BBC Radio Podcasts from A Short History of Ireland

A Short History of Ireland

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Broadcasting North and South to Brookeborough’s fall, written by Jonathan Bardon.

Series 2: Omnibus 11

Church and state to De Valera’s vision of Cathleen ni Houlihan written by Jonathan Bardon

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Operation Harvest to Inishkillane, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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The Princess Victoria disaster to The revival of the IRA, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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The Chapel Gate Election to The rule of Brookeborough, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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The winter of 1947, to Ireland, a republic, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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VE Day, to Northern Ireland and government aid, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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German guests of the state to Governing Éire, 1939 to 1945, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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Neither time nor gold can beat Germany to Tremendous devastation, by Jonathan Bardon.

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The Emergency, Éire 1939, to The Magazine Fort attack, 1939, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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An empty political formula to crying for a happier life, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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Civil war to depression years in Northern Ireland, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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The conspirators prepare, to Sacrifice at the Somme, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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Home Rule, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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Belfast: an imperial city to the country is bleeding to death, written by Jonathan Bardon

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The relief of Captain Boycott to The Belfast riots of 1886, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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The growth of Belfast to The Land War, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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Emigration to God Save Ireland, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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The census of 1841 to Fever, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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Monster Meetings to So much wretchedness, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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The Clare Election to The Repealer repulsed, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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Caravats and Shanavests to The ‘invasion’ of Ulster, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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Jobbing with corrupt people to Let no man write my epitaph, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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Rebellion in County Antrim to The Union proposed, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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Croppies, lie down, to the rebellion spreads north, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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Earl Fitzwilliam’s failure, to terror will keep them in order

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The failure to reform to At war with France

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The voyage of the Sally to Grattan’s Parliament

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The peasantry to emigration to Pennsylvania and Boston

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Dublin: poverty, crime and duels to clearing the land

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A modest proposal to The second city of the Empire

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The Penal Laws to Wood's Halfpence and the Drapier

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The Battle of the Boyne to The Wild Geese

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Lilliburlero to Schomberg

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Restoration Ireland to Oliver Plunkett

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Baginbun to John, Lord of Ireland

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Civil War to Priests and Tories

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The Eagle Wing and the Black Oath to The Confederation of Kilkenny

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Make Speede, Get Thee to Ulster to Thomas Wentworth and the Graces

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Bring in Colonies of Civil People to The Plantation of Ulster

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The Treaty of Mellifont to Earls in Exile

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The Scurvy Fort of Blackwater to The Battle of Christmas Eve

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The Pirate Queen of Connacht to The Rod of Tyrannical Evil

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Captain Francisco de Cuellar to The Escape of Red Hugh O'Donnell

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An English Queen to The Last Voyage of the Girona

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Conn Bacach O'Neill to A Failed Plantation

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The Great Earl of Kildare to Politic Drifts

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Into the Land of the Savage Irish to Beyond the Pale

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Famine to The Statute of Kilkenny

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Dreading the Fury of the King to Edward the Bruce

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The wars of the Gael and the Gall to Devorgilla

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Patrick the Briton to Homesteads and Crannogs

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Before the Celts to Agricola

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The First People to Copper, Bronze and Gold

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Living off the land to The Vikings are coming

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The Covenant to Faithful to Erin, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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The rise of Sinn Féin to the dreary steeples, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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Partition, to Troubles north and south, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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The appalling influx from the slums to The spy who failed, written by Jonathan Bardon.

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Internees, deserters and volunteers to Wartime smuggling, written by Jonathan Bardon.