The Forgotten Pandemic: Ireland’s Deadly 1920s “Sleepy Sickness” Mystery
In this episode of the Irish History Boys, we delve into the "forgotten pandemic" of the early 20th century: Encephalitis Lethargica, or "sleeping sickness". We discuss how this mystery disease left v...
20 Aug 41min
How a Nobel Prize Destroyed Northern Ireland’s Most Powerful Protest Movement
In this episode of the Irish History Boys, we examine the paradoxical year of 1976 in Northern Ireland—a year marked by the second-highest death toll of the Troubles, yet one that offered a fleeting "...
13 Aug 39min
Faulkner’s Failed Sequel: The 1976 Internment Debate
Join Tim McGarry and Dr Cormac Moore on the Irish History Boys as they explore Northern Ireland’s interwar economic collapse and the controversial 1976 internment debate. They analyse how the North’s ...
6 Aug 40min
From the "Black North" to Black Taxis: A Century of Divided Tourism in Ireland
In this episode of the Irish History Boys, we reflect on the curious "hairpin bend" of travel in Ireland during 1926, where strangers from abroad were welcomed with open arms while neighbors across th...
30 Jul 39min
The Assassination that Shocked Ireland: The 1976 Sandyford Bombing
In this episode of the Irish History Boys, we reflect on the July 1976 assassination of the British Ambassador to Ireland, Christopher Ewart-Biggs, and his secretary Judith Cook. This "mid-morning out...
23 Jul 34min
The Dubliner Who Divided Ireland: The Twisted Irony of Edward Carson
In this episode of the Irish History Boys, Tim McGarry and Dr. Cormac Moore peel back the layers of Edward Carson, the man whose statue looms over Stormont but whose roots lie deep in Dublin’s Harcour...
16 Jul 49min
The Battle of the Diamond: Birthing the Orange Institution
In the second part of this special series on The Irish History Boys, hosts Tim McGarry and Cormac Moore continue their exploration of the Orange Institution with Dr Jonathan Mattison from the Museum o...
9 Jul 39min
Why the Pope Supported William of Orange: The Surprising International History of 1690
In this special July episode of the Irish History Boys, hosts Tim McGarry and Cormac Moore set aside their usual news archives to explore "orange" history with Dr. Jonathan Mattison from the Museum of...
2 Jul 42min
