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Explore how Northern Ireland was created a hundred years ago in the company of Tara Mills and Declan Harvey.
Belfast's streets erupt into bloodshed with 30 dead in the space of 5 days. Historian Éamon Phoenix tells Tara and Declan how his grandfathe...
Treaty talks are reaching a critical point in London. In Belfast, Tara and Declan delve into the past at the Linenhall Library, while in Cor...
Amid death and violence across the island of Ireland at this time, one incident stands out. The McMahon family is targeted one night by a ga...
Policing in 1921 is in disarray as the RIC is hit by mass resignations. Enter the Black and Tans, the Auxiliaries and the Ulster Special Con...
As Ireland divides, the game of soccer faces its own split. Declan and Tara learn about events which lead to the creation of a new football...
The fear of Home Rule led to a split in unionism; Irish Unionists who insisted the whole of the island must stay in the United Kingdom and U...
To some people, de Valera was responsible for causing a civil war in Ireland. To others he was instrumental in freeing the country from Brit...
Her story illustrates how events during 1921 are reflected in the recent Troubles. Meanwhile, 100 years ago, Belfast is struggling under an...
The negotiations end and the deal is done. Declan and Tara learn about Ulster Month, during which the Northern government could opt in to a...
Divisions emerge within the Irish government as Collins and Griffith return to Dublin to regroup following an ultimatum from the British. Th...
The first Lord Chief Justice for the State is Catholic unionist Sir Denis Henry, who faces an enormous task in establishing the framework fo...
Meanwhile as pressure grows on the negotiating teams attempting to agree treaty terms, "summit syndrome" takes hold.
Meanwhile, treaty talks continue in London, with the future of some of Ireland's coastal ports up for discussion.
The negotiating teams begin treaty talks but the British side includes some of the sharpest operators around, who have a wealth of experienc...
Declan and Tara visit the National Archives of Ireland to learn more about the Irish delegation's preparations for negotiations - from break...
Issues thrown up by partition lead to the loss of more than 50% of the rail network across Ireland. Tara and Declan hear why the border led...
What will happen to key artefacts which were discovered in the north, once the new state is created? Tara and Declan head to Dublin, to look...
Children were too often victims of the violence which shook Ireland 100 years ago. Historian Liz Gillis compares coverage of their deaths to...
The bitter and bloody sectarian violence continues across Belfast. One man is witness to much of that in East Belfast, as he takes his life...
As term begins in 1921, thousands of children in Belfast still don't have a school place thanks to an education system in desperate need of...
There’s been debate over why the number of Protestants went down by so much in what would become the Republic of Ireland. Tara and Declan he...
Archbishop Eamon Martin, Primate of All Ireland for the Catholic Church, and the Rev David Bruce, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, tell...
Tara and Declan hear the story of Belfast woman Elizabeth Corr, a library assistant who witnessed history at first hand. And they learn abou...
Michael Collins recruits an intelligence network of enterprising men and women who find out many of the British government’s secrets. But it...
Not everyone's story makes it to the history books - but everyone has a story to tell. Listener Ian McBurney talks to Declan and Tara about...
Thousands of men are arrested and spend months behind the wire at Ballykinlar. What was life like there? Author Liam O Duibhir draws paralle...
After the King’s visit to Belfast, Lloyd George and de Valera finally agree a truce to allow treaty negotiations to get underway. Meanwhile...
This week also sees the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme. Although thousands of Irishmen continue to fight in f...
As soldiers return to their barracks in Dublin after the King’s visit to Belfast, their train is blown up by a group of south Armagh men lyi...
King George V's speech to Parliament, in which he 'stretched out the hand of forebearance and conciliation', is designed to be heard beyond...
Nationalists, opposed to partition, abstain from taking their seats - so parliament's first sitting at Belfast City Hall is an exclusively u...
The IRA's burning of the Custom House in Dublin makes headlines around the world, but is it coup or catastrophe? We hear the account of a Lu...
The first election in Northern Ireland is an early try-out for proportional representation. Unionists take advantage of the system of transf...
Amid violence and turbulence across the island of Ireland, elections are taking place to establish two new parliaments. Historian Dr Erin Sc...
It’s the first official election south of the new border in Ireland. The largest party is rejecting the notion of partition altogether. So w...
There are many dates which historians argue could constitute the birth of Northern Ireland, but a panel of government-appointed experts have...
“The Irish Question” has become the Brexit of its day and as the business of setting up the new administration progresses, there are many in...
Over a period of 20 months, hundreds of Catholics are thrown out of their jobs, homes and communities, and many of them are killed. Official...
Edward Carson may have been the man many associate with the birth of Northern Ireland but behind him all the way was the “granite-faced” fig...
In 1921 Belfast's mighty shipyard is the economic engine of the city and the envy of the world. Tara and Declan explore how events there jus...
During an Ulster Unionist Council meeting in 1920 to discuss partition, attendees from Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan walk out early in disgust...
History stayed silent on Michael Collins for decades after his murder. The man who directed a brutal guerilla campaign against the British d...
From the gunrunner who was a doctor by day, to the ‘corner boy’ who kept lions in his back garden, Eamon Phoenix and Alan Parkinson talk abo...
This week it’s pomp and propaganda at the pictures. In 1921, the news shown before the main feature was carefully curated, as Ciara Chambers...
'Wee Joe' Devlin rose from the streets of Belfast to become a popular MP, noted for his speeches and good works. He took on the Bishop of Do...
As violence increases in Belfast, women are becoming more politicised. Lady Abercorn visits the city to rally members of the Ulster Women’s...
A witness to an IRA attack travels north to testify. That night, four gunmen enter the bar of the hotel he's staying in. What would happen t...
Declan and Tara explore the life and leadership of the man who led Ireland as the country split over Home Rule. Edward Carson was born in Du...
You've probably never heard of Sir Ernest Clark. But this unassuming Englishman was one of the main architects in the creation of a new stat...
Presenters Tara and Declan track down the table which played a formative role in the creation of Northern Ireland. Or did it?