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 5
Omnibus #5 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● The Wars of the Gael and the Gall
● Viking Towns and Cities
● Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf
● A Trembling Sod
● The Rape of Dervorgilla
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
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27min
September 17, 2024 Series 1: Omnibus 3
Omnibus #3 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
• Patrick the Briton
• The Early Irish Church
• A Land of Many Kings
• Poets, Judges, Nobles, the Free and the Un-free
• Homesteads and Crannogs
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 2
Omnibus #2 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Before the Celts
● The Coming of the Celts
● Preparing for the Otherworld in Pre-Christian Celtic Ireland
● Kings and Champions
● Agricola Plans to Conquer Ireland
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
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29min
September 17, 2024 Series 1: Omnibus 1
Omnibus #1 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –

• The First Plants, Animals and People
• Stone Age Ireland
• The First Farmers
• Burying the dead in The New Stone Age
• Copper, Bronze and Gold

Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
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29min
May 26, 2020 Series 1: Omnibus 4
Omnibus #4 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Living off the Land
● Saints and Scholars
● Not the Work of Men, But Angels
● St Columba, St Columbanus and the Wandering Irish
● The Vikings Are Coming
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
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27min
May 22, 2020 Series 1: Omnibus 43
Omnibus #43 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
• The Covenant
• The great Dublin lock-out
• The Curragh ‘mutiny’
• To the brink of civil war
• Faithful to Erin, we answer her call
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
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30min
May 22, 2020 Series 1: Omnibus 45
Omnibus #45 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
• The rise of Sinn Féin
• The first Dáil
• Return to violence
• Terror and reprisal
• The dreary steeples
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
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30min
May 22, 2020 Series 1: Omnibus 46
Omnibus #46 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
• Partition
• Stretch out the hand of forbearance
• The Treaty
• The split
• Troubles north and south
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
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29min
May 22, 2020 Series 2: Omnibus 3
Omnibus #3 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
• The appalling influx from the slums
• The Blitz, May 1941
• The Catholics and Protestants are going up there mixed
• German bombs on Éire
• The spy who failed
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.
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29min
May 22, 2020 Series 2: Omnibus 5
Omnibus #5 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
• Internees, deserters and volunteers
• Keeping Éire lean
• An arsenal of victory
• Dealing with the IRA in Northern Ireland
• Wartime smuggling
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons 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.

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