The Irish History Boys

The Irish History Boys

By The Irish History Boys

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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.

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Episodes(79)

The Darkest Year in Ireland’s History: The Brutal 1798 Rebellion

2026-10-0163:39

The Bloodiest Chapter in Irish History: Drogheda, Wexford & Cromwell in Ireland

2026-09-2461:36

The IRA Bombing That Shook Northern Ireland’s Free Press

2026-09-1745:25

Ireland’s Deadliest Cinema Fire & The 1976 Internee Scandal

2026-09-1040:45

Was 1926 the Darkest Year in the History of Ireland?

2026-09-0345:27

The Unbelievable 1976 Emergency That Suspended Ireland’s Civil Liberties

2026-08-2741:39

The Forgotten Pandemic: Ireland’s Deadly 1920s “Sleepy Sickness” Mystery

2026-08-2041:30

How a Nobel Prize Destroyed Northern Ireland’s Most Powerful Protest Movement

2026-08-1339:41

Faulkner’s Failed Sequel: The 1976 Internment Debate

2026-08-0640:23

From the "Black North" to Black Taxis: A Century of Divided Tourism in Ireland

2026-07-3039:24

The Assassination that Shocked Ireland: The 1976 Sandyford Bombing

2026-07-2334:46

The Dubliner Who Divided Ireland: The Twisted Irony of Edward Carson

2026-07-1649:33

The Battle of the Diamond: Birthing the Orange Institution

2026-07-0939:00

Why the Pope Supported William of Orange: The Surprising International History of 1690

2026-07-0242:52

Why De Valera’s future looked “Hopeless” in 1926

2026-06-2542:06

Rent-Free in the Irish Free State: Why the British Government funded homes for WWI Veterans in 1926

2026-06-1845:53

The Man Who Predicted Brexit: Seán Lemass on Britain, Ireland, and Northern Ireland

2026-06-1146:47

Rewriting Ireland's History - The Lost Memoirs of Sean Lemass

2026-06-0453:56

Lifting the Rock: Journalist Chris Moore Reveals Northern Ireland’s Most Dangerous Cover-Up

2026-05-2846:32

Britain’s Darkest Secret: The Northern Ireland Scandal MI5 Tried to Bury

2026-05-2147:53

Why Ireland’s Massive Railway Network Suddenly Vanished

2026-05-1440:12

The Machine That Ruled Ireland: How Fianna Fáil Conquered a Nation for 67 Years

2026-05-0745:28

Defending the Republic: The Siege and Execution of Rory O'Connor

2026-04-3044:38

The Secret Bomb-Maker of Ireland: How Rory O'Connor Fueled the Revolution

2026-04-2346:06

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