# Irish History Podcast A podcast by Fin Dwyer. From the Norman Invasion to the War of Independence, the Great Famine to the Troubles, the Irish History Podcast takes you on a journey through the most fascinating stories in Ireland's past. Whether it’s the siege of Dublin in 1171 or gun battles in the 1920s, the podcast vividly recreates a sense of time and place. Each episode is meticulously researched, creating character-driven narratives that are engaging and accessible for all. Since the first episode was released back in 2010, the podcast has covered scores of captivating stories. Major multi-part series have explored the Great Famine, the Norman Invasion, and Irish involvement in the Spanish Civil War. If you are looking for standalone episodes, there are lots of great interviews with leading Irish historians covering topics from medieval sex magic to Irish connections in the Jack the Ripper murders! Why not start with 'Three Days in July', an acclaimed mini-series from the summer of 2024. It explores the early years of the Troubles and the forgotten story of a young Londoner who was shot dead by the British Army in Belfast in 1970. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/9190bee0-95f3-400b-842d-3232974654ec ## Latest episodes - [Haunted Ireland: Why the Supernatural Mattered to Our Ancestors \[Listener Favourite\]](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/7c1c2e9e9988) (2026-10-28, 28 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6ae0d3b5e8f51597fd5b2f12/media.mp3 - [Lest We Forget: The Poppy & Remembrance Day in Ireland](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/21df49782e6a) (2026-10-14, 57 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6ace445e04e23b38f8c573d2/media.mp3 - [The Mystery of the Missing Postman: Silence in an Irish Village](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/ba6a0cfe237c) (2026-10-07, 45 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6ac4f1f1631aefba31bd99af/media.mp3 - [Hard lives: A History of Irish Childhood](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/2180cf1022fb) (2026-09-23, 35 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6ab269865dbededc69e92f21/media.mp3 - [The Rise of the Provisional IRA: Conspiracy vs Reality](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/6a7505493b67) (2026-09-16, 54 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6aa8e61c3512576d7245693b/media.mp3 - [The Golden Age of Irish Smuggling](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/5358ab2b7b71) (2026-09-09, 29 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a9ffbfafd6f4fee9047c787/media.mp3 - [Why Did Nazi Germany Bomb an Irish Village in 1940?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/20006bcfe3f8) (2026-08-26, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a8d7f80b90ce88840c87f24/media.mp3 - [The Sinking of the Lusitania](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/4db17e6f2014) (2026-08-19, 63 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a843994ebac478aad54c942/media.mp3 - [Ireland’s Shipwrecks: History from the Depths](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/f6d58252a024) (2026-08-12, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a7b28f0b3cc198f14bcb32d/media.mp3 - [Broken Promises: Why Irish Independence Failed the Irish Language](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/f58db57f2063) (2026-07-29, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a68b92f8ae2fc6a0d4b28b4/media.mp3 - [Progress at Any Cost? The Dark History Behind Ireland’s Electrification](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/d71ba076a801) (2026-07-22, 34 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a5f49432db348c8cb610438/media.mp3 - [Hitler’s Irish Relatives: The Strange True Story](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/3984bdc493bd) (2026-07-15, 21 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a56514889ccc5fe088e8e9d/media.mp3 - [Living on the Wrong Side of History: My Family Secrets](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/8034ae42b753) (2026-07-08, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a4d0bd2cdf37de035d738d0/media.mp3 - [The Irish Crown Jewels Robbery: Ireland’s Crime of the Century?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/abff3d6b1874) (2026-06-24, 48 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a3a9b63fe0235be574a0945/media.mp3 - [From White Settlers to Fascists: The IRA’s Troubling Allies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/c035f2da51d4) (2026-06-19, 40 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a33f54415a58efc60c516a6/media.mp3 - [The Battle for Liverpool and New York: The Irish Revolution in the Atlantic World](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/4623a3b6b169) (2026-06-12, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a2970eb32e30dceaf056c72/media.mp3 - [Ogham: The Mystery of Ireland’s Oldest Writing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/434ffde08623) (2026-06-10, 37 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a282bc374e72c6295993966/media.mp3 - [Taking the War to England: The IRA in Britain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/c54eafa1db36) (2026-06-05, 34 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a2115473d098b7011471d9f/media.mp3 - [A Conspiracy of Fear & Silence: The Maamtrasna Murders](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/c369b0dffa49) (2026-06-03, 61 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a1d42d55e7c8b2378072268/media.mp3 - [Daily Life in the Middle Ages: Worse Than You Think \[Listener Favourite\]](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/1b0ddc534a98) (2026-05-27, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a1566156ee822cbfbe1111c/media.mp3 - [Dublin Port Has Seen It All: 1,200 Years of History.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/d3cec81cb47b) (2026-05-20, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a0c6ccd2ccb278fd5bcd1cf/media.mp3 - [Solidarity, Suspicion and Conspiracy: Jews and the Irish Revolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/0012075263f5) (2026-05-15, 29 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a05b8c2d98ee73f63a7878b/media.mp3 - [Drogheda & Beyond: The Terrifying Reality of Siege Warfare in Ireland](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/8e545e130d0e) (2026-05-13, 45 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a0329ab5c981a357353ef27/media.mp3 - [Forgotten Allies: How Egypt and India Supported the Irish Revolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/dd7f3bb6291a) (2026-05-01, 33 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69f35b7d9dcd58edd969d7dc/media.mp3 - [Operation Green: Hitler's Plan for Ireland](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/562ef065d27d) (2026-04-29, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69f08ea02f651f55f5ea52b3/media.mp3 - [Divided Loyalties: The Irish Who Fought for Britain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/bb01d1c059d2) (2026-04-24, 30 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69ea008faa3f81e2b9972725/media.mp3 - [The Irish Language: Why Ireland Became English-Speaking](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/ea8ddaa09058) (2026-04-22, 36 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69e778641e1e812364d91590/media.mp3 - [A White Mans Nation? The Irish Revolution & Black Radicals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/acbcc45fa807) (2026-04-17, 35 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69e10239a0cdd3989c4a9792/media.mp3 - [From the Banshee to Burial: The Strange History of Irish Funerals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/a8cf6b918c2a) (2026-04-15, 32 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69de51bc964c5cf3162abad7/media.mp3 - [Comrades in Arms? The IRA and Soviet Russia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/15d71168c352) (2026-04-03, 28 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69ce5179d2e95f5131490fb7/media.mp3 - [Hidden Lives: The Gay Community in Post-Independence Ireland](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/160fdcb7878a) (2026-04-01, 37 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69ca83e5c28a24a07fd13372/media.mp3 - [The IRA & the Battle for America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/c6ee32fa5e14) (2026-03-27, 38 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69c3c1c9fe9984dbae83f7d9/media.mp3 - [Did Neutrality Save Ireland? Daily Life in Wartime Ireland](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/26cfe309451d) (2026-03-25, 42 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69c24282fce4b829c5637b88/media.mp3 - [The Smugglers & Gun Runners: Who armed the IRA?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/492e05c488ca) (2026-03-20, 30 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69b97e0205ad897c029e7424/media.mp3 - [Brothers in Pain: New Series Preview](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/246e7e49e1ca) (2026-03-18, 14 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69b95dc4974fe3a4f988faba/media.mp3 - [St. Patrick's Day Parades: Tradition or American Invention?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/f5fae453cba4) (2026-03-11, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69b022a5963a18ae3a023f43/media.mp3 - [Éamon de Valera: Visionary or Victorian?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/7409713b28c1) (2026-03-04, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69a5a132e26ab6adcb0f00fc/media.mp3 - [The Irish in America's Indian Wars: A Dark History](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/3715117b8dc7) (2026-02-25, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/699daa413a5156c5d2fedece/media.mp3 - [Wild Animals and Public Entertainment in Georgian Ireland](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/d80c906b0626) (2026-02-18, 29 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69947d79b1ca974bbc20348a/media.mp3 - [Why Didn't the Romans Invade Ireland?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/cb1d6975c7a7) (2026-02-11, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/698b18635e0cb52f1592f402/media.mp3 - [The Ulster Special Constabulary - A Troubled History](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/87f5e1901b5b) (2026-02-04, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6981fe364b12c3dd733dd664/media.mp3 - [The Mystery of St Brigid](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/077b74546455) (2026-01-28, 29 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6978c6104c32b21dd9af930c/media.mp3 - [Daily Life in a Medieval Irish Castle: What was it really like?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/7d474001dbbe) (2026-01-21, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/696e45834788cf9ec6eaa6f1/media.mp3 - [The Secret Sex Lives of our Ancestors](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/b28579d3c4ed) (2025-12-17, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/69414ef8443ad98913869721/media.mp3 - [Railway of Death: The Irishman Who Survived Japanese Prison Camp in World War II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/a32d5fa938f0) (2025-12-10, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6937d5fe91c8bda5d0c6fddb/media.mp3 - [The Battle of Vinegar Hill: The Last Stand of the 1798 Rebellion?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/7f2738c8650b) (2025-11-26, 64 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6925a9ff30ebd38648f783e2/media.mp3 - [The Battle of New Ross and the Scullabogue Massacre. Irish History’s Darkest Day?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/32d1db3c9640) (2025-11-19, 50 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/691c70a2295fc6e848aff073/media.mp3 - [Liberty or Death: The South Falls to the Rebels](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/661200323e7c) (2025-11-12, 50 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6911f2e2cb5f8761fb5ded0b/media.mp3 - [Broken Silence: The Murder of Mary Doherty](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/46373e30bb68) (2025-11-05, 40 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6908a84a1c12353455d28013/media.mp3 - [The 1798 Rebellion Begins: Plots, Spies, and Informers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/363368392/d2cc0fc4a24b) (2025-10-29, 45 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/68c17501b2dfbf7f9f433259/media.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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