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The Arigna Soviet

In 1923 as the Irish revolution came to an end, large parts of the North Roscommon town of Arigna...

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Addiction in Irish History

At the turn of the 20th century alcoholism was a major problem in Irish society. The island had...

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The Origin Story of 'A Lethal Legacy'

Every book has an origin story. My new book ‘A Lethal Legacy – A History of Ireland in 18...

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The Cork tsunami & other historic natural disasters

This podcast looks at forgotten story of the tsunami that hit Cork in 1755, the volcanic winter...

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The First Modern Royal Visit to Ireland

In 1821 George IV was the first British monarch to visit Ireland in modern times. It was a...

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A Broken People: The Survivors of the Great Hunger

The Great Hunger left deep scars on the Irish society. Many of those who survived the 1840s never...

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The Brighton Bombing - the attempt to kill Margaret Thatcher

In 1984, the Conservative Party, lead by the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, gathered...

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A Deep, Dark History. Bunmahon & the Copper Rush of the 19th Century

Bunmahon is an idyllic seaside town in Co Waterford but it has a deep dark history. It's a story...

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Jack the Ripper: Irish Connections [From the Archives]

This episode was originally released in 2019. Over the past week I was recording the audio...

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Taking the Hard Road - Edward O’Rourke & opposing Hitler

As I mention in the episode I am recording the audio version of A Lethal Legacy - A History of...

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The Road to War - How the Irish Civil War Started

'The Road to War' is the first episode in a five part Irish History Podcast production on the...

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The Irish Women Who Fought the Nazis in World War II (The French Resistance Part II)

**This is the second of two episodes on the story of Irish people who fought in the French...

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Irish Volunteers in the French Resistance Part I

The struggle of the French Resistance against the Nazi Occupation of France remains one of the...

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Jane Cullen - A Forgotten Famine Survivor

The history of the Great Famine naturally and understandably focuses on the death toll. However...

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Rotten Prod - The Life of James Baird

This episode needs a bit of an introduction. While the term Rotten Prod, short for Rotten...

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Murder at Mother Mountain

Mother Mountain is situated in a remote corner of Co Tipperary. An axe-murder that took place...

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A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders (A New Book from Fin Dwyer)

This episode is short, but has a big reveal! For nearly two years I have been working on a new...

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Sights, Sounds & Smells: Life in Dublin on the Eve of the 1916 Rising [from the archives]

The 1916 Rising is one of the most famous events in Irish history but it’s easy to forget it took...

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Oliver Cromwell - Still Notorious, But Why?

The Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland took place over 370 years ago. Despite the passage of time...

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A Journey to the Gates of Hell

In 1397 Ramón de Perellós left the city of Avignon in the Kingdom of France, setting out on a...

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