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Irish History Podcast

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Irish History Podcast is a history podcast hosted by Fin Dwyer. It has 457 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

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 th

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A White Mans Nation? The Irish Revolution & Black Radicals

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From the Banshee to Burial: The Strange History of Irish Funerals

3

Comrades in Arms? The IRA and Soviet Russia

4

Hidden Lives: The Gay Community in Post-Independence Ireland

5

The IRA & the Battle for America

6

Did Neutrality Save Ireland? Daily Life in Wartime Ireland

7

The Smugglers & Gun Runners: Who armed the IRA?

8

Brothers in Pain: New Series Preview

9

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

10

Éamon de Valera: Visionary or Victorian?

11

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

12

Wild Animals and Public Entertainment in Georgian Ireland

13

Why Didn't the Romans Invade Ireland?

14

The Ulster Special Constabulary - A Troubled History

15

The Mystery of St Brigid

16

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

17

The Secret Sex Lives of our Ancestors

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

Liberty or Death: The South Falls to the Rebels

22

Broken Silence: The Murder of Mary Doherty

23

The 1798 Rebellion Begins: Plots, Spies, and Informers

24

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

25

The French Invasion: Ireland’s Year of Terror?

26

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

27

Airbrushed from History: The Great Hunger in Dublin

28

The French Revolution & the Society of United Irishmen

29

The Rising Storm: The American War of Independence & Ireland

30

The Penal Laws: An Irish Apartheid?

31

1798: The Year Ireland Changed Forever

32

The Irish Immigrants Who Built Britain's NHS

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

Who Will History Remember?

37

Yola: A History of Ireland’s Lost Language

38

Irish Americans & The Troubles: Unwelcome Outsiders or Allies?

39

NORAID: Did Irish Americans Fund the Provisional IRA?

40

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

41

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

42

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

43

The Irish Wake: A History

44

Midwives & Mothers: A History of Birth in Ireland

45

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

46

Glendalough & The History Tourists Are Never Told

47

A History of Ireland's Last Great Wilderness

48

Breaking Ireland's Bandit Country: The Wicklow Military Road

49

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

50

The IRA's Great Escape: Mountjoy Jail, 1925

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