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
An inconvenient truth? Sexual violence and the Irish Revolution
Recorded on Tuesday 26 November at 7pm @ National Photographic Archive, Temple Bar How valid is the assumption that because the War of Independence and Civil War are considered ‘low rape’ conflicts ...
4 Des 20191h 34min
Labour and the North, and the National Question
@ Mechanics Institute, Galway (in association with the ICTU & the Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour and Class, NUI Galway) recorded at 8pm on Friday 8 Nov 2019 James Connolly, executed for hi...
12 Nov 20191h 14min
A century on—how do we view the War of Independence?
Recorded @ Malahide Community School 2pm Thursday 19 September 2019 A century on—how do we view the War of Independence? How has recent scholarship changed our view of the War of Independ...
23 Sep 20191h 13min
The War of Independence in County Clare
David Fitzpatrick’s Politics and Irish Life, 1913–21: provincial experience of war and revolution (1977) reassessed In association with Clare County Library recorded @ Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis on Sat...
16 Sep 20191h 27min
