The Darkest Year in Ireland’s History: The Brutal 1798 Rebellion
In this episode of the Irish History Boys, hosts Cormac Moore and Tim McGarry are joined by Dr Gavin Hughes to examine the bloody, highly complex tragedy of the 1798 Irish Rebellion. We reflect on the...
1 Okt 1h 3min
The Bloodiest Chapter in Irish History: Drogheda, Wexford & Cromwell in Ireland
In this episode of the Irish History Boys, we reflect on Oliver Cromwell’s brutal 10-month invasion of Ireland in 1649, a devastating campaign marked by the massacres at Drogheda and Wexford that left...
24 Sep 1h 1min
The IRA Bombing That Shook Northern Ireland’s Free Press
In this episode of the Irish History Boys, we reflect on the September 1976 IRA bomb attack on the Belfast Telegraph offices and the tragic death of 60-year-old print worker Joe Patton. We examine how...
17 Sep 45min
Ireland’s Deadliest Cinema Fire & The 1976 Internee Scandal
In this episode of the Irish History Boys, Tim McGarry and Dr. Cormac Moore reflect on the harrowing 1926 cinema fire in the County Limerick village of Dromcollogher, an appalling catastrophe that cla...
10 Sep 40min
Was 1926 the Darkest Year in the History of Ireland?
In this episode of the Irish History Boys, we explore the "disease of pessimism" that gripped Ireland in September 1926. Drawing from contemporary accounts warning that this despair threatened to deve...
3 Sep 45min
The Unbelievable 1976 Emergency That Suspended Ireland’s Civil Liberties
In this episode of the Irish History Boys, we unpack the dramatic political fallout of August 1976, when the Dublin government declared a shocking, post-WWII state of emergency to combat the rising ti...
27 Aug 41min
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
