Podcast
A Short History of Ireland
Hosted by BBC Radio Ulster · EN
Ireland’s rich and turbulent history is explored in a series written by the late Dr Jonathan Bardon.
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Series 2: Omnibus 12
Sep 18, 202400:29:29Tap to summarizeOmnibus #12 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –• Broadcasting North and South • Showband fever • Whitaker and Lemass • Lemass and Brookeborough • Brookeborough’s fallWritten by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.
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Sep 18, 202400:28:21Tap to summarizeOmnibus #11 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –• Church and state • The Fethard On Sea boycott • A disgrace to the nation • The launch of the Canberra • De Valera’s vision of Cathleen ni HoulihanWritten by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.
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Sep 18, 202400:29:00Tap to summarizeOmnibus #10 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –• Operation Harvest • Defeat for the IRA • Stagnation • The vanishing Irish • InishkillaneWritten by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.
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Sep 18, 202400:28:15Tap to summarizeOmnibus #9 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –• The Princess Victoria disaster • Linen, boom and collapse • Shipbuilding in Belfast • Marching on the Longstone Road • The revival of the IRAWritten by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.
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Sep 18, 202400:29:40Tap to summarizeOmnibus #8 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –• The Chapel Gate Election • Conquering the white death • The Mother and Child controversy • Lacklustre performance • The rule of BrookeboroughWritten by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.
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Sep 18, 202400:28:43Tap to summarizeOmnibus #7 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –• The winter of 1947 • The 1947 Education Act • The family of the republic • The inter-party government • Ireland, a republic Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.
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Sep 18, 202400:28:49Tap to summarizeOmnibus #6 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –• VE Day • Controversial condolences • Northern Ireland elections 1945 • The Welfare State • Northern Ireland, a very substantial measure of government aidWritten by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.
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Sep 18, 202400:27:32Tap to summarizeOmnibus #4 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –• German guests of the state • American visitors • The tramp of marching Yanks • Don’t be a dope • Governing Éire, 1939 to 1945Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.
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Sep 18, 202400:29:12Tap to summarizeOmnibus #2 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –• Neither time nor gold can beat Germany • Censorship in Éire, 1939 to 1945 • The period of the next moon may well bring our turn • The Easter Tuesday Belfast Blitz • Tremendous devastationWritten by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.
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Sep 18, 202400:29:31Tap to summarizeOmnibus #1 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –• The Emergency, Éire 1939 • We here today are in a state of war • Failed preparations • Ireland and the Battle of the Atlantic • The Magazine Fort attack, December 1939Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.
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