Sheela Na Gig
Send us Fan Mail What ancient artifacts are there explaining the role of woman in ancient society as opposed to modern society? A Sheela na gig is a figurative stone carving of a naked woman explicitl...
23 Maalis 31min
Rapparees - Ireland's Robin Hoods
Send us Fan Mail A rapparee was a 17th-century Irish irregular soldier, guerrilla fighter, or bandit, particularly active during the Williamite war in Ireland (1689–91). Derived from the Irish word rá...
1 Maalis 31min
The Grapefruit Ladies - How 11 young people changed the world
Send us Fan Mail The "Grapefruit Ladies" were 11 young Irish Dunnes Stores workers who went on strike from 1984 to 1987 to protest apartheid in South Africa. Led by 21-year-old Mary Manning, they refu...
26 Helmi 14min
Irish Socialist - The Beloved, The Great & The Deported
Send us Fan Mail James Connolly (1868–1916) was an Irish socialist, trade union leader, and revolutionary nationalist, renowned for his role in the 1916 Easter Rising. Born in Scotland to Irish parent...
20 Helmi 14min
The Werewolves of Ireland
Send us Fan Mail Irish werewolves, known in folklore as Faoladh or Conriocht are distinct from European legends, often portrayed as noble protectors of children, the wounded, and the community rather...
20 Helmi 12min
The Murder & Legacy of Pat Finucane
Send us Fan Mail Did Margaret Thatcher personally know of the specific plan to murder solicitor (lawyer) Pat Finucane in 1989? Significant evidence has been uncovered that agents of the British state—...
12 Helmi 21min
Ireland's Modern Mysteries - Carlingfod Leprechauns & Peter Bergmann case
Send us Fan Mail Following the 1989 discovery of a tiny suit, bones, and coins by P.J. O'Hare, local campaigners successfully secured a European Union protected designation for the "last remaining 236...
8 Helmi 23min
Was Stonehenge stolen from the Irish?
Send us Fan Mail The story originated in the 12th century with Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae ("History of the Kings of Britain"). In this fictional work, he claimed: A "Giant's Dan...
5 Helmi 14min
