On the final episode of series 1, we are joined by Dr Laura McAtackney from UCC Archaeology and Dr Patrick Bresnihan from Maynooth Geography. They talk to us about connections and similarities between Ireland/Northern Ireland and Palestine, colonialism, the Great Famine and the current forced starvation in Gaza, and the intersection between US-Israeli goods, Irish economics, neutrality, NATO and the Triple Lock. Hosted by Emer and Stephen, edited by Dawn.

References

Bishara, Amahl

https://as.tufts.edu/anthropology/people/faculty/amahl-bishara(She has worked a lot on Palestine and its perception, in the US, in particular. Laura attaches an interview Amahl did for easy access but there is a lot to read that can be accessed through her profile) https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/45069/Amahl-A-Bishara,-Crossing-a-Line-Laws,-Violence,-and-Roadblocks-to-Palestinian-Political-Expression-New-Texts-Out-Now

Burgess, Mary. 2005. “Mapping the Narrow Ground: Geography, History and Partition”. Field Day Review (1): 120–131.

Wind, Maya. 2024. Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom. Verso Books.

https://www.mayaywind.com/book

Marium Ali and Hanna Duggal, Here are the names of the journalists Israel killed in Gaza

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/11/here-are-the-names-of-the-journalists-israel-killed-in-gaza
Bana Abu Zuluf, Patrick Bresnihan and Rory Rowan, 'Decolonising Palestine and Unsettling Environmental Justice'

https://www.rundale.org/2024/04/25/decolonising-palestine/

Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie, From the Bog to the Cloud
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/from-the-bog-to-the-cloud

Annual Doolough Famine Walk

https://www.afri.ie/category/tag/famine-walk/

Interview with Irish historian Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh about how Britain’s role in Ireland’s Great Famine paved the way for Israel’s manufactured starvation of Palestinians in Gaza today

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM4oOedssF8/