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Irish History Podcast

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 in...

Comrades in Arms? The IRA and Soviet Russia

27 mins; April 02, 2026

Hidden Lives: The Gay Community in Post-Independence Ireland

36 mins; March 31, 2026

The IRA & the Battle for America

37 mins; March 26, 2026

World War II in Ireland: What was it really like?

41 mins; March 24, 2026

The Smugglers & Gun Runners: Who armed the IRA?

29 mins; March 19, 2026

Brothers in Pain: New Series Preview

13 mins; March 17, 2026

St. Patrick's Day Parades: Tradition or American Invention?

48 mins; March 10, 2026

Éamon de Valera: Visionary or Victorian?

50 mins; March 03, 2026

The Irish in America's Indian Wars: A Dark History

50 mins; February 24, 2026

Wild Animals and Public Entertainment in Georgian Ireland

28 mins; February 17, 2026

Why Didn't the Romans Invade Ireland?

55 mins; February 10, 2026

The Ulster Special Constabulary - A Troubled History

45 mins; February 03, 2026

The Mystery of St Brigid

28 mins; January 27, 2026

Daily Life in a Medieval Irish Castle: What was it really like?

40 mins; January 20, 2026

The Secret Sex Lives of our Ancestors

45 mins; December 16, 2025

Railway of Death: The Irishman Who Survived Japanese Prison Camp in World War II

40 mins; December 09, 2025

The Battle of Vinegar Hill: The Last Stand of the 1798 Rebellion?

63 hours 6 mins; November 25, 2025

The Battle of New Ross and the Scullabogue Massacre. Irish History’s Darkest Day?

49 mins; November 18, 2025

Liberty or Death: The South Falls to the Rebels

49 mins; November 11, 2025

Broken Silence: The Murder of Mary Doherty

40 mins; November 04, 2025

The 1798 Rebellion Begins: Plots, Spies, and Informers

44 mins; October 28, 2025

Hugh O’Flaherty & The Vatican Escape Line in World War II

72 hours 29 mins; October 22, 2025

The French Invasion: Ireland’s Year of Terror?

39 mins; October 20, 2025

The Jackson Spy Affair: The Downfall of the Society of United Irishmen

38 mins; October 14, 2025

Airbrushed from History: The Great Hunger in Dublin

32 mins; October 07, 2025

The French Revolution & the Society of United Irishmen

44 mins; September 30, 2025

The Rising Storm: The American War of Independence & Ireland

43 mins; September 23, 2025

The Penal Laws: An Irish Apartheid?

47 mins; September 16, 2025

1798: The Year Ireland Changed Forever

6 mins; September 09, 2025

The Irish Immigrants Who Built Britain's NHS

45 mins; September 02, 2025

Celebrating Conquest? Ireland’s Culture War over William the Conqueror

30 mins; August 26, 2025

The Secret Life of May O’Callaghan: The Kremlin’s Irish Insider

44 mins; August 19, 2025

Ireland's Liberator - The Life of Daniel O'Connell

43 mins; July 30, 2025

Who Will History Remember?

32 mins; July 22, 2025

Yola: A History of Ireland’s Lost Language

20 mins; July 15, 2025

Irish Americans & The Troubles: Unwelcome Outsiders or Allies?

33 mins; July 10, 2025

NORAID: Did Irish Americans Fund the Provisional IRA?

44 mins; July 08, 2025

Irish Asylums: A Dark History We Don’t Talk About. Why?

37 mins; July 01, 2025

Banned: The Hidden History of Contraception in Ireland (Listener Favourite)

28 mins; June 24, 2025

[Classic Replay] A Criminal Conversation: Affairs & Divorce in 1920s Ireland

40 mins; June 10, 2025

The Irish Wake: A History

50 mins; June 03, 2025

Midwives & Mothers: A History of Birth in Ireland

28 mins; May 27, 2025

Glenmalure & Memories of a Lost World - How Did Electrification Change Rural Ireland?

36 mins; May 20, 2025

Glendalough & The History Tourists Are Never Told

35 mins; May 13, 2025

A History of Ireland's Last Great Wilderness

30 mins; May 06, 2025

Breaking Ireland's Bandit Country: The Wicklow Military Road

42 mins; April 29, 2025

What happened to Ireland’s Protestant Community after the Revolution?

31 mins; April 23, 2025

The IRA's Great Escape: Mountjoy Jail, 1925

27 mins; April 15, 2025

Stories We Don't Tell: Realities of Surviving the Great Hunger

37 mins; April 08, 2025

Typhoid Mary: Victim or Villain

76 hours 0 mins; March 25, 2025

Coffin Ships: What Famine Emigrants Endured [Classic Replay]

45 mins; March 18, 2025

A History of Beer in Ireland

30 mins; March 11, 2025

The Bloody Summer of 1170: An Epic of Siege, Invasion & Conquest in Medieval Ireland

61 hours 30 mins; March 04, 2025

1798, Magdalene Laundries, and Exploring an Irish bandit Country - Keeping You in the Loop!

4 mins; February 25, 2025

Michael Collins: History Masked by Myths and Conspiracies

42 mins; February 18, 2025

Irish Emigrants in Tsarist Russia: A History

40 mins; February 11, 2025

St Brigid: Pagan Goddess or Christian Saint?

12 mins; February 04, 2025

Hitler's Irish Translator: Nazi Sympathiser or Following Orders?

38 mins; January 28, 2025

The Irish Catholic Church: How did it become so powerful?

38 mins; January 21, 2025

Winston Churchill: The Irish View on a British Legend

32 mins; January 14, 2025

Irish Lives in Victorian London: History and Influence

44 mins; December 10, 2024

Why Didn't Irish People Eat Fish During the Great Hunger?

30 mins; November 26, 2024

Why Was Life Expectancy So Low in Ireland Until 1900?

37 mins; November 19, 2024

1719: The Irish Rescue of the Polish Princess Bride

32 mins; November 11, 2024

Societal Collapse: Did It Happen in Irish History?

31 mins; November 05, 2024

Your Prehistoric Ancestors: More Sophisticated than you think!

31 mins; October 22, 2024

Stigma, Famine & Emigration: A History of Mental Health in Ireland

32 mins; October 15, 2024

The Dirtiest City in Europe? Why Did Typhoid Thrive in Victorian Dublin?

30 mins; October 08, 2024

Emily Anderson: The Forgotten Irish Woman of Bletchley Park

41 mins; October 01, 2024

The Making of a Ghost Town - The Rise and Fall of the Irish Kings of Cotton

34 mins; September 17, 2024

Who was the first Irish person to cross the Atlantic Ocean?

44 mins; September 10, 2024

Resisting Nazi Occupation: Ireland's Forgotten World War II Heroes

41 mins; September 03, 2024

Ireland in World War II: Neutrality, Nazi Collaborators or Secret Allies?

37 mins; August 27, 2024

The Mystery Nazi Flight to Ireland - Who was really on board?

23 mins; August 20, 2024

Exploring a 5,000 year old Tomb

31 mins; August 13, 2024

The History of Guinness Explained: A more controversial beer than you think!

30 mins; August 06, 2024

Sex Magic, Divorce & Inforcing the Patriarchy - Brehon Law Explained [Classic Re-Release]

29 mins; July 30, 2024

1324: Ireland’s First Witchcraft Trial

49 mins; July 16, 2024

Bonus: Legends of the Past - The History Behind Mythology (with Blindboy)

55 mins; July 05, 2024

Three Days in July Part III - The Hidden War, British Psy-Ops & The Troubles

54 mins; July 01, 2024

Three Days in July Part II: The Battle of the Falls

37 mins; June 24, 2024

Three Days in July Part I: A Forgotten Victim of The Troubles

44 mins; June 17, 2024

Beyond the Famine: A History of the Potato in Ireland

27 mins; June 10, 2024

Lord Haw Haw - Ireland's Most Notorious Nazi

33 mins; May 28, 2024

Breaking the Silence: Post-Famine Trauma in Ireland

30 mins; May 21, 2024

The Rise of the Irish in New York

39 mins; May 14, 2024

From Dublin to Devil's Island - The Life & Crimes of Vere Goold

31 mins; May 07, 2024

Unsolved: The 1928 Disappearance of Arthur Poole

27 mins; April 30, 2024

Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Worse than you imagine...

38 mins; April 16, 2024

Manipulating the Past - A History of Photography in Ireland

28 mins; April 09, 2024

Strongbow & Aoife: The wedding that changed Ireland

36 mins; April 02, 2024

Exiled: Irish Writers in the 1930s

28 mins; March 26, 2024

Ireland's Lost Generation - The Orphans of the Great Hunger

28 mins; March 20, 2024

Time's Untold Tales: Life before clocks & Dublin's two time zones in the 1870s

31 mins; March 05, 2024

The IRA ambush in Central Park, New York

29 mins; February 27, 2024

The Slaves who helped Ireland during the Great Hunger

30 mins; February 20, 2024

Saving Ireland from Sin & Sex - Film Censorship in Ireland

27 mins; February 13, 2024

What started The Troubles?

1 min; February 07, 2024

Polygamy, the Pope or Politics. Why was 19th century Ireland so hostile to Mormonism?

34 mins; January 30, 2024

Shipwrecked: The Story of the Samson

27 mins; January 23, 2024

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