The Irish History Boys

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Weekly podcast. Next episode on Thursday.

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.

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50 episodes • 0 archived •

The 5-Vote Defeat That Changed Ireland

March 12

44 mins

The Irish "Football Team" That Was Actually an IRA Hit Squad

March 5

42 mins

Northern Ireland in 1976: The Collapse of the Convention and the Move to Direct Rule

February 26

49 mins

Judicial Robes and Jazz Panics

February 19

45 mins

Hunger Strikes and Splenetic Denunciations

February 12

48 mins

Asserting Irish Independence with Coins and Customs

February 5

47 mins

Pacts and Prisoners: The 1926 Release and the death of Frank Stagg

January 29

48 mins

Bans and Bandits: The GAA’s "Foreign" Struggle and the Stigma of "Bandit Country"

January 22

43 mins

1926 & 1976: Red Routes and the Darkest Days

January 15

45 mins

1925 & 1975: A Unionist Triumph and the Miserable Year

January 8

44 mins

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