W.B. Yeats and the Irish Free State
A century ago, in December 1922, at the height of the Civil War, poet W.B. Yeats was nominated to the Senate of the newly established Irish Free State. In January of that year he had participated in t...
9 Des 20221h 3min
Marú in Iarthar Chorcaí (Murder in West Cork)
Marú in Iarthar Chorcaí (Murder in West Cork) TG4, 9.30pm, Wednesday 7 December 2022 Over two nights in April 1922, thirteen Protestant men were shot dead in West Cork. According to Peter Hart’s 1998...
2 Des 202254min
Donegal in the Civil War
While not in the vanguard of the War of Independence, Donegal became the scene of the last stand-up fight between the IRA (pro- and anti-Treaty) and British military (in the ‘Pettigo triangle’), with ...
11 Nov 20221h 10min
Irish Travellers and the State, 1922-2022—activism, advocacy and allyship
How have Irish Travellers fared since the foundation of the state a century ago, and in particular since the 1963 Report of the Commission on Itinerancy? What are the challenges facing the current gen...
21 Okt 20221h 18min
The Irish Civil War—a military analysis
At the outbreak of the Irish Civil War in June 1922 the anti-Treaty IRA numbered some 15,000, holding key positions in Dublin and throughout the country, in particular behind a defensive line running ...
14 Okt 20221h 15min
What if Michael Collins had survived the Civil War?
This Hege School was recorded at the Electric Picnic 2022 immediately after Paddy Cullivan's historical entertainment, 'The Murder of Michael Collins'. Details here www.paddycullivan.com. On 22 Augus...
16 Sep 202254min
Unmanageable Revolutionaries—women in the ‘decade of centenaries’
It is nearly 40 years since Margaret Ward’s pioneering Unmanageable Revolutionaries: Women and Irish Nationalism, 1880-1980 (1983) first appeared. How has women’s history, and history written by women...
13 Sep 20221h
Michael Collins—man and myth
Born in West Cork in 1890, Michael Collins joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) as a teenager while working as a clerk in London. He fought in the GPO in 1916, and rose to prominence by the W...
22 Aug 20221h 12min
