The Legacy of the Spanish Civil War (Partisans X)
This is the final episode in the series Partisans. While the Spanish Civil War came to an end in 1939 and the Irish returned home for many Spaniards, Basques and Catalans the conflict would not end fo...
27 Maj 202030min
The Final Battle & the Mysterious Death of Frank Ryan (Partisans IX)
This podcast, the second last in Partisans, looks at the battle of the Ebro - the last major showdown in the Spanish Civil War. While the show looks at how the war ended for the Irish fighters, it als...
25 Maj 202033min
Paradise Lost (Partisans VIII)
The enduring images of the Spanish Civil War depict armed fighters of one kind or another. This podcast, however, follows the story of a different Irish experience - that of Hannah Ormsby, an Irish nu...
20 Maj 202034min
The Bombing of Guernica & the War in the North (Partisans VII)
The most notorious incident of the Spanish Civil War was the bombing of Guernica by the Nazi Condor Legion. Immortalised by Pablo Picasso's painting it was the first time in world history carpet bombi...
18 Maj 202029min
Bleeding for Spain (Partisans VI)
This episode continues Partisans - Irish Stories from the Spanish Civil War. In this podcast we follow the Irish in Spain into battle. The show begins with campaigns in Andalusia and takes you through...
13 Maj 202028min
The Blueshirts and the International Brigades (Partisans V)
This episode returns to the series Partisans - Irish stories from the Spanish Civil War. This show looks at the two groups of Irish fighters who traveled to Spain - the Irish Brigade better known as t...
11 Maj 202038min
Making a Martyr - The Story of Oliver Plunkett
St Peter’s Church in Drogheda Co Louth contains what has to be one of the most unsettling religious relics on display anywhere in the world. This is the head of an Irish man - Oliver Plunkett - who wa...
5 Maj 202018min
Ireland's Deaf Community - A History
The Deaf community are rarely mentioned in general histories of Ireland. Prior to making this episode I knew almost nothing about their rich history. In this podcast I interview the historian Cormac L...
27 Apr 202033min
