From the Norman Invasion to the War of Independence, the Irish History Podcast brings you on a journ
'The Road to War' is the first episode in a five part Irish History Podcast production on the Irish
**This is the second of two episodes on the story of Irish people who fought in the French Resistanc
The struggle of the French Resistance against the Nazi Occupation of France remains one of the most
This episode needs a bit of an introduction. While the term Rotten Prod, short for Rotten Protestant
This episode is short, but has a big reveal! For nearly two years I have been working on a new book
The 1916 Rising is one of the most famous events in Irish history but it’s easy to forget it took pl
The Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland took place over 370 years ago. Despite the passage of time the m
In 1397 Ramón de Perellós left the city of Avignon in the Kingdom of France, setting out on a 2,000
The history of Belfast has been dominated by the Troubles of the late 20th century and the longer hi
In the 1880s Charles Stewart Parnell was the most famous Irish politician of his generation. Dubbed
Disert is a remote townland in the Bluestack Mountains in Co Donegal. For reasons that are not entir
In this episode Neil Jackman and myself continue our journey down the Lingaun Valley, one of Ireland
The Lingaun Valley is a little known valley that forms the border between Co Kilkenny and Co Tippera
Have you ever wondered about your ancestors and who they were were? Were they on the right side of h
Emigration has been one of the defining features of Irish life since the Great Hunger. Generations h
In 1895 Bridget Cleary was a confident independent woman in a rapidly changing Ireland. This brought
Until 1981 a woman was considered the property of her husband under Irish law. A husband could even
On June 22nd 1922, the British Field Marshall, Henry Wilson was shot dead in London. The assassinati
Spike Island in Cork Harbour is often referred to as 'Ireland’s Alcatraz'. While this famous island
Between 1840 and 1860 the population of New York almost trebled growing from 300,000 to 800,000. Thi
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