Growing up Black & Irish - A personal history of Liverpool
Last month I recorded a show at the Liverpool Irish Festival with Teresa Hill. Teresa is really passionate about her fascinating family history. Her father from was from Freetown in Sierra Leone while...
29 Nov 202136min
Reprisals, Concentration Camps or ‘Indian measures’ - British paths to victory in 1921? (The War of Independence Part XXII)
Following on from the collapse of the Clune Peace talks in December 1920, the British Government adopted an even more aggressive attitude to the war. However as they prepared to escalate the conflict ...
24 Nov 202137min
Peace, Partition & Christmas 1920 (The War of Independence Part XXI)
Over the last three episodes of the War of Independence Series, we saw the Republican movement demonstrate an ability and willingness to fight on despite recent setbacks. This episode looks at how the...
15 Nov 202130min
The Irish History Summit January 2022 – Cultivating Ireland’s Historians of the Future
The Irish History Summit returns! Taking place on Saturday January 15th 2022 we have a great line up of historians and educational experts to prepare students for the Leaving Cert history exams. Headl...
3 Nov 20214min
The Kilmichael Ambush & the Burning of Cork (The War of Independence XX)
Kilmichael is remembered as one of the most important and controversial battles in the War of Independence. This episodes explains what actually happened in this remote valley in Cork in late November...
1 Nov 202131min
Bloody Sunday (The War of Independence part XIX)
November 21st, 1920 was one of the most violent days in the War of Independence. It has gone down in history as 'Bloody Sunday'. While this episode explains the days events, it also introduces the man...
25 Okt 202129min
The Fernside Raid & the Execution of Kevin Barry (The War of Independence XVIII)
This is the first of three back-to-back episodes that will take us through one of the most critical periods of the war. The Autumn of 1920 witnessed an intensification of the conflict as British Crown...
18 Okt 202136min
The IRA Campaign in Britain (The War of Independence Part XVII)
Although frequently overlooked, the IRA and the wider republican movement in Britain played an important role during the War of Independence. While they were actively involved in gun running and sever...
4 Okt 202137min
