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The Execution of Richard Burke
Richard Burke, who featured in the last episode was an unusual figure in Irish history. Although largely unknown he enjoyed a very successful career during the Great Famine. However in the 1860s Burke was accused of a bizarre and deadly murder leading ...
Tyranny, Cruelty & Inhumanity - Surviving the Workhouse | The Famine in Clogheen II | The Great Famine XXX
This podcast (the second show on the town of Clogheen) introduces Richard Burke, a man who had a very unusual experience of the Great Famine. Between 1845 and 1848 he was the clerk of Clogheen Workhouse and Richard's life provide us with unique in...
Corn, Gunpowder & Class Conflict | The Famine in Clogheen I | The Great Famine XXIX
This episode is a return of the Great Famine Series. Focusing on the town of Clogheen in South Tipperary, this two part episode follows the lives of three individuals Robert Davis, David Keane and Richard Burke. Their stories delve into the fascinating...
The Hellfire Club - Debauchery in The Dublin Mountains
The Hellfire club is an 18th century ruin in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains. The building has a scandalous history and is considered by some to be one of Ireland's most haunted locations. A few years ago Neil Jackman of Abarta Heritage led ...
Nebraska - Irish Emigrants Surviving on The Frontier
When we think of Irish Emigrants in the USA, images of New York or Boston spring to mind. However on a recent trip to the US I visited friends in Nebraska where I found a very different Irish American history. Located in the midwest - the landcape and ...
The Last of Her Kind | Peig Sayers II
In 1892 Peig Sayers married & moved from Dunquin in West Kerry to the Great Blasket Island. Her life provides us with fascinating insights into what marriage was like in the late 19th century (a combination of a first date and moving in with your i...
The Last of Her Kind | Peig Sayers I
When Peig Sayers died in 1958, she as regarded as one of Ireland's greatest storytellers and folklorists.Born in Dunquin in 1873 Co Kerry she grew up in the aftermath of the Great Famine in extreme poverty. However life in this remote corner of I...
A Very Irish Murder in Cincinnati
In April 1894 Cincinnati's Irish Amercian community was rocked by a shocking and brutal murder. It was so scandalous that many newspapers in Ireland refused to even mention it, even though both the victim and the perpetrator were both Irish.In th...
A 21st Century Witch Hunt | Kilkenny Witch Trial of 1324 III
The city of Kilkenny was rocked by the notorious witchcraft trial of 1324 (covered in the last two episodes). These events took place seven centuries ago in the long distant past. To conclude the series on the trial embarked on my own witch hunt in the...
Plan 2019: New Series Announced & New York Event.
The series on the Great Hunger of the 1840s will finish in the summer of 2019, but I have been busy planning something new. Find out what it is in this major announcement. I am visiting New York for the first time and speaking at the American Irish Hi...