This week Saoirse Siné is joined by comedian Steve Bennett to discuss one of the longest wars... in which not one shot was fired... and that everyone forgot about.

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Episode Source Material

https://www.visitislesofscilly.com/experience/things-to-do/history-and-heritage

https://www.britannica.com/place/Isles-of-Scilly-islands-England-United-Kingdom

https://www.scilly.gov.uk/

http://the-scilly-isles.com/

https://www.visitislesofscilly.com/

https://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/three-hundred-and-thirty-five-years-war-1288033

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RGR1LB52EM (Inside The World's Smallest Football League - The Isles of Scilly)

https://247wallst.com/special-report/2019/05/01/longest-wars-in-history/5/

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/magna-britannia/vol3/pp330-337

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/the-three-hundred-thirty-five-years-war-the-longest-war-in-history.html

https://factslegend.org/20-three-hundred-and-thirty-five-years-war-facts/

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/three-hundred-thirty-five-years-war-absurdity-inaction

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/18/world/dutch-proclaim-end-of-war-against-britain-s-scilly-isles.html

https://uk400clubrarebirdalert.blogspot.com/2014/09/tragic-news-roy-duncan-scilly-boatman.html

http://www.scillytoday.com/

http://www.scillytoday.com/2014/09/03/hundreds-of-islanders-bid-final-farewell-to-roy-duncan/

https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/news/isles-of-scillys-two-football-teams-allowed-4000-fans-but-attracted-just-12-last-week_428540.html

https://www.simplyscilly.co.uk/

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/isles-scilly-were-one-big-4693987

https://www.scilly.gov.uk/news/roy-duncan-1948-2014

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maarten-Harpertszoon-Tromp

 

 

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