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Irish culture and current affairs with the historical backstory that explains it all. Presented by journalist Naomi O Leary and lecturer Tim Mc Inerney, this is your passport to Ireland.
This month marks the official start of spring in Ireland and to mark it Naomi and Tim discuss the figure of Bridget, Brigid or Bríd. A godde...
In this listener questions episode, Naomi and Tim take questions from listeners on everything from Gaelic Ulster, to nomadic patterns of lan...
The famous 'pint of plain' has become one of the most recognisable commercial brands in the world, and is inextricably linked to the Irish p...
Naomi and Tim take a look at the candidates who have put themselves forward for the highest office in the land and consider what the Irish p...
An Irish language rap group has, improbably enough, become the focus of global media attention and political debate. Why? For describing Isr...
In the grand finale of our Conquest series, Naomi and Tim dig into one of the most notorious episodes of Irish history, starring none other...
Naomi spent months investigating a rogue landlord who built up an empire of rental properties in Ireland backed by family wealth in Luxembou...
In the last 24 hours the global economic order may have transformed forever, as Donald Trump declares crushing tariffs for countries all ove...
A very different cultural and political model dominated Irish society prior to the British conquest: Gaelic Ireland. This was a system that...
Did you know that the United States' border policy and power to deport people was invented to get rid of famine-era immigrants from Ireland?...
Why did chaos disrupt the formation of a new Irish government? What has the government promised to do, and who's in it? We break it down in...
Nollaig shona daoibh go léir! During this festive season please enjoy this short holiday episode which we originally recorded last year. Eve...
Ireland went to the polls last week for the 2024 general election, and the results are beginning to build a picture of what the next governm...
By the early 17th century England had finally gained political control over the island of Ireland, but within a few years the whole colonial...
The attention of people around the world has been captured by the presence of Irish soldiers standing in the way of the Israel Defence Force...
On Ireland's west coast, far from the noise and fury of US partisan politics, presidential contender Donald Trump has been bested by a fears...
We're on holiday! So please enjoy this classic episode of the podcast first recorded back in 2018. We'll be back soon with all new episodes...
In the fourth episode of our Conquest miniseries, we take on of the most defining moments in the history of Ireland: the mass-plantation of...
We have made this halfpint bonus episode freely available to all our listeners. If you want to access more than 100 extra-content episodes j...
In February 2024, Michelle O'Neill assumed the position of first minister of Northern Ireland, making her the first person of an Irish-ident...
The most expensive, most all-consuming war in Elizabethan England was not waged against France or Spain, but against Ireland. In the third i...
In this political update, Naomi and Tim sum up the background of the incoming new Taoiseach Simon Harris and discuss the sudden resignation...
Part two of our Conquest mini-series explores the violent occupation of Gaelic Ireland by Elizabethan adventurers between 1560 and 1590, her...
In the period from 1534 to 1653 Ireland was profoundly transformed. At the start, it was almost entirely Gaelic, ruled by Gaelic clans with...
Every year the Irish government and national media lend their full attention to the arrival of Santa Claus on the island of Ireland, and dis...
Tim published a book! How does nobility work as a power strategy, why does it bear so many curious similarities to the construct of race, an...
As the world reels from the horrific Hamas attack on Israel and its deadly retribution on the Gaza Strip, Ireland has emerged as a prominent...
We're back and diving straight into breaking politics, as Naomi explains the chilling implications of the UK government's new "Northern Irel...
Hi everyone, Naomi here. Like many people I've been reeling since the news of the death of Sinéad O'Connor. I took a moment to share some of...
Ireland's strict libel laws and onerously expensive legal system is stacked against journalists and in favour of wealthy people who abuse th...
What's in a gene? We wade into the world of genetics, to find out all about an extensive DNA mapping project called the Irish DNA Atlas and...
In the second part of our episode on Ireland's lost forests, Naomi travels to the Beara peninsula in Co. Cork to speak to sculptor and autho...
A rich political, social and economic history of Ireland can be told by an analysis of its landscape, and specifically through the history o...
Beannachtaí na féile Pádraig oraibh! To celebrate Ireland's national day, please enjoy this classic St. Patrick's Day episode from our archi...
After years of deadlock, EU and UK leaders have declared a historic reset in their relations as they reach an agreement on Northern Ireland...
On the 27th of August 1979, the Provisional IRA assassinated one of the best known members of Britain's royal family as he holidayed in Coun...
From a mystery in rural Ireland that has persisted for over a century, to the little-known link between a World Cup star footballer and the...
This is a repeat of an Irish Passport classic episode, “Ireland and India: Assassins of Empire”, originally published on June 21...
Ireland’s dream as it emerged as an independent state was to ‘take its place among the nations of the world’. The principl...
As all Hell breaks loose in the halls of Westminster, Naomi and Tim break down what on earth has just happened in the UK. Why did Prime Mini...
In the final episode of our War of Independence mini-series, Tim and Naomi lay out the historical events that split the emerging Irish natio...
Tensions threaten to flare again between Ireland, Britain and the EU with a new UK prime minister who has promised to take a hard line on th...
The third installment in Naomi and Tim's series on the War of Independence discusses a landmark of 20th century Irish history: the partition...
The second installment of Naomi and Tim’s series on Ireland’s War of Independence focuses on the Black and Tans: the brutal rein...
The War of Independence was the moment in which Ireland threw off British rule and emerged as a state. The dramatic events that took place a...
A seismic election in Northern Ireland returned the pro-Irish unity Sinn Féin as the largest party for the first time ever. The Alliance Par...
Since our last episode, Europe's political landscape has been transformed - and that of Ireland along with it. Naomi lays out the facts abou...
This weekend, a group of musicians gathered in O'Briens Irish pub in the Ukranian capital and belted out traditional Irish tunes as a distra...
From the streets of Brussels, to an office block in Greece, to a bus ride in San Francisco, the Irish language can pop up in some unexpected...
Did you ever hear the one about the bishop and the airport? Or the unlikely group of Irish revolutionaries who ended up changing history thr...