Historians have long contrasted the more nakedly sectarian conflict in Belfast (c. 500 deaths in 1920–2) with the conduct of the War of Independence elsewhere. With disturbances costing twenty lives in June 1920, Derry seemed to be heading the same way but never reached the same level of intensity. Why not? What was the relationship between … Read more
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://history2013.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/20200625-HistoryIrelandShow-113.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” On 28 June 1920, five men from C Company of the 1st Battalion of the Connaught Rangers led a mutiny in Jalandhar, Punjab, in protest against martial law in Ireland. Following their surrender a few days … Read more
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://history2013.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/20200609-HistoryIrelandShow-112.mp3″] Click the play button to listenTo download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” Born in Dublin’s Fishamble Street in 1746, but resident for most of his life in Tinnehinch, near Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, Henry Grattan was the most noted, and certainly the most eloquent, of the eighteenth-century opposition ‘patriots’ … Read more
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://history2013.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/20200317-HistoryIrelandPodcasts-001.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” The general election of 8 February 2020 marked a seismic shift in Irish politics. The Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael duopoly, which had dominated for nearly a century, was shattered by a resurgent Sinn Féin, creating a … Read more