{"podcast":{"title":"The Irish Passport","slug":"the-irish-passport-1120361","podcast_index_feed_id":1120361,"rss_url":"https://www.theirishpassport.com/feed/podcast/","website_url":"https://www.theirishpassport.com/series/default-podcast/","image_url":"https://www.theirishpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-Irish-Passport-logo-smaller-2.jpg","author":"The Irish Passport","episode_count":136,"summary":"Irish culture and current affairs with the historical backstory that explains it all. Presented by journalist Naomi O Leary and lecturer Tim Mc Inerney, this is your passport to Ireland.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T02:19:45.869587+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-irish-passport-1120361"},"episode":{"title":"Conquest Pt 7: The Curse of Cromwell","slug":"conquest-pt-7-the-curse-of-cromwell","published_at":"2025-06-01T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-irish-passport-1120361/conquest-pt-7-the-curse-of-cromwell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-irish-passport-1120361","url":"https://www.theirishpassport.com/podcast/conquest-the-curse-of-cromwell/","audio_url":"https://chtbl.com/track/38395/www.theirishpassport.com/podcast-download/2030/conquest-the-curse-of-cromwell.mp3","summary":"In the grand finale of our Conquest series, Naomi and Tim dig into one of the most notorious episodes of Irish history, starring none other than Oliver Cromwell. We explore his rise to power as a major player in the puritan faction of England's civil war, and how he came to view the task of \"pacifying\" Ireland both as a way to solidify his support, and as a kind of holy war. Cromwell's actions in Ireland were genocidal. Nevertheless, we discuss how his actions in Ireland continue to be played down among historians in Britain to this day. Naomi and Tim discuss more, including the uncomfortable resonances to current day news, in a bonus debrief episode over on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/halfpint-debrief-130363450 Micheál Ó Siochrú's authorative work on Cromwell, 'God's Executioner', is available here: https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571218462-gods-executioner/?srsltid=AfmBOoqKEZw77QejfJJh-6OoFsKDvgeO55jZSaEZMvc665fFaNgx2SPE","meta_description":"In the grand finale of our Conquest series, Naomi and Tim dig into one of the most notorious episodes of Irish history, starring none other than Oliver Cr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4488,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-irish-passport-1120361/episodes/conquest-pt-7-the-curse-of-cromwell/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-irish-passport-1120361/conquest-pt-7-the-curse-of-cromwell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}