A Short History of Ireland

By BBC Radio Ulster

Ireland’s rich and turbulent history is explored in a series written by the late Dr Jonathan Bardon.

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How many episodes does A Short History of Ireland have?

The podcast currently has 60 episodes available.

A Short History of Ireland episodes:

September 17, 2024 Series 1: Omnibus 35
Omnibus #35 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
• The Clare Election
• ‘Scum condensed of Irish bog!’
• A social laboratory
• The Tithe War
• The Repealer repulsed
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
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30min
September 17, 2024 Series 1: Omnibus 34
Omnibus #34 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
• Caravats and Shanavests
• Ribbonmen, Orangemen and Rockites
• Emancipation refused
• The Catholic association
• The ‘invasion’ of Ulster
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
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30min
September 17, 2024 Series 1: Omnibus 33
Omnibus #33 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
• Jobbing with the most corrupt people under Heaven
• The Passing of the Act of Union
• Robert Emmet
• Now is your time for liberty
• Let no man write my epitaph
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
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30min
September 17, 2024 Series 1: Omnibus 32
Omnibus #32 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
• Rebellion in County Antrim
• The rebellion in County Down
• Vinegar Hill
• The Races of Castlebar
• The Union proposed
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
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30min
September 17, 2024 Series 1: Omnibus 31
Omnibus #31 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
• Croppies, lie down
• Rouse Hibernians, from your slumbers
• The Boys of Wexford
• The Battle of New Ross
• The rebellion spreads north
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
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30min
September 17, 2024 Series 1: Omnibus 30
Omnibus #30 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Earl Fitzwilliam’s failure
● Peep o’Day Boys and Defenders
● I will blow your soul to the low hills of Hell
● The French are in the bay
● Nothing but terror will keep them in order
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey
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30min
September 17, 2024 Series 1: Omnibus 29
Omnibus #29 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● The failure to reform
● The fourteenth of July 1789
● The United Irishmen
● The Belfast Harp Festival of 1792
● At war with France
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey
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30min
September 17, 2024 Series 1: Omnibus 28
Omnibus #28 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● The voyage of the Sally
● The American Revolution and Ireland
● Free Trade – or Else
● The Dungannon Convention of 1782
● Grattan’s Parliament
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey
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30min
September 17, 2024 Series 1: Omnibus 27
Omnibus #27 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● The peasantry
● Superfine cloth, of home manufacture
● Ulster’s domestic linen industry
● Wash-mills, bleach greens and beetling engines
● A vast number of people shipping off for Pennsylvania and Boston
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey
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28min
September 17, 2024 Series 1: Omnibus 26
Omnibus #26 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Dublin: poverty, crime and duels
● The Irish gentry are expensive people
● A sort of despot
● Hearts of Steel, Hearts of Oak
● Clearing the land
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey
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30min

FAQs about A Short History of Ireland:

How many episodes does A Short History of Ireland have?

The podcast currently has 60 episodes available.