# What Were We Like A podcast by RTÉ. Diarmaid Ferriter and Catriona Crowe bring us on a journey through the hidden histories, humanity and humour of our past. Feed: https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c/podcast.rss ## Latest episodes - [Michael Collins - Part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/f8011fd48387) (2026-10-19, 47 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/abfac9c7-3c85-4575-9736-b4e500d738c8/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Michael Collins - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/15de894bb371) (2026-10-12, 54 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/6da5a8a7-7dc7-403f-851b-b4de00bf59d9/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Michael Collins - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/8cd5b0c2c487) (2026-10-05, 42 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/a4bb0a8d-c11d-468a-939c-b4d700c03d54/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Stardust – From national tragedy to national scandal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/9dcacb652728) (2026-09-28, 50 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/67efcc26-d684-439b-b590-b4d000edb45e/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Sean O’Casey – The Irish Rebel playwright](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/df90fbc7dd6c) (2026-09-21, 43 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/178c5c6a-f693-433f-bab7-b4c900e69c5a/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [The Ballyseedy Massacre (Part 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/e980fd7713dc) (2026-09-14, 33 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/2c2d76aa-34bc-4966-890a-b4c200e9fa78/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [The Ballyseedy Massacre (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/0047414d3eba) (2026-09-07, 31 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/2d53c454-cedf-4c70-b3ba-b4bb00ed4900/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [The Pope's Visit of 1979](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/170afd5531eb) (2026-08-31, 40 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/7c84c1c0-1428-444b-8471-b4b400d0f85e/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Best of What Were We Like (Part 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/3dbadff0d791) (2026-08-25, 50 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/ce67eb39-2c55-419f-9e42-b4b100933ec9/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Best of What Were We Like (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/cc7df44b85f3) (2026-08-20, 40 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/22f95312-cc27-492a-a993-b4ac00cc4b7f/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [What Were We Like: Back in Two Weeks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/8a67a9219a10) (2026-08-10, 1 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/11281ee0-cd7c-4e24-ac90-b49f00b94e8e/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [1980s Ireland: Moving Statues](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/9a3fb7f01ac5) (2026-08-03, 32 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/087a09cc-943d-4612-8cc7-b49700cb6148/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [1980s Ireland: The Kerry Babies Case](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/c39096e4714f) (2026-07-27, 45 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/36e6cb01-2c9f-4eca-91cb-b48e00d30f6b/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [1980s Ireland: The Eighth Amendment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/54f3fbd765ea) (2026-07-20, 37 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/b01e3f56-9032-4a76-bacc-b48a00bade4f/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [The brilliant poetry and turbulent life of Patrick Kavanagh](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/d585eacbfb6f) (2026-07-13, 46 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/2cab4a34-348f-4025-b2c9-b48200b7d44a/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Bobby Sands, Margaret Thatcher, and the 1981 hunger strikes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/08746d25d20a) (2026-07-06, 47 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/166e7e91-cfd2-4e16-b4dd-b47e01462e30/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [All aboard the contraceptive train](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/7e822304ae9c) (2026-06-29, 35 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/b21b16b7-3a92-4a14-babc-b477009dcc56/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [The 1926 Census - LIVE at Listowel Writers Week](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/7c52520029c6) (2026-06-22, 50 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/92c338c1-c535-4508-b5cf-b46e0103cedc/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [The jealous rage that inspired a key chapter of Ulysses](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/34d03d00e050) (2026-06-15, 40 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/69dc5118-8ee5-4933-b45e-b46900841876/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [The Fearsome Ruler of Catholic Ireland: John Charles McQuaid (Part 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/e1efe2d53541) (2026-06-08, 48 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/cd2033b3-6148-4296-b484-b46000c83fff/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [The Fearsome Ruler of Catholic Ireland: John Charles McQuaid (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/bb7bdbb9cc28) (2026-06-01, 45 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/aeb48ea4-287a-4254-b8c1-b45900a8bd14/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [By Elections That Shaped Ireland (Part 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/842fb14d4b0e) (2026-05-23, 36 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/3397ffc3-727c-4cae-b0d6-b45200ed5fd4/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [The By-Elections That Shaped Ireland (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/ec3fc1453b8a) (2026-05-18, 38 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/5e43a4d3-fd2c-4ae9-b009-b44b00f66e4f/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [The History of The Tricolour (Part 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/af44846c2381) (2026-05-11, 49 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/3454a092-419d-4504-ba8d-b44401502bdf/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [The History of The Tricolour (Part 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/c9b90a39ee61) (2026-05-04, 35 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/89c44cd5-1d40-4fe8-b188-b43d00ef952c/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [The History of The Tricolour (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/6442f3471f0e) (2026-04-27, 29 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/c1326480-656f-464b-bf29-b43600b7623a/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [A President Comes to Town - Reagan in Ireland](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/044335d84308) (2026-04-20, 52 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/4bfa68ce-b13f-4ca2-9493-b42f00c4a9bc/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Fianna Fáil: "The Devil" Takes Power (Part 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/56b389b21836) (2026-04-13, 38 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/b94d51e0-fc4d-4e95-9e1a-b42800c8908a/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Fianna Fáil: Take your seats, but no drinking in the Dáil bar (Part 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/b3cb0266da9b) (2026-04-06, 34 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/832dc401-5ecd-49d0-93e7-b42100c9b502/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Fianna Fáil: Hard Men and Blood Sacrifices (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/25b91416a512) (2026-03-30, 41 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/45c182c8-13cc-480b-ac90-b41c00cc35a1/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Political insults: F*ck you Deputy Stagg, F*CK YOU! (Part 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/3dd48ec954aa) (2026-03-23, 36 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/83d96229-3b60-4b09-b777-b41600de2205/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Political insults: From Communist to corner boy (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/c081ab13c5d9) (2026-03-23, 32 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/164568bf-b969-4e12-b861-b41600ddc2c6/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Ep 5 - Vision, symbolism and the Presidencies of Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/0c5f940523f0) (2025-10-23, 43 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/ca31e926-44b9-4abf-a438-b37f008f7296/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Ep 4 - Campaigns, characters and controversies (Part 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/4f222e513e5e) (2025-10-21, 50 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/a43836b2-12f0-4e3f-b5e6-b37d006ce4f7/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Ep 3 - Campaigns, characters and controversies (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/91248ac3f867) (2025-10-20, 39 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/b45b672c-4c41-4cd9-a39b-b37800ae2f23/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Ep 2 - Brian Lenihan, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, and the two most important powers the President has](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/fae35eb75f06) (2025-10-14, 39 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/1bf2c2f5-e991-40f9-8c56-b37600e372fd/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Ep 1 - What can the President actually do?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/8de69550a548) (2025-10-14, 34 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/08384dd7-e26a-448f-a574-b37600e2023e/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c - [Preview with Diarmaid Ferriter and Catriona Crowe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1845439909/788a6e863c63) (2025-10-10, 2 min): audio https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0887db98-33c9-4af7-ba73-b3720155d3d4/6090cf25-be0f-467c-bad3-b37201561216/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=510a10ae-1082-48a7-961a-b3720155da9c Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them.