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In this episode we look at what has been described as one of the most draconian pieces of legislation ever to be passed in a liberal democracy and see how the Special Powers Act was just one of the many ways that Ulster Unionists held on to power.
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In this episode we look at the second failed Craig-Collins pact and try to untangle the complicated web that was Michael Collins's approach to the North in 1922.
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From CS Lewis's bourgeois Protestant upbringing to Seamus Heaney's beautiful attempts at understanding his home, this episode I interview Alexander Poots author of The Strangers' House: Writing Northern Ireland and ask what Northern Irish writers can teach us about the history of the area. Sign up to Patreon for the full interview.
You can read more about the book, here:
https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/alexander-poots/the-strangers-house/9781538701584/
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In this episode we look at the failed attempts to bring peace to Northern Ireland in 1922 and how this affected one poor family in particular.
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What's this? A new episode! Finally! Thanks so much for baring with me. Happy to say the show is back and raring to go. This episode takes a look at how the Northern Irish border was drawn and explains how we landed on the six counties.
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In this episode we investigate how the anti-Treaty IRA were coping, as well as the Army Emergency Power Resolution and its ramifications.
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In this episode we take a look at WT Cosgrave – the conservative witty Dubliner who replaced Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins to become the leader of the fledgling state.
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In this episode we examine the ramifications of Michael Collins death — his funeral the reprisals that followed, and who would take his place.
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In this episode we explore one of the most tragic (and hotly debated) moments of the Irish Civil War, the death of Michael Collins.
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A jam packed episode as we explore what was going on in and around the first week of August 1922.
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