From the Norman Invasion to the War of Independence, the Irish History Podcast brings you on a journ
The summer of 1846 was a tense time in Ireland. As food grew scarce lawlessness, riots and violence
This show takes you through the winter of 1845 through to April 1846 as the situation in Ireland det
As the harvest of 1845 approached in Ireland, rumours circulated that a mysterious disease was
1845 is famous for one thing in Irish history – the beginning of the Great Famine. However contrary
Lola Montez, born Elizabeth Rosanna Gilbert, was one of the most scandalous women of the 19th centur
In 1845 the population of Ireland was heading towards 9 million with many people surviving on a diet
The series on the Great Famine got off to a bloody start with the story of Anne Devlin and the rebel
This podcast, the first in my new series on the Great Famine, gives a background to Ireland in the 1
Over the past few months I have been preparing a major podcast series on the Great Famine of the 184
In the opening line of his novel The Go Between the writer L.P. Hartley famously quipped ‘The past i
'Letters from Dakota' is the story of my grandaunt Mollie Dwyer who emigrated to the USA when she wa
I launched my first exclusive patron’s podcast on the Land War yesterday.The Land War is a fascinati
The Phoenix Park Murders are one of the most famous assassinations in Irish History. On May 6th 1882
The Phoenix Park Murders are among the most famous political assassinations in Irish History. On May
In this episode I took my recorder and headed around my neighbourhood looking for the history of the
In this final episode on the Maamtrasna murders, we begin by picking up the story of this fascinatin
In Part I of this series on the Maamtrasna murders I looked at one of the most brutal killings in 19
Prior to 1882, Maamtrasna a remote townland in the west of Ireland, was known to few outside Co. Gal
Medieval outlaws have captured the human imagination for centuries. The story of Robin Hood who famo
This podcast was funded by the Mary Raftery Journalism Fund.We don’t remember 1980s fondly in Irelan
