95 The 1923 General Election in the Irish Free State

On this episode of the Irish History Show we discussed the 1923 General Election in the Irish Free State. The election for the fourth Dáil was held on the 27th of August 1923. It was the first general election held since the establishment of the Irish Free State on the 6th of December 1922. The …

94 The Army Mutiny 1924

On this episode of the Irish History Show we discussed the Irish Army Mutiny of 1924. In March 1924 about 50 officers of the Free State’s National Army, who were set to be demobilised in the post- Civil War reduction of the Army, seized weapons and abandoned their posts. Led by erstwhile Army Director of Intelligence …

51 Victor Brown Political Cartoonist

On this episode we are joined by Barry Sheppard from History Now on NVTV to talk about the political cartoons of Victor Brown in The Irish Press. Previous episodes of History Now are available here: http://www.nvtv.co.uk/ondemand/community-2/history-community-2/ http://media.blubrry.com/irishhistoryshow/irishhistoryshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/VictorBrownPolitical-cartoons.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

20 The 1922 Postal Strike & Graphic Novels about Irish History

On this episode, the presenters discuss the 1922 Postal Strike. This important, but largely overlooked, event was one of the first major industrial disputes faced by the new Provisional Government of the Irish Free State. The strike was complicated by the fact that it occurred during the Civil War. In the second part of the …

7 Fine Gael and the Blueshirts

On this episode, we discuss the Blueshirts and Fine Gael. We were joined by Dr. Fearghal McGarry and Dr. Brian Hanley. http://media.blubrry.com/irishhistoryshow/history.radio.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IrishHistoryShow7.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS