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The Irish History Show

by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney

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  • 119 The Fenians (Part Three)

    October 3, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    On this episode of the Irish History Show we have part three of our series on the Fenians. By the late 1890s, the Irish Republican Brotherhood was led by an older, cautious Supreme Council that prioritised self-preservation over direct…

  • 118 Charlie Haughey and Garret Fitzgerald

    September 5, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min

    On this episode of the Irish History Show we were joined by Dr. Eoin O’Malley to discuss his new book, Charlie vs. Garret – The rivalry that shaped modern Ireland. In the 1980s, Irish politics was dominated by Charlie Haughey’s Fianna Fáil…

  • 117 The Fenians (Part Two)

    August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

    On this episode of the Irish History Show we returned to the subject of the Fenians. We traced the movement from the end of the 1867 Rebellion onwards. We covered such subjects as the Amnesty Campaign, the Catalpa rescue, the New…

  • 116 The Fenians (Part One)

    August 9, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

    On this episode of the Irish History Show we discussed the Fenians. The Fenians  were Irish republican revolutionaries that sought to achieve the independence of Ireland from the British Empire in the second half of the 19th century and…

  • 115 The Penal Laws

    June 5, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

    On this episode of the Irish History Show we discussed the Penal Laws in Ireland. The Penal Laws were a series of legal disabilities imposed in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries on the kingdom’s Roman Catholic majority and, to…

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  • 114 Rory O’Connor

    May 9, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min

    On this episode of the Irish History Show we were joined by Gerard Shannon to discuss his new biography of Rory O’Connor. Rory O’Connor was an Irish Republican who was Director of Engineering for the IRA in the Irish War of…

  • 113 1917 and Thomas Ashe

    August 16, 2025 · 45 min

    On this episode of the Irish History Show, John was joined by Tomás MacConmara to discuss his book Days of Hunger, the Clare Volunteers and the Mountjoy Hunger strike of 1917. The book deals with the events of 1917 culminating in the…

  • 112 The Boer War

    June 26, 2025 · 1 hr 27 min

    On this episode of the Irish History Show we spoke to Dr. Spencer Jones about the Boer War. The Boer War, also known as the Second Boer War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the Boer Republics of the Orange Free State…

  • 111 Clear Hold Build

    June 14, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

    On this episode of the Irish History Show we spoke to Colonel Gareth Prendergast about his new book, Clear, Hold, Build: How the Free State won the Irish Civil War. He discussed how the National Army defeated the Anti – Treaty IRA using…

  • 110 Leopold Bloom and Albert Altman

    May 27, 2025 · 1 hr 0 min

    On this episode of the Irish History Show we spoke to Professor Neil Davison and Vincent Altman O’Connor about the Irish – Jewish politician Albert L. Altman. We explored the idea that Altman is a possible inspiration for Leopold Bloom…

  • 109 The Economic War

    May 19, 2025 · 1 hr 7 min

    On this episode of the Irish History Show we discussed the Economic War, also known as the Anglo – Irish Trade War. It lasted from 1932 to 1938. When Fianna Fáil were first elected to government in 1932 they refused to continue paying the…

  • 108 Fascism and the Far Right in Ireland

    April 12, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min

    On this episode off the Irish History Show, we spoke to Dr. Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc about his new book Burn them out! A history of Fascism and the Far Right in Ireland. Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc is an historian from Clare who has a BA in…

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About the show

The Irish History Show is presented and produced by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. The show looks at many different aspects of Irish history with expert guests from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines.