The Brighton Bombing - the attempt to kill Margaret Thatcher
In 1984, the Conservative Party, lead by the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, gathered in the seaside town of Brighton for their annual conference. In the early hours of October 12th a bomb r...
23 Aug 202350min
A Deep, Dark History. Bunmahon & the Copper Rush of the 19th Century
Bunmahon is an idyllic seaside town in Co Waterford but it has a deep dark history. It's a story that begins in an abandoned mine and ends in a search for a lost town...Need I say more?You can find ou...
16 Aug 202341min
Jack the Ripper: Irish Connections [From the Archives]
This episode was originally released in 2019. Over the past week I was recording the audio version of 'A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders' so I didnt have time to prepare a new episo...
2 Aug 202329min
Taking the Hard Road - Edward O’Rourke & opposing Hitler
As I mention in the episode I am recording the audio version of A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders this week! Don't forget to pre-order at Easons and use the code FD10 to get 10% off...
26 Juli 202328min
The Road to War - How the Irish Civil War Started
'The Road to War' is the first episode in a five part Irish History Podcast production on the Irish Civil War. The full series, exclusively available for supporters, features the leading Irish histori...
12 Juli 202331min
The Irish Women Who Fought the Nazis in World War II (The French Resistance Part II)
**This is the second of two episodes on the story of Irish people who fought in the French Resistance. Part I was released last week.**Few Irish people recognise the names Sr Katherine Anne McCarthy o...
5 Juli 202321min
Irish Volunteers in the French Resistance Part I
The struggle of the French Resistance against the Nazi Occupation of France remains one of the most famous chapters in World War II history. It has been immortalized in numerous film and books. Howeve...
28 Juni 202325min
Rotten Prod - The Life of James Baird
This episode needs a bit of an introduction. While the term Rotten Prod, short for Rotten Protestant, sounds like a sectarian slur, the phrase has a very different and fascinating history. It actually...
21 Juni 202328min
