Irish Independence, League of Nations, & Spanish Dictator Franco
This week, we're uncovering historical drama that still echoes today. We dig into the League of Nations, the toothless tiger whose failures against big bullies like Mussolini's Italy made people quest...
30 Loka 202538min
Asserting Irish Independence, Border Incursions and the Guildford Four
This week on The Irish History Boys, the discussion covers the controversy surrounding the Free State granting major contracts, such as the vital hydro-electric scheme on the Shannon, to foreign compa...
23 Loka 202551min
Ireland's Partition and Saint Oliver Plunkett
This week, the Irish History Boys explore the messiness, the craziness and the unrealism that surrounded the Partition of Ireland. We discuss the intense speculation and rumors surrounding the Irish B...
16 Loka 202551min
Siege and Injustice
This episode of the Irish History Boys explores two significant and controversial events that unfolded in 1975, beginning with the curious, unsanctioned kidnapping of Dr.Tiede Herrema, a Dutch industr...
9 Loka 202540min
The Outlier Judge and the Legal Paramilitaries
This week explores events spanning a century, including the unexpected death 100 years ago of Sir Dennis Henry and the first Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland. Considered an outlier, he faced the...
2 Loka 202548min
Clones Hope and the 1925 Border
This episode of The Irish History Boys goes back 100 years to examine the high stakes of the 1925 Boundary Commission, which was established following the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty to determine the fina...
25 Syys 202556min
Belfast 1975: A Bishop's Plea Amidst Sectarian Terror
On this episode, we're getting into a really serious part of Irish history. We'll be looking at the sad history of sectarian violence on the streets of Belfast in 1975. Then, we'll fast forward to 192...
18 Syys 202546min
Calling the Shots, Evading Tariffs, Threatening Bombards
Cormac and Tim delve into the deep political divisions within unionism and the significant influence of loyalist paramilitary groups in 1975 Northern Ireland, where anti-power-sharing unionists held s...
11 Syys 202544min
