From Dublin to Devil's Island - The Life & Crimes of Vere Goold
In 1879 Vere Goold was a celebrity in Ireland. After winning Ireland’s first tennis championship, he reached the prestigious Wimbledon final later in the year.Exactly 30 years later he would die in th...
8 Mai 202431min
Unsolved: The 1928 Disappearance of Arthur Poole
Arthur Henri Poole was one of the most celebrated photographers in early 20th-century Ireland. An Englishman by birth, he was also most well-known figures in the city of Waterford where he lived for o...
1 Mai 202427min
Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Worse than you imagine...
How difficult was life in the Middle Ages? This is something archaeologists and historians have debated for decades. In recent years, new techniques, including genetic analysis, have given us new insi...
17 Apr 202438min
Manipulating the Past - A History of Photography in Ireland
The camera never lies or does it? In this episode, I take a trip to the National Photographic Archive in Temple Bar, Dublin. Joining me is the archivist, Nora Thornton. Nora not only leads you through...
10 Apr 202428min
Strongbow & Aoife: The wedding that changed Ireland
In 1170, the Norman Lord Strongbow landed an army in Ireland. The following day, he launched a deadly assault on the nearby city of Waterford. Before the day was out, Strongbow had not only conquered ...
3 Apr 202436min
Exiled: Irish Writers in the 1930s
The 1930s stood out as one of the most dramatic decades in modern history. Fascism was on the rise, and Europe was hurtling towards the Second World War.However, it was a peculiar time in Ireland. The...
27 Mar 202428min
Ireland's Lost Generation - The Orphans of the Great Hunger
In 1851 there were nearly 90,000 orphans in Irish Workhouses. Many of these children had lost their parents to hunger and disease. Others had been abandoned. This podcast explores the lives of these r...
20 Mar 202428min
Time's Untold Tales: Life before clocks & Dublin's two time zones in the 1870s
Telling the time in hours and minutes seems so natural that we don’t even question where it came from. However it is a pretty recent development. For most of history our ancestors didn’t have clocks a...
6 Mar 202431min
