{"podcast":{"title":"The BelTel","slug":"the-beltel-5373912","podcast_index_feed_id":5373912,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324","website_url":"https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/show-cover.jpg","author":"Belfast Telegraph Podcasts","episode_count":825,"summary":"The BelTel brings you some of Northern Ireland's top journalists, Allison Morris, Sam McBride and Suzanne Breen to name but a few, giving you the inside stories behind what is in the news. Presented by Ciarán Dunbar, the Bel Tel investigates, debates and informs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T06:18:36.697495+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912"},"episode":{"title":"Ulster's Lost Counties: Ed Burke on Loyalism and Paramilitarism in Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal","slug":"ulster-s-lost-counties-ed-burke-on-loyalism-and-paramilitarism-in-cavan-monaghan-and-donegal","published_at":"2026-05-20T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/ulster-s-lost-counties-ed-burke-on-loyalism-and-paramilitarism-in-cavan-monaghan-and-donegal","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-beltel/episodes/ulsters-lost-counties-ed-burke-on-loyalism-and-paramilitaris","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/e/6a0c5d4b910254f053d674e8/media.mp3","summary":"In 1920 a momentous decision was finalised - three Ulster counties, Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan would not be included in the new Northern Ireland. It was felt that the new entity would be more secure without those counties which had nationalist majorities. But they also had large, Protestant, Unionist, Loyalist minorities - then abandoned in the new Irish Free State.   Ed Burke has written a new book – it's called ‘Ulster's Lost Counties: Loyalism and Paramilitarism since 1920’. In it he examines armed loyalism and resistance to Irish nationalism coming from the people of the three counties.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In 1920 a momentous decision was finalised - three Ulster counties, Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan would not be included in the new Northern Ireland. It was…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2320,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beltel-5373912/episodes/ulster-s-lost-counties-ed-burke-on-loyalism-and-paramilitarism-in-cavan-monaghan-and-donegal/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/ulster-s-lost-counties-ed-burke-on-loyalism-and-paramilitarism-in-cavan-monaghan-and-donegal.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}