# Irish History Podcast Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168.md RSS feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/9190bee0-95f3-400b-842d-3232974654ec Official site: https://www.irishhistorypodcast.ie/shop Author: Fin Dwyer Episodes: 465 ## Resource From the Norman Invasion to the War of Independence, the Great Famine to the Troubles, the Irish History Podcast takes you on a journey through the most fascinating stories in Ireland's past. Whether it’s the siege of Dublin in 1171 or gun battles in the 1920s, the podcast vividly recreates a sense of time and place. Each episode is meticulously researched, creating character-driven narratives that are engaging and accessible for all. Since the first episode was released back in 2010, the podcast has covered scores of captivating stories. Major multi-part series have explored the Great Famine, the Norman Invasion, and Irish involvement in the Spanish Civil War. If you are looking for standalone episodes, there are lots of great interviews with leading Irish historians covering topics from medieval sex magic to Irish connections in the Jack the Ripper murders! Why not start with 'Three Days in July', an acclaimed mini-series from the summer of 2024. It explores the early years of the Troubles and the forgotten story of a young Londoner who was shot dead by the British Army in Belfast in 1970. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/irish-history-podcast-778168 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168.md ## Episodes - [Daily Life in the Middle Ages: Worse Than You Think [Listener Favourite]](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/daily-life-in-the-middle-ages-worse-than-you-think-listener-favourite) — 2026-05-27T03:00:00+00:00 - [Dublin Port Has Seen It All: 1,200 Years of History.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/dublin-port-has-seen-it-all-1-200-years-of-history) — 2026-05-20T03:00:00+00:00 - [Solidarity, Suspicion and Conspiracy: Jews and the Irish Revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/solidarity-suspicion-and-conspiracy-jews-and-the-irish-revolution) — 2026-05-15T03:00:00+00:00 - [Drogheda & Beyond: The Terrifying Reality of Siege Warfare in Ireland](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/drogheda-beyond-the-terrifying-reality-of-siege-warfare-in-ireland) — 2026-05-13T03:00:00+00:00 - [Forgotten Allies: How Egypt and India Supported the Irish Revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/forgotten-allies-how-egypt-and-india-supported-the-irish-revolution) — 2026-05-01T03:00:00+00:00 - [Operation Green: Hitler's Plan for Ireland](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/operation-green-hitler-s-plan-for-ireland) — 2026-04-29T03:00:00+00:00 - [Divided Loyalties: The Irish Who Fought for Britain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/divided-loyalties-the-irish-who-fought-for-britain) — 2026-04-24T03:00:00+00:00 - [The Irish Language: Why Ireland Became English-Speaking](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/the-irish-language-why-ireland-became-english-speaking) — 2026-04-22T03:00:00+00:00 - [A White Mans Nation? The Irish Revolution & Black Radicals](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/a-white-mans-nation-the-irish-revolution-black-radicals) — 2026-04-17T03:00:00+00:00 - [From the Banshee to Burial: The Strange History of Irish Funerals](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/from-the-banshee-to-burial-the-strange-history-of-irish-funerals) — 2026-04-15T03:00:00+00:00 - [Comrades in Arms? The IRA and Soviet Russia](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/comrades-in-arms-the-ira-and-soviet-russia) — 2026-04-03T03:00:00+00:00 - [Hidden Lives: The Gay Community in Post-Independence Ireland](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/hidden-lives-the-gay-community-in-post-independence-ireland) — 2026-04-01T03:00:00+00:00 - [The IRA & the Battle for America](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/the-ira-the-battle-for-america) — 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 - [Did Neutrality Save Ireland? Daily Life in Wartime Ireland](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/did-neutrality-save-ireland-daily-life-in-wartime-ireland) — 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 - [The Smugglers & Gun Runners: Who armed the IRA?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/the-smugglers-gun-runners-who-armed-the-ira) — 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 - [Brothers in Pain: New Series Preview](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/brothers-in-pain-new-series-preview) — 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 - [St. Patrick's Day Parades: Tradition or American Invention?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/st-patrick-s-day-parades-tradition-or-american-invention) — 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 - [Éamon de Valera: Visionary or Victorian?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/amon-de-valera-visionary-or-victorian) — 2026-03-04T04:00:00+00:00 - [The Irish in America's Indian Wars: A Dark History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/the-irish-in-america-s-indian-wars-a-dark-history) — 2026-02-25T04:00:00+00:00 - [Wild Animals and Public Entertainment in Georgian Ireland](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/wild-animals-and-public-entertainment-in-georgian-ireland) — 2026-02-18T04:00:00+00:00 - [Why Didn't the Romans Invade Ireland?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/why-didn-t-the-romans-invade-ireland) — 2026-02-11T04:00:00+00:00 - [The Ulster Special Constabulary - A Troubled History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/the-ulster-special-constabulary-a-troubled-history) — 2026-02-04T04:00:00+00:00 - [The Mystery of St Brigid](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/the-mystery-of-st-brigid) — 2026-01-28T04:00:00+00:00 - [Daily Life in a Medieval Irish Castle: What was it really like?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/daily-life-in-a-medieval-irish-castle-what-was-it-really-like) — 2026-01-21T04:00:00+00:00 - [The Secret Sex Lives of our Ancestors](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/the-secret-sex-lives-of-our-ancestors) — 2025-12-17T04:00:00+00:00 - [Railway of Death: The Irishman Who Survived Japanese Prison Camp in World War II](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/railway-of-death-the-irishman-who-survived-japanese-prison-camp-in-world-war-ii) — 2025-12-10T04:30:00+00:00 - [The Battle of Vinegar Hill: The Last Stand of the 1798 Rebellion?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/the-battle-of-vinegar-hill-the-last-stand-of-the-1798-rebellion) — 2025-11-26T04:30:00+00:00 - [The Battle of New Ross and the Scullabogue Massacre. Irish History’s Darkest Day?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/the-battle-of-new-ross-and-the-scullabogue-massacre-irish-history-s-darkest-day) — 2025-11-19T04:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. A page view does not automatically enqueue transcription.