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  • Ulster Linen: How an Industry Outlived England's Trade Barriers

    Ulster Linen: How an Industry Outlived England's Trade Barriers
    2026/09/12
    The episode traces how Ulster’s linen industry expanded during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, navigating Britain’s Navigation Acts and other mercantilist controls. It examines the role of the 1711 Irish Linen Board, Huguenot influence, railway logistics, and local cooperative networks in building a regional economy that became central to both Irish commerce and Unionist identity. The discussion weighs contemporary sources against later nationalist narratives to explore what really enabled linen’s rise and its long‑term social impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 分
  • Battle of Aughrim: Ireland’s Pivotal Bloodshed of 1691

    Battle of Aughrim: Ireland’s Pivotal Bloodshed of 1691
    2026/09/12
    This episode unpacks the bloody confrontation at Aughrim in July 1691, the decisive encounter that ended Jacobite power in western Ireland. We examine the tactics used by Dutch commander Godert de Ginkel and the fate of French officer Charles de Saint‑Ruhe, review contemporary reports from both sides, and explore how the outcome reshaped landholding, political control and national memory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 分
  • Fomorians Reconsidered: Monsters, Myth, and Early Ireland

    Fomorians Reconsidered: Monsters, Myth, and Early Ireland
    2026/09/11
    In this episode we examine the Fomorii—figures that appear in early Irish literature as monstrous outsiders—and ask what evidence supports their historicity or symbolic function. We look at how later Christian writers reshaped them, how archaeological and environmental clues might inform our reading, and why modern myths persist, clarifying how myth, politics, and material culture intertwine on Ireland’s prehistoric to medieval transition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    8 分
  • Tyrconnell’s Return: A Jacobite Leadership Crisis of 1691

    Tyrconnell’s Return: A Jacobite Leadership Crisis of 1691
    2026/09/11
    We examine the death of Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnell, and how his absence created a split in the Jacobite cause during the Williamite War. The episode looks at competing Irish and French commanders, the strategic debates around Aughrim, and what the surviving sources tell us about this critical moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 分
  • Owen Roe O’Neill and the Making of a Modern Ulster Army

    Owen Roe O’Neill and the Making of a Modern Ulster Army
    2026/09/11
    This episode examines how Owen Roe O’Neill organised, professionalised and supplied his forces during the Nine Years’ War, exploring recruitment from across Ulster, the use of Spanish‑trained officers, funding and supply challenges, and disciplined training that altered the balance with English forces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 分
  • Mac William Lordships: From Anglo‑Normans to Irish Lords

    Mac William Lordships: From Anglo‑Normans to Irish Lords
    2026/09/11
    From Henry II’s grants to the de Burgh family, this episode charts how the Mac William lordships blended Anglo‑Norman feudalism with Irish kinship and tanistry succession. We examine contemporary land records, royal commissions and court proceedings to understand why Tudor officials called them failures of colonisation while they operated almost autonomous states in Mayo and Galway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    18 分
  • The Glorious Revolution Through an Irish Lens

    The Glorious Revolution Through an Irish Lens
    2026/09/11
    This episode follows William of Orange’s arrival in 1688 and explores how the ensuing conflict reshaped Ireland’s political, religious, and social structures. From Dublin’s Jacobite reprisals to Ulster’s long‑term identity crisis, we examine contemporary accounts, contested motives, and the enduring myths that colour modern interpretations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    17 分
  • Cork Captured: How a South‑Ireland Port Ended the Williamite War

    Cork Captured: How a South‑Ireland Port Ended the Williamite War
    2026/09/11
    This episode examines the siege and surrender of Cork in September 1690, its tactical use of combined naval–land force by John Churchill, and how taking the city tightened the Williamite hold on Ireland, affecting later campaigns and political negotiations. By looking at contemporary dispatches, siege maps and post‑war records, we see why historians debate the extent of Cork’s strategic value. The discussion also considers how the event was remembered in Irish memory and its impact on the civilian population. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    20 分