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    History

    Irish History Podcast – Fin Dwyer

    From the Norman Invasion to the War of Independence, the Great Famine to the Troubles, the Irish History Podcast takes you on a journey through the most fascinating stories in Ireland’s past. Whether it’s the siege of Dublin in 1171 or gun battles in the 1920s, the podcast vividly recreates a sense of time and place. Each episode is meticulously researched, creating character-driven narratives that are engaging and accessible for all.
    Since the first episode was released back in 2010, the podcast has covered scores of captivating stories. Major multi-part series have explored the Great Famine, the Norman Invasion, and Irish involvement in the Spanish Civil War. If you are looking for standalone episodes, there are lots of great interviews with leading Irish historians covering topics from medieval sex magic to Irish connections in the Jack the Ripper murders!
    Why not start with ‘Three Days in July’, an acclaimed mini-series from the summer of 2024. It explores the early years of the Troubles and the forgotten story of a young Londoner who was shot dead by the British Army in Belfast in 1970.

    Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/irishhistory.

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    On The Verge of Disaster: Ireland 1845 | The Great Famine IV Mar 08, 2017
    Show notes

    1845 is famous for one thing in Irish history – the beginning of the Great Famine. However contrary to what you might expect, if you lived in Ireland through most of 1845 there was little evidence to suggest Irish society stood on the brink of one of the greatest famines in history. This episode looks at the highs and lows of life in Ireland as the Famine approached.

    To this end we follow the life of William A'Court, better known as Baron Heytesbury - the Lord Leuitenant of Ireland appointed in 1844. The show looks at the problems facing Irish society - sectarianism, the political controversy around the Movement for the Repeal of the Act of Union and the Poor Law. It also looks at why there was every reason to be hopeful about the future with the approach of that fateful harvest in 1845.


    Become a supporter & access dozens of exclusive podcasts

    Patreon www.patreon.com/irishpodcast

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    📢June 2023 Update - New Walking Tour 📢

    I am thrilled to announce my brand new walking tour in Ireland's oldest city, Waterford. Join me and explore 1,000 years of history from the Vikings to Cromwell & Strongbow to the Irish Revolution. Enhanced by wireless headsets 🎧 you will hear the sounds of the city through the ages and the words of the people who made history in Waterford. Tours take place each Saturday and places are strictly limited to 15 people. Book your place today at www.Irishhistorypodcast.ie/tours


    *New Book: A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders *

    My new book A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders is available for Pre-Order now. If you order your copy today at Easons and use the promo code FD10 you get a 10% discount


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    The Scandalous Life of Lola Montez Feb 20, 2017
    Show notes

    Lola Montez, born Elizabeth Rosanna Gilbert, was one of the most scandalous women of the 19th century. She took Europe by storm with 'dances' that left little to the imagination - she was known to wear nothing beneath her tutu.

    Married three times she also had a string of famous lovers including a king, the composer Franz Liszt and the author Alexander Dumas. Were she alive today her friends would include the most powerful people alive, she would be plagued by the paparazzi, have millions of twitter followers and if she had a website it would be most definitely x rated.

    Need is say I more?


    Become a supporter & access dozens of exclusive podcasts

    Patreon www.patreon.com/irishpodcast

    Acast https://plus.acast.com/s/irishhistory


    📢June 2023 Update - New Walking Tour 📢

    I am thrilled to announce my brand new walking tour in Ireland's oldest city, Waterford. Join me and explore 1,000 years of history from the Vikings to Cromwell & Strongbow to the Irish Revolution. Enhanced by wireless headsets 🎧 you will hear the sounds of the city through the ages and the words of the people who made history in Waterford. Tours take place each Saturday and places are strictly limited to 15 people. Book your place today at www.Irishhistorypodcast.ie/tours


    *New Book: A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders *

    My new book A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders is available for Pre-Order now. If you order your copy today at Easons and use the promo code FD10 you get a 10% discount


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    Was Ireland Overpopulated in 1845? | The Great Famine III Jan 31, 2017
    Show notes

    In 1845 the population of Ireland was heading towards 9 million with many people surviving on a diet of potatoes. This has lead many to claim that the island was overpopulated. In this podcast I head to a remote village of Inver in Erris to see how the population has changed over the past 150 years. I also investigate exactly how many people lived in Ireland, what was the standard of living and whether the people were healthy. The answers are surprising to say the least.

    You can support the Great Famine Series and get lots of bonus content by becoming a patron today at www.patreon.com/irishpodcast

    Become a supporter & access dozens of exclusive podcasts

    Patreon www.patreon.com/irishpodcast

    Acast https://plus.acast.com/s/irishhistory


    📢June 2023 Update - New Walking Tour 📢

    I am thrilled to announce my brand new walking tour in Ireland's oldest city, Waterford. Join me and explore 1,000 years of history from the Vikings to Cromwell & Strongbow to the Irish Revolution. Enhanced by wireless headsets 🎧 you will hear the sounds of the city through the ages and the words of the people who made history in Waterford. Tours take place each Saturday and places are strictly limited to 15 people. Book your place today at www.Irishhistorypodcast.ie/tours


    *New Book: A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders *

    My new book A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders is available for Pre-Order now. If you order your copy today at Easons and use the promo code FD10 you get a 10% discount


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    Rents, Riots and Volcanoes | The Great Famine II Jan 24, 2017
    Show notes

    The series on the Great Famine got off to a bloody start with the story of Anne Devlin and the rebellions of 1798 and 1803. By the end of the first episode, Ireland had been incorporated into the United Kingdom under the Act of Union.

    In this show we will see what life in Ireland was like after the Act of Union. Within a few decades inequality was soaring. Strikes, riots and assassination were becoming increasingly common. Then the bizarre story of an eruption of Mount Tambura, a volcano on the far side of the world made everything worse. Tune in to find out more.

    You can get a listeners guide to this episode which includes a transcript of the show at www.patreon.com/irishpodcast


    Become a supporter & access dozens of exclusive podcasts

    Patreon www.patreon.com/irishpodcast

    Acast https://plus.acast.com/s/irishhistory


    📢June 2023 Update - New Walking Tour 📢

    I am thrilled to announce my brand new walking tour in Ireland's oldest city, Waterford. Join me and explore 1,000 years of history from the Vikings to Cromwell & Strongbow to the Irish Revolution. Enhanced by wireless headsets 🎧 you will hear the sounds of the city through the ages and the words of the people who made history in Waterford. Tours take place each Saturday and places are strictly limited to 15 people. Book your place today at www.Irishhistorypodcast.ie/tours


    *New Book: A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders *

    My new book A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders is available for Pre-Order now. If you order your copy today at Easons and use the promo code FD10 you get a 10% discount


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    Rebel Isle (1750-1803) | The Great Famine I Jan 18, 2017
    Show notes

    This podcast, the first in my new series on the Great Famine, gives a background to Ireland in the 19th century. Entitled 'Rebel Island' it focuses on the life of one extraordinary Irish rebel - Anne Devlin. She lived a remarkable life and was involved in the 1798 and 1803 rebellions. These reshaped Ireland and had profound consequences impacting life right up to and during the Great Famine.

    Anne Devlin's life also explains why sectarian tensions between Catholics and Protestants dominated life in Ireland, what the Act of Union was and why it was so important.


    Become a supporter & access dozens of exclusive podcasts

    Patreon www.patreon.com/irishpodcast

    Acast https://plus.acast.com/s/irishhistory


    📢June 2023 Update - New Walking Tour 📢

    I am thrilled to announce my brand new walking tour in Ireland's oldest city, Waterford. Join me and explore 1,000 years of history from the Vikings to Cromwell & Strongbow to the Irish Revolution. Enhanced by wireless headsets 🎧 you will hear the sounds of the city through the ages and the words of the people who made history in Waterford. Tours take place each Saturday and places are strictly limited to 15 people. Book your place today at www.Irishhistorypodcast.ie/tours


    *New Book: A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders *

    My new book A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders is available for Pre-Order now. If you order your copy today at Easons and use the promo code FD10 you get a 10% discount


    Easons https://www.easons.com/a-lethal-legacy-finbar-dwyer-9780008555993


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    The Great Irish Famine Series - An Introduction Jan 10, 2017
    Show notes

    Over the past few months I have been preparing a major podcast series on the Great Famine of the 1840s and its finally here! This short episode is an introduction to the series, what you can expect from it and why I am making it. Basically its like an introduction to a book.

    If this isn't your thing and you want to crack on with the series the first episode - Rebel Island is available for patrons now at patreon.com/irishpodcast. Otherwise you will have to wait a week when it will be available through my website (Irishhistorypodcast.ie), iTunes, Googleplay and other platforms.


    Become a supporter & access dozens of exclusive podcasts

    Patreon www.patreon.com/irishpodcast

    Acast https://plus.acast.com/s/irishhistory


    📢June 2023 Update - New Walking Tour 📢

    I am thrilled to announce my brand new walking tour in Ireland's oldest city, Waterford. Join me and explore 1,000 years of history from the Vikings to Cromwell & Strongbow to the Irish Revolution. Enhanced by wireless headsets 🎧 you will hear the sounds of the city through the ages and the words of the people who made history in Waterford. Tours take place each Saturday and places are strictly limited to 15 people. Book your place today at www.Irishhistorypodcast.ie/tours


    *New Book: A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders *

    My new book A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders is available for Pre-Order now. If you order your copy today at Easons and use the promo code FD10 you get a 10% discount


    Easons https://www.easons.com/a-lethal-legacy-finbar-dwyer-9780008555993


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    Hitchhiker's Guide to 1820s Ireland Dec 21, 2016
    Show notes

    In the opening line of his novel The Go Between the writer L.P. Hartley famously quipped ‘The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there’. For me history is about attempting to visit this foreign country L.P. Hartley talked about and seeing what life was like. In this podcast I have trawled through eye witness accounts of travelers to early 19th century Ireland to give you a sense of what life was like in a past where they did things very differently. From bare-knuckle boxing to prostitution, from public transport to what people did for fun, this show takes you on the trip to the foreign country that was Ireland in the 1820s.


    Become a supporter & access dozens of exclusive podcasts

    Patreon www.patreon.com/irishpodcast

    Acast https://plus.acast.com/s/irishhistory


    📢June 2023 Update - New Walking Tour 📢

    I am thrilled to announce my brand new walking tour in Ireland's oldest city, Waterford. Join me and explore 1,000 years of history from the Vikings to Cromwell & Strongbow to the Irish Revolution. Enhanced by wireless headsets 🎧 you will hear the sounds of the city through the ages and the words of the people who made history in Waterford. Tours take place each Saturday and places are strictly limited to 15 people. Book your place today at www.Irishhistorypodcast.ie/tours


    *New Book: A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders *

    My new book A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders is available for Pre-Order now. If you order your copy today at Easons and use the promo code FD10 you get a 10% discount


    Easons https://www.easons.com/a-lethal-legacy-finbar-dwyer-9780008555993


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    Letters from Dakota Dec 13, 2016
    Show notes

    'Letters from Dakota' is the story of my grandaunt Mollie Dwyer who emigrated to the USA when she was 15 years of age in 1906. Her emigrant experience was very different to most. Within two months she found herself in a convent in South Dakota training to be a nun. She would never return to the town she grew up in, save for the very occasional visit.

    However for over 40 years she wrote to her brother Jack Dwyer (my grandfather) in Castlecomer revealing intriguing insights into her unusual life as a nun in rural Dakota. I recently discovered her letters where she writes about prohibition in the 1920s, World War II but also her lonely life in the Midwest of the USA as well as her struggles with depression.

    These are her Letters from Dakota.

    My sister Ruth narrates her letters in this episode.


    Become a supporter & access dozens of exclusive podcasts

    Patreon www.patreon.com/irishpodcast

    Acast https://plus.acast.com/s/irishhistory


    📢June 2023 Update - New Walking Tour 📢

    I am thrilled to announce my brand new walking tour in Ireland's oldest city, Waterford. Join me and explore 1,000 years of history from the Vikings to Cromwell & Strongbow to the Irish Revolution. Enhanced by wireless headsets 🎧 you will hear the sounds of the city through the ages and the words of the people who made history in Waterford. Tours take place each Saturday and places are strictly limited to 15 people. Book your place today at www.Irishhistorypodcast.ie/tours


    *New Book: A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders *

    My new book A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders is available for Pre-Order now. If you order your copy today at Easons and use the promo code FD10 you get a 10% discount


    Easons https://www.easons.com/a-lethal-legacy-finbar-dwyer-9780008555993


    Promo code FD10



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    The Land War (1879-1882) Dec 08, 2016
    Show notes

    I launched my first exclusive patron’s podcast on the Land War yesterday.The Land War is a fascinating struggle between Irish landlords and tenants between 1879 and 1882.


    Become a supporter & access dozens of exclusive podcasts

    Patreon www.patreon.com/irishpodcast

    Acast https://plus.acast.com/s/irishhistory


    📢June 2023 Update - New Walking Tour 📢

    I am thrilled to announce my brand new walking tour in Ireland's oldest city, Waterford. Join me and explore 1,000 years of history from the Vikings to Cromwell & Strongbow to the Irish Revolution. Enhanced by wireless headsets 🎧 you will hear the sounds of the city through the ages and the words of the people who made history in Waterford. Tours take place each Saturday and places are strictly limited to 15 people. Book your place today at www.Irishhistorypodcast.ie/tours


    *New Book: A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders *

    My new book A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders is available for Pre-Order now. If you order your copy today at Easons and use the promo code FD10 you get a 10% discount


    Easons https://www.easons.com/a-lethal-legacy-finbar-dwyer-9780008555993


    Promo code FD10



    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


    The Phoenix Park Murders II - The Manhunt Dec 01, 2016
    Show notes

    The Phoenix Park Murders are one of the most famous assassinations in Irish History. On May 6th 1882 Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke were killed in brutal circumstances in the Phoenix Park. The full story is covered in Part I.

    This episode follows the manhunt for the assassins. While the police quickly identified the likely suspects, they had almost no evidence to make arrests.

    This lead to a fascinating and relentless pursuit for evidence through victorian Dublin, while the assassins prepared to carry out more attacks.

    The show concludes with the trials and one of the most notorious informers in Irish history.


    Become a supporter & access dozens of exclusive podcasts

    Patreon www.patreon.com/irishpodcast

    Acast https://plus.acast.com/s/irishhistory


    📢June 2023 Update - New Walking Tour 📢

    I am thrilled to announce my brand new walking tour in Ireland's oldest city, Waterford. Join me and explore 1,000 years of history from the Vikings to Cromwell & Strongbow to the Irish Revolution. Enhanced by wireless headsets 🎧 you will hear the sounds of the city through the ages and the words of the people who made history in Waterford. Tours take place each Saturday and places are strictly limited to 15 people. Book your place today at www.Irishhistorypodcast.ie/tours


    *New Book: A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders *

    My new book A Lethal Legacy - A History of Ireland in 18 Murders is available for Pre-Order now. If you order your copy today at Easons and use the promo code FD10 you get a 10% discount


    Easons https://www.easons.com/a-lethal-legacy-finbar-dwyer-9780008555993


    Promo code FD10



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