Terence MacSwiney—martyrdom, civil resistance & the Irish Revolution
This podcast is part of the History Ireland Hedge School programme supported by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht under the Decade of Centenaries 2012–2023 initiative. Terence M...
1 Aug 20201h 7min
Cork—Crucible of the War of Independence
Why was it that Cork (county and city), which accounted for c. 10% of the country’s population, produced nearly 25% of those killed in the War of Independence? What role did its substantial (c. 10%) n...
6 Jul 20201h 13min
Derry and the North-West, 1920–22—War of Independence or Communal Conflict?
Historians have long contrasted the more nakedly sectarian conflict in Belfast (c. 500 deaths in 1920–2) with the conduct of the War of Independence elsewhere. With disturbances costing twenty lives i...
30 Jun 20201h 17min
The Connaught Rangers Mutiny—1920, 1970 & 2020
On 28 June 1920, five men from C Company of the 1st Battalion of the Connaught Rangers led a mutiny in Jalandhar, Punjab, in protest against martial law in Ireland. Following their surrender a few day...
28 Jun 20201h 9min
Henry Grattan 200 years on—a misunderstood legacy?
Born in Dublin’s Fishamble Street in 1746, but resident for most of his life in Tinnehinch, near Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, Henry Grattan was the most noted, and certainly the most eloquent, of the eigh...
6 Jun 20201h 12min
Soviets, strikes and land seizures—class conflict & the Tan War
This Podcast is part of the History Ireland Hedge School programme supported by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht under the Decade of Centenaries 2012–2023 initiative. In the m...
30 Apr 20201h 5min
Making sense of the general election
The general election of 8 February 2020 marked a seismic shift in Irish politics. The Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael duopoly, which had dominated for nearly a century, was shattered by a resurgent Sinn Féin, c...
19 Mar 202054min
Teaching Controversial Issues: History and Commemoration
(organised by The History Teachers Association of Ireland (as part of the Dublin Branch Spring Seminar) in conjunction with the National Library of Ireland and History Ireland) Recorded @ the Nat...
9 Mar 20201h 15min
