The History of Ireland

By Kevin Dolan

The story of how Ireland became Ireland: its revolution, its gods, and the myths in between.

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The podcast currently has 137 episodes available.

The History of Ireland episodes:

May 10, 2023 Interview – Alexander Poots On The Writing Northern Ireland
From CS Lewis's bourgeois Protestant upbringing to Seamus Heaney's beautiful attempts at understanding his home, this episode I interview Alexander Poots author of The Strangers' House: Writing Northern Ireland and ask what Northern Irish writers can teach us about the history of the area. Sign up to Patreon for the full interview.

You can read more about the book, here:
https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/alexander-poots/the-strangers-house/9781538701584/
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April 23, 2023 S2 EP14 – The McMahon Murders
In this episode we look at the failed attempts to bring peace to Northern Ireland in 1922 and how this affected one poor family in particular.
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15min
April 04, 2023 S2 EP13 – Drawing the Border
What's this? A new episode! Finally! Thanks so much for baring with me. Happy to say the show is back and raring to go. This episode takes a look at how the Northern Irish border was drawn and explains how we landed on the six counties.
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17min
December 23, 2022 S2 EP12 – Young Lawlor & The Legalities of Conflict
In this episode we investigate how the anti-Treaty IRA were coping, as well as the Army Emergency Power Resolution and its ramifications.
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16min
December 09, 2022 S2 EP11 – The Man Who Wasn't Collins
In this episode we take a look at WT Cosgrave – the conservative witty Dubliner who replaced Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins to become the leader of the fledgling state.
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November 21, 2022 S2 EP10 – The Funeral of Michael Collins
In this episode we examine the ramifications of Michael Collins death — his funeral the reprisals that followed, and who would take his place.
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17min
October 26, 2022 S2 EP09 – Béal na Bláth
In this episode we explore one of the most tragic (and hotly debated) moments of the Irish Civil War, the death of Michael Collins.
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28min
October 11, 2022 S2 EP08 – The Limerick Line, Rochestown & Griffith's Last Days
A jam packed episode as we explore what was going on in and around the first week of August 1922.
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17min
September 26, 2022 Interview – The Lives of Liam Lynch & Rory O'Conner with Gerard Shannon
Loved this chat with Gerard Shannon, a fascinating historian currently writing a book on Liam Lynch. Over the course of the interview we get deep into the minds of the two leading figures of the anti-Treaty IRA. As ever the full hour long interview is available to Patreon subscribers.
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September 16, 2022 S2 EP07 – The Battle of Dublin
After the Four Courts was blown to smithereens fighting continued for several days in and around Dublin. In this episode we imagine what it must have been like for those hold up in the hotels, shops and homes transformed into military bases — and what it must have been like for those attacking them.

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21min

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The podcast currently has 137 episodes available.

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