22 Population changes in Ireland in the Early – Modern period

On this episode the presenters are joined by Dr. Pádraig Lenihan to discuss population changes in Ireland in the Early – Modern period. Dr. Lenihan discusses the Plantations, the Cromwellian Reconquest, Scottish migration during the Williamite era, the famine of 1740 – 41 and the Great Famine of 1845 to 52. https://media.blubrry.com/irishhistoryshow/irishhistoryshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IrishHistoryShow22.mp3Podcast: Play in new …

17 The Molly Maguires

On this episode we are joined by Irish American historian, author and poet, John Kearns, to discuss the Molly Maguires. The Molly Maguires were a secret society based among the Irish miners in the anthracite coal fields in northern Pennsylvania in the 1860s and 1870s. We have recently started a Patreon page for The Irish …