The Prodcast

With a nod to our favourite bass player, Conor “Deego” Deegan, we look at whether continued lamenting of the treatment of Ireland by the English might be a sign of insecurity rather than confidence. With references to the World Cup, and an out-of-date plug for Simon’s history festival, there’s a lot more to talk about than just 800 years of oppression.

The stereotypes about Irish Prods are durable, but David and Simon discuss some of the ways in which they can and should be challenged.

Southern Ireland, partition, prod pride and other listener notes & queries

David and Simon explore why Southern Prods still seem so reluctant to talk about their identity in public.

A look at more recent history and varieties of Irish Protestant experience and outlook.

In which we canter through the first few centuries of Irish Protestant history and some of their legacies.

What did being Protestant do to our thinking about politics and the society around us in the 1980s and 1990s?

David grew up in the South, Simon in both the North and the South. What was it like being Protestant in 1980s Ireland. Why might it matter now?