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The Irish Republic's foundation is one hell of a story, complete with spying secretaries, pig thieves, politicians, poets, school teachers and the world's biggest empire. In quick, bite-size...
In today's episode we finish off the last section of The Fate of the Children of Lír and explore how really it was the Christian Brothers wh...
In this episode we look at how the Children of Lír slowly gained popularity over the 19th century and see what happens when you turn someone...
In this episode we look at The Fate of the Children of Lír and explore how Ireland's most famous myth is not a myth at all. In fact, it's a...
A slight diversion from our current series on mythology to look at a unique connection between Ireland and Palestine. If you'd like to donat...
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In this episode Lug issues a fine to the Children of Tuireann and we look at how fines were the bedrock of medieval Ireland's decentralised...
In the latest episode we dive into the Fate of the Children of Tuireann, a story from the 15th century that builds on The Second Battle of M...
In this episode we explore the concept of honour price and how it was one of the most important legal concept in early medieval Ireland. We...
In this episode we look at how early medieval Ireland was ruled through a series of different kings and over kings, as well as continue our...
In this episode we get back into The Wooing of Étain, exploring her life as a fly and witness how she is reborn 1000 years later... Hosted o...
In this episode we look at how a Welsh bishop with fringe apocalyptic ideas became the patron saint of Ireland – defeating a whole load of d...
Did Étain represent the moon? And did The Wooing of Étain teach druids how to read the moon's movement over decades? In this episode we expl...
In this episode we look at the history behind how The Wooing of Étain was uncovered and then dive into the story itself — as the Dagda swind...
In this episode we finally get to the big clash between the Fomorians and the Tuatha Dé. It's a brutal and beautiful piece of literature. It...
In this episode we follow one of the strangest (and maybe raunchiest) moments in ancient Irish stories as the Dagda prepares for battle. Hos...
In this episode we greet the arrival of Lugh as the Tuatha Dé prepare for battle. We also dive into what the characters of Lugh and Bres tel...
In this episode we look at life in Ireland under the rulership of Bres the Beautiful and learn who is father was, as well as explore what a...
In this episode we dive into the First Battle of Moytura, telling the story of how the Tuatha Dé came to Ireland. If you'd like to dive into...
In this episode we look at the people behind the Irish mythological stories and explore how the stories we have today are a fascinating blen...
It's a whole new season and we're doing something a little different – diving into the rich tapestry of Irish mythology. But before we jump...
In this episode we look at the aftermath of the Irish Civil War and how it's still influencing Irish politics to this day. Hosted on Acast....
In this episode, we look at how Maggie Doherty and the McCarthy sisters were totally and utterly failed by the Free State and how their stor...
In this episode we look at the last dying gasps of the Irish Civil War and dive into the psychological genius of De Valera's order to dump a...
"I'm glad one of the old crowd got me" is what Liam Lynch said after he was shot in the Knockmealdown Mountains and in this episode we look...
Irish men blowing each other to smithereens – there's a reason March 1923 is often referred to as the month of terror. In this episode we ex...
In this episode we look at the winter of 1922 into 1923 – time when the Civil War became increasingly bitter and the anti-Treaty side became...
In this episode we join forces with Shite Talk History to tell the story of the amazing Harry Boland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
In this episode we explore a friendship that ended in executions that was said to have "killed the new State at its birth.“ Hosted on Acast....
In this episode we celebrate 1,000,000 downloads by going down the supernatural rabbit hole that is the history of Halloween. From druids to...
In this episode we look at December 6th, the day the Irish Free State official came into being. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
In this episode we look at the creation of Irish Free State constitution which was brought into law on December 6th 1922. Here's the Radiola...
In this episode we look at how the Catholic Church worked to bring about peace in 1922, choosing the Treaty and turning against the anti-Tre...
In this episode we look at the first series of executions carried out by the Free State in November 1922. The image used for this episode is...
In this episode we tell the sad story of Tadhg Kennefick and try to make sense of the horrific violence of the Irish Civil war. Hosted on Ac...
In this episode we look at what has been described as one of the most draconian pieces of legislation ever to be passed in a liberal democra...
In this episode we look at the second failed Craig-Collins pact and try to untangle the complicated web that was Michael Collins's approach...
From CS Lewis's bourgeois Protestant upbringing to Seamus Heaney's beautiful attempts at understanding his home, this episode I interview Al...
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 particula...
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...
In this episode we investigate how the anti-Treaty IRA were coping, as well as the Army Emergency Power Resolution and its ramifications. Ho...
In this episode we take a look at WT Cosgrave – the conservative witty Dubliner who replaced Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins to become t...
In this episode we examine the ramifications of Michael Collins death — his funeral the reprisals that followed, and who would take his plac...
In this episode we explore one of the most tragic (and hotly debated) moments of the Irish Civil War, the death of Michael Collins. Hosted o...
A jam packed episode as we explore what was going on in and around the first week of August 1922. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
Loved this chat with Gerard Shannon, a fascinating historian currently writing a book on Liam Lynch. Over the course of the interview we get...
After the Four Courts was blown to smithereens fighting continued for several days in and around Dublin. In this episode we imagine what it...
In this episode we look at the event traditionally viewed as the start of the Irish Civil War. These first unsteady and unwilling steps into...
Today on the centenary of the death of Michael Collins I'm sharing excerpts from an interview with Anne Dolan and Will Murphy authors of Mic...
The death of Sir Henry Wilson is a complicated affair that gives us a fascinating insight into the intersectional nature of the Ireland at t...
In this episode we look at the election of 1922, which despite Sinn Fein's best efforts set a positive democratic tone for Irish politics fo...