireland in late 1846, the two Cork towns of Youghal and Skibbereen experienced the unfolding horrors in very different ways. The people of Youghal, due to local dynamics, were in a position to rise up against some of the causes of famine. Through the Autumn of 1846 they launched an insurrection in a desperate bid to stop food being exported. However at Skibbereenin west Cork the people found themselves in a far worse situation. Ravaged by severe starvation from as

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23:21

History vs Reality. What Was Life Really Like in...

Irish History Podcast ·

2017/06/05

Many travellers who visited the west of Ireland in the 19th century considered it as a frontier of sorts. They were more often than not deeply racist, yet we still rely heavily on their accounts to reconstruct a picture of life at the time. In this show I questionhow reliable their accounts are. In an effort to create a more vivid picture of life in the 1840s I have interviewed with two archaeologists - Franc Myles and Eve Campbell for this show.You can contact me

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