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How 1976 Reshaped the Irish Presidency and RTÉ Broadcasting
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The Darkest Year in Ireland’s History: The Brutal 1798 Rebellion
October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minIn this episode of the Irish History Boys, hosts Cormac Moore and Tim McGarry are joined by Dr Gavin Hughes to examine the bloody, highly complex tragedy of the 1798 Irish Rebellion. We reflect on the brutal counter-insurgency campaign…
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September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minIn this episode of the Irish History Boys, we reflect on Oliver Cromwell’s brutal 10-month invasion of Ireland in 1649, a devastating campaign marked by the massacres at Drogheda and Wexford that left a 400-year shadow over the island. We…
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The IRA Bombing That Shook Northern Ireland’s Free Press
September 17, 2026 · 45 minIn this episode of the Irish History Boys, we reflect on the September 1976 IRA bomb attack on the Belfast Telegraph offices and the tragic death of 60-year-old print worker Joe Patton. We examine how rival publications—including the…
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Ireland’s Deadliest Cinema Fire & The 1976 Internee Scandal
September 10, 2026 · 41 minIn this episode of the Irish History Boys, Tim McGarry and Dr. Cormac Moore reflect on the harrowing 1926 cinema fire in the County Limerick village of Dromcollogher, an appalling catastrophe that claimed nearly 50 lives. We examine how a…
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Was 1926 the Darkest Year in the History of Ireland?
September 3, 2026 · 45 minIn this episode of the Irish History Boys, we explore the "disease of pessimism" that gripped Ireland in September 1926. Drawing from contemporary accounts warning that this despair threatened to develop into a national characteristic of…
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The Unbelievable 1976 Emergency That Suspended Ireland’s Civil Liberties
August 27, 2026 · 42 minIn this episode of the Irish History Boys, we unpack the dramatic political fallout of August 1976, when the Dublin government declared a shocking, post-WWII state of emergency to combat the rising tide of subversive violence. We examine…
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The Forgotten Pandemic: Ireland’s Deadly 1920s “Sleepy Sickness” Mystery
August 20, 2026 · 42 minIn this episode of the Irish History Boys, we delve into the "forgotten pandemic" of the early 20th century: Encephalitis Lethargica, or "sleeping sickness". We discuss how this mystery disease left victims in virtual comas for decades…
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How a Nobel Prize Destroyed Northern Ireland’s Most Powerful Protest Movement
August 13, 2026 · 40 minIn this episode of the Irish History Boys, we examine the paradoxical year of 1976 in Northern Ireland—a year marked by the second-highest death toll of the Troubles, yet one that offered a fleeting "glimmer of hope" through a spontaneous…
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Faulkner’s Failed Sequel: The 1976 Internment Debate
August 6, 2026 · 40 minJoin Tim McGarry and Dr Cormac Moore on the Irish History Boys as they explore Northern Ireland’s interwar economic collapse and the controversial 1976 internment debate. They analyse how the North’s industrial record evaporated after…
About the show
Comedian Tim McGarry and Historian Cormac Moore select the stories from the archives of The Irish News that bring Irish history to life in enlightening and amusing ways. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.