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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...

A Very Irish Murder in Cincinnati

41 mins; February 11, 2019

A 21st Century Witch Hunt | Kilkenny Witch Trial of 1324 III

41 mins; January 28, 2019

Plan 2019: New Series Announced & New York Event.

5 mins; January 15, 2019

Kilkenny Witchcraft Trial of 1324 (Part II)

35 mins; December 21, 2018

Kilkenny Witchcraft Trial of 1324 (Part I)

32 mins; December 20, 2018

The 1848 Famine Rebellion | The Great Famine XXVIII

58 mins; December 13, 2018

Heroes of The Great Hunger - Famine Aid in the 1840s | The Great Famine XXVII

42 mins; November 13, 2018

BONUS: Ireland's Most Famous Highwayman & Cromwell's Siege of Wexford

21 mins; October 15, 2018

Our Darkest Hour? The Forgotten Famine of 1847-48 | The Great Famine XXVI

52 mins; October 04, 2018

How To Get My New Podcast Series: 'This Week in Irish History'

2 mins; September 16, 2018

Black '47 The Movie Reviewed | The Great Famine XXV

19 mins; September 05, 2018

The Road to Black '47 - The History Behind The Movie | The Great Famine XXIV

38 mins; September 04, 2018

The Mulranny Police Conspiracy

34 mins; August 20, 2018

The Iniskea Island Mysteries?

30 mins; July 30, 2018

The Massacre of Wildgoose Lodge

31 mins; July 04, 2018

Murder at Mother Mountain

0 secs; June 11, 2018

Did The Famine Drive Irish People Insane? | The Great Famine XXIII

26 mins; May 28, 2018

The US Civil War and The Great Famine

41 mins; May 08, 2018

The Famine Irish in The USA - A Promised Land? | The Great Famine XXII

45 mins; April 21, 2018

American Wakes, Coffin Ships and Canada | The Great Famine XXI

33 mins; March 29, 2018

St Patricks Day in Black '47 | The Great Famine XX

22 mins; March 16, 2018

Dublin Famine Tour - A New Interactive Experience

2 mins; March 06, 2018

Exiles - Irish Famine Emigrants | The Great Famine XIX)

29 mins; March 02, 2018

An Eye for an Eye: Evictions & Assassinations | The Great Famine XVIII

56 mins; February 07, 2018

The Great Famine 1845 - 47 | The Great Famine XVII

30 mins; January 22, 2018

Spies & Jail Breaks: Female Rebels in Medieval Ireland

21 mins; January 08, 2018

Ireland's Nazi Commando II (Otto Skorzeny)

27 mins; December 24, 2017

Ireland's Nazi Commando: Otto Skorzeny (Part I)

36 mins; December 18, 2017

The First Irishman in China (Outsiders Part II)

22 mins; December 12, 2017

Ireland's Last Executioners (Outsiders Part I)

26 mins; December 04, 2017

The Workhouse and The Unwanted | The Great Famine XVI

40 mins; November 15, 2017

A Doomed Land? Piracy, Elections and The 1847 Harvest | The Great Famine XV

34 mins; October 22, 2017

At a Crossroads - Salvation or Starvation (1847) | The Great Famine XIV

28 mins; September 25, 2017

A Tale of Transportation | The Great Famine XIII

28 mins; September 10, 2017

The Great Hunger in Dublin | The Great Famine XII

30 mins; August 14, 2017

Voices from Black '47 - Irish Emigrants in Their Own Words | The Great Famine XI

28 mins; July 24, 2017

Black '47 - A World Turned Upside Down (1847) | The Great Famine X

39 mins; July 10, 2017

Insurrection and Starvation - A Tale of Two Towns (1846) | The Great Famine IX

47 mins; June 19, 2017

History vs Reality. What Was Life Really Like in 1840s Ireland?

23 mins; June 05, 2017

An Abandoned Village and Ireland's Newest Beach: Achill Island Day 1

10 mins; May 25, 2017

Crisis Turns into Catastrophe (1846) | The Great Famine VIII

35 mins; May 23, 2017

All Aboard - Virtual Road Trip to the 1840s

3 mins; May 20, 2017

The 1846 Summer of Starvation | The Great Famine VII

28 mins; May 02, 2017

Free Trade or Famine 1845-46 | The Great Famine VI

32 mins; April 10, 2017

The Great Hunger Begins | The Great Famine V

32 mins; March 20, 2017

On The Verge of Disaster: Ireland 1845 | The Great Famine IV

30 mins; March 08, 2017

The Scandalous Life of Lola Montez

25 mins; February 20, 2017

Was Ireland Overpopulated in 1845? | The Great Famine III

23 mins; January 31, 2017

Rents, Riots and Volcanoes | The Great Famine II

32 mins; January 24, 2017

Rebel Isle (1750-1803) | The Great Famine I

42 mins; January 18, 2017

The Great Irish Famine Series - An Introduction

5 mins; January 10, 2017

Hitchhiker's Guide to 1820s Ireland

17 mins; December 21, 2016

Letters from Dakota

27 mins; December 13, 2016

The Land War (1879-1882)

10 mins; December 08, 2016

The Phoenix Park Murders II - The Manhunt

28 mins; December 01, 2016

The 1882 Phoenix Park Murders Part I - A Fatal Day in Dublin

21 mins; November 23, 2016

Tales From The Great Famine in Dublin

26 mins; November 16, 2016

The Maamtrasna Murders Part III - The Guilty and the Innocent

31 mins; November 14, 2016

The Maamtrasna Murders Part II - The Trials

32 mins; November 09, 2016

The Maamtrasna Murders Part I - The Killings

26 mins; November 01, 2016

The Tale of Jack of Ireland: A Medieval Outlaw

21 mins; October 24, 2016

Haunted By Our History: Ireland and Child Sexual Abuse

16 mins; October 17, 2016

The Manchester Martyrs

22 mins; October 11, 2016

Fatal Feuds V - Medieval Downfall

28 mins; October 05, 2016

Bonus: An Irish Childhood in a Stately Mansion

13 mins; September 19, 2016

Fatal Feuds IV - The Fall of the Red Earl

29 mins; September 08, 2016

Bonus: Stealing the Stone of Destiny

12 mins; August 30, 2016

Fatal Feuds III - The Bruce Invasion

33 mins; August 22, 2016

Bonus - Medieval Ireland's Red Wedding

10 mins; August 15, 2016

Fatal Feuds II - The Making of a Medieval Superpower

39 mins; August 09, 2016

2019 Update on the Future of The Podcast

4 mins; July 29, 2016

Fatal Feuds Part I – The Rise of the Red Earl (1281 – 1295)

31 mins; July 27, 2016

Bridget Cleary - The Last Woman Burned Alive in Ireland

31 mins; July 11, 2016

The 'Witch' Mary Doheny and a 19th Century Supernatural Scam

16 mins; June 30, 2016

Ireland’s Forgotten World War II Bombings

17 mins; June 13, 2016

Hubert Butler - Ireland’s Forgotten World War II Hero

19 mins; May 09, 2016

Black Death Book (Preview & Listeners Discount)

9 mins; May 04, 2016

Free State or Fair State: Ireland After Independence

23 mins; April 19, 2016

The Revolution Underground (Secret Societies, Communism and Coal (Part V) (1919-1922)

35 mins; March 07, 2016

The Road to War (1894 -1918) – Secret Societies, Communism and Coal (Part IV)

49 mins; January 18, 2016

A Christmas Feast in Medieval Ireland

13 mins; December 16, 2015

The Superstitions and Strange Customs of Medieval Ireland

11 mins; December 15, 2015

Ireland's Hidden Hand in History

13 mins; December 14, 2015

The Land War & the Great 1881 Strike – Secret Societies, Communism and Coal (Part III)

22 mins; November 06, 2015

The Great Famine in Castlecomer - Secret Societies, Communism and Coal Part II

24 mins; October 02, 2015

Secret Societies, Communism & Coal; Life in the Castlecomer Colliery (Part I)

21 mins; September 14, 2015

The Black Death, Black Lung & The Great Famine

19 mins; September 07, 2015

The Conquered Lands - The Norman Invasion Part XXIII

30 mins; September 02, 2015

The North - The Norman Invasion XXII (1190 - 1205)

28 mins; August 18, 2015

The Battle for Connacht - The Norman Invasion XXI (1190 - 1205)

27 mins; July 16, 2015

My Enemy's Enemy is Still My Enemy: The Norman Invasion XX (1190s)

18 mins; June 22, 2015

Living and Dying by The Sword - The Norman Invasion XIX (1186-89)

25 mins; June 02, 2015

Prince John in Ireland - Norman Invasion XVIII (1185)

26 mins; May 20, 2015

Road Trip Through Medieval Ireland

18 mins; April 13, 2015

Liberty and Riots: Magna Carta in Ireland

16 mins; March 24, 2015

Irish-American Radicals - The Forgotten Emigrants

20 mins; March 16, 2015

The Conquest of Ulster - The Norman Invasion of Ireland XVII (1177-85)

25 mins; March 04, 2015

The Arrival of Hugh de Lacy - The Norman Invasion XVI (1177-81)

17 mins; February 10, 2015

(1177) The Norman Invasion XV - The Invasion of Munster

19 mins; January 26, 2015

(1176-77) The Norman Invasion XIV – New Blood

28 mins; January 12, 2015

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