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Episode 48: The Phoenix

Year ‘21 by BBC

Apr 27, 202323:39Society & Culture

Belfast's streets erupt into bloodshed with 30 dead in the space of 5 days. Historian Éamon Phoenix tells Tara and Declan how his grandfather survived World War I only to come close to being killed in the sectarian viole...

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Episode 48: The Phoenix is an episode from Year ‘21 by BBC. Belfast's streets erupt into bloodshed with 30 dead in the space of 5 days. Historian Éamon Phoenix tells Tara and Declan how his grandfather survived World War I only to come clos...

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Published Apr 27, 2023, 23:39 long, audio available.

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