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The Troubles were a period of time in Northern Ireland which many people today do not know a lot about. In this podcast we will delve into each individual bombing and attack that happened du...
Richard O'Rawe joined the Provisional IRA when he was a teenager. He was eventually arrested and spent a number of years taking part in the...
It was a dark evening in February, 1983, when three armed, masked men arrived to the home of Jim Fitzgerald. His family were locked in a roo...
The two socialist Republican paramilitary groups were the INLA, Irish National Liberation Army and the IPLO, the Irish People's Liberation O...
I'll be putting on a live show in London later this month with Kevin and Jason from Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast. It'll take place o...
This week's episode focuses on the life of Father Patrick Ryan, a Catholic priest who had a unique relationship with the Provisional IRA and...
It was a Sunday evening in November, 1983 and 65 people were attending service at the Mountain Lodge Pentecostal Church Service. The church...
Here's the link to The Troubles Podcast live show in January 25th, 2024: www.puntcomedy.com/event-details/the-troubles-live-podcast In this...
David Ervine began as a loyalist paramilitary but had a remarkable change of heart while in prison, and upon his release dedicated his effor...
Peter Taylor is a journalist who had an unparalleled level of access across the divided and sectarian communities in Northern Ireland. He ha...
Chris Thrall deployed as a Royal Marine into Northern Ireland in 1989. He knew very little about the conflict in Northern Ireland before arr...
In this episode we will focus on the attacks associated with Stephen 'Top Gun' McKeag, his fall from grace from the UDA and the circumstance...
This two-part episode focuses on Stephen 'Top Gun' McKeag, who was a prominant member of the Ulster Defence Association. He was also respons...
This week's episode features my chat with academic and historian, Gearóid Ó Faoleán. We talked about the Republic of Ireland's response to t...
The Remembrance Day Bombing was an IRA bombing which was carried out in the town of Enniskillen in Northern Ireland. The Provisional IRA cla...
Bertie Ahern was the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland during the peace talks in Northern Ireland. I sat down with him in March 2023 to t...
The Good Friday Agreement was a mammoth undertaking which was the result of multiple failed agreements and a quest for peace for the people...
This episode is about John Crawley, who joined the US Marines with the intention of returning back to Ireland to then join the IRA. He hoped...
Frank Stagg was a Republican prisoner from Ireland who died on hunger strike in 1976. In this episode we will learn about what happened afte...
It’s 9am in the morning of July 29th, 1974 and council workers are cutting grass near the M1 Motorway near Belfast, when they discover the b...
It was a sunny morning in Hyde Park in London. On this morning in Hyde Park, the Household Cavalry were taking part in a changing of the gua...
This is the second part of an episode focusing on the Hooded Men. In this episode Jim talks about his life after being interrned and then I...
With the arrival of internment in 1971, hundreds of Northern Irish men were picked up by the British Army and then detained without being ch...
To celebrate International Podcast Day here's a short episode where I sat down with some podcasters based in the UK and talked about the pro...
This episode focuses on the two major feuds that occurred between the UVF and the UDA.
This episode is an introduction to the two largest loyalist groups that took part in the Troubles; the UVF and UDA. This first part focuses...
Dessie O'Hare was a Republican paramilitary who was known for his brutality as well as his ability to evade the authorities on both sides of...
Colin Ferguson served two tours in Northern Ireland as a soldier with the British army and in this episode of the podcast he talks about wha...
Gusty Spence was the leader of the Ulster Volunteer Force and was also the man who used his military background to shape the paramilitary gr...
For eleven weeks, Shannon Irvine walked to school past protestors who threw bricks, fireworks and in one case a blast bomb, towards her. In...
For eleven weeks, Catholic schoolchildren had to walk to school protected by RUC officers in full riot gear, as they were shouted at and jee...
This episode focuses on the socialist Republican group, the INLA and how their formation deeply angered some members of the Official IRA. Se...
Edward Carson was an Irishman, but with a very different view for Ireland. He believed that Ireland belonged wholly in union with Great Brit...
This weeks episode of the Troubles Podcast is about Stakeknife, who was one of the most damaging agents in the history of the Troubles. He w...
The Shankill Road Bombing of 1993 was a bombing which indiscriminately killed men, women and children and threatened to completely derail th...
The 1981 Hunger Strike was one of the most important moments in the history of the Troubles. This episode focuses on the strike, the men inv...
The 1981 Hunger Strike was the culmination of a five-year protest which began with Blanketmen and ended with the deaths of 10 men. This epis...
It’s late in the evening in the three steps pub, in the small village of Dromintree in the northern Irish County of Armagh. A stranger has c...
August 11th, 2001 and three men are arrested in Colombia. The men were travelling with fake passports and claimed that they that they had be...
The Troubles Podcast returns in October.
As a mid-season bonus, I wanted to release this full interview with Richard Moore. The Richard Moore episode, called Children of the Trouble...
Pat Finucane was a solicitor who defended a number of high-profile republican paramilitaries. It was for this reason he was targeted and kil...
Many children were killed and injured in the conflict known as the Troubles in Northern Ireland. This episode will first focus on the childr...
It’s August 9th, 1971 in Northern Ireland. The British Army had just launched Operation Demetrius, which was an operation aimed at completel...
Dolours Price grew up in a staunchly republican family. From an early age, she joined the Provisional IRA and took part in a number of campa...
In this episode we’re going to talk a little bit about the Good Friday Agreement, what life in Northern Ireland has been like since the Agre...
It was a Saturday evening in the New Lodge area of Belfast. There was a jovial atmosphere in the Catholic Owned McGurk's Bar. Outside the pu...
It was around 7 in the evening in the Divis Flats when there was a knock on the door of the McConville’s. The children answered the door to...
It was 5.30 in the evening, and sixteen textile workers were in a minibus on their way home from the factory they worked at. Four workers go...
1972 was by far the worst year of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, in terms of death toll. 476 people lost their lives and over half of tha...
June 18th, 1994 in the small village of Loughinisland the Northern Irish county of Down. There was a crowd of people in the tiny heights bar...