Podcast: Public Housing in Twentieth Century Dublin with Ruth McManus
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney talk to Dr Ruth McManus about public housing in twentieth century Dublin. Ruth McManus is the associate …
Podcast: The Jacobite Parliament of 1689, with Padraig Lenihan
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney speak to Padraig Lenihan about the ‘Patriot Parliament’ of 1689. First broadcast on the Irish History Show. …
Podcast: Ida Milne and the Spanish Flu of 1918
John Dorney interviews Dr Ida Milne on the ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic of 1918. Ida Milne is the author of Stacking the Coffins, …
Podcast: Brian Hanley on Republican Policing in the Irish Revolution
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney talk to Brain Hanley here about the efforts of the Irish Republican Police to fight ‘ordinary crime’, …
Podcast: Siege Warfare in 17th Century Ireland, with Padraig Lenihan
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney speak to early modern military historian Padraig Lenihan about siege warfare in early modern Ireland, as broadcast …
Podcast: Belfast violence 1920-1922 with Kieran Glennon
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney here talk to Kieran Glennon, author of From Pogrom to Civil War, on the ‘Belfast Pogrom’ of …
The Hunger strike and General strike of 1920
By John Dorney In early April 1920, a young IRA man, Christopher ‘Todd’ Andrews was arrested by British troops at his family …