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5 episodes with Irish independence
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2 episodes with Irish independence
2 episodes with Irish independence
2 episodes with Irish independence
Send us a textThe so-called Irish Potato Famine between 1845 and 1852 killed up to one million people and led to the emigration of hundreds of thousands of others. It left a deep imprint on Irish, European and American history and memory. But this was not a natural catastrophe, argues economic historian Padraic Scanian. He sees the famine as a result of globalisation, and of a very Victorian determination to let the market do its work and discipline the undeserving poor. The stereotype of the lazy Irishman was born out of the quasi colonial perspective of large landowners and London bureaucrats. The famine may be in the past, Padraic observes, but the mechanisms that led to it may still be more present than we think.Support the show
Over the past three decades, the Catholic Church has been engulfed by numerous sexual abuse scandals and accusations of power abuse. This has prompted many to question how it initially gained such influence in Ireland. In this podcast, I delve into the history of the Catholic Church within modern Irish society. While its influence is often linked to the post-Irish Independence era of the 1920s, the foundations of Catholic power extend much further back. This episode charts the Church's dramatic rise since the 1780s, when it emerged from the Penal Laws and decades of repression. I reveal how it skillfully navigated through rebellions, the Great Hunger, and the struggle for independence, growing stronger with each crisis. Additionally, I explore the complex relationship between the Church and the British Empire, where bitter enmity in the 1700s transformed into a strategic partnership—a marriage of convenience that reshaped Irish history.Support the show at Patreon.com/irishpodcast Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/irishhistory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Joey Kennedy was the youngest candidate to be selected by Fianna Fáil in the local elections in 2024 in the Portarlington Graiguecullen Municipal District at aged just 19 His Academy paper in Poetry was titled “Centenary of Irish Independence – 100 years on”Now a director at Willow and Green interiors and furniture he is a former school captain and one of a number of school captains featured on the podcast. He left CWC in 2023.
Ever heard of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins? The Big Fellow? His heroic contributions to the fight for Irish Independence, while ignored/overlooked/misunderstood for many years, are beginning to get noticed and appreciated again. While short, what a life he led! WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/Bw8hfxfUf9oFor Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, head to: https://www.badmagicproductions.com
She was one of the key figures of Irish Independence, known in her lifetime as The Irish Joan of Arc. But somehow, history only remembers her as the woman who wouldn't marry WB Yeats. More recently, a BBC headline called her "Ireland's heroine who had sex in her baby's tomb." Both those things are true, but... her real story is even more bonkers - and of course, so much more amazing. Join us with guest Orna Ross to put Maud Gonne back in her rightful place, among the founders of modern Ireland. Join the Kickstarter Campaign for a special edition of A Life Before benefitting the movement to memorialize Maud Gonne in Dublin! Music in this episode was generously shared by Andy Reiner and Jon Sousa from their album Canyon Sunrise. Plus music from E's Jammy Jams, Jesse Gallagher, Doug Maxwell, Wayne Jones, Kevin MacLeod, and Audionautix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome to the Dublin City Libraries podcast. In this episode entitled Prostitution in Dublin in the early 20th Century, Dublin City Historian in Residence Mary Muldowney explores how prostitution became entangled with the cause of Irish Independence, as it was framed, not as a social issue, but as a symbol of degeneracy of the British Empire. Recorded at the Central Library in October 2022.
In 1866, the Fenian Brotherhood, comprised primarily of Irish Civil War veterans, led a series of attacks on Canadian provinces just across the border from the United States. Their goal: seize Canadian territory and exchange it for Irish independence. Similar raids continued until 1871, and although they were ultimately unsuccessful, they are part of a greater story of the American Civil War, Irish Independence, and trans-Atlantic immigration to the United States in the mid-19th Century. In this episode, Bob & Ben speak with Christopher Klein about his book When the Irish Invaded America: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans Who Fought for Ireland's Freedom (Doubleday, 2019). Christopher Klein is an author and freelance writer specializing in history. He writes stories about the past that inform us about the present and guide us to the future. He is the author of four books, including Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America's First Sports Hero, and a frequent contributor to history.com and many other media outlets. This is a rebroadcast of RTN #125, which originally aired on March 18, 2019. This version was completely reedited using Adobe's Enhanced Speech software by Ben Sawyer.
England first police force was created in Ireland and why England switched to relying on paramilitary units instead of the local police during the Irish War of Independence. Take part in the week-long global strike for Palestine Join my Patreon Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok Check out my website for more information Resources https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/history-black-tans-ireland https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/black-and-tans-half-drunk-whole-mad-and-one-fifth-irish-1.4113220 https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0322/1037888-come-out-ye-black-and-tans-who-were-the-black-and-tans/ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-auxiliaries-churchill-s-vengeful-anti-ira-strike-force-1.3074550 The Republic: the Fight for Irish Independence by Charles Townshend, 2014, Penguin Group Fatal Path: British Government and Irish Revolution 1910-1922 by Ronan Fanning, 2013, Faber & Faber Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion by Charles Townshend, 2015, Penguin Group Michael Collins and the Anglo-Irish War: Britain's Counterinsurgency Failure by J. B. E. Hitte, 2011, Potomac Books A Nation and Not a Rabble: the Irish Revolution 1913-1923 by Diarmaid Ferriter, 2015, Profile Books The Civic Guard Mutiny by Brian McCarthy 2012, Mercier Books
Kilmainham Gaol (Jail) is an infamous site and is strongly associated with Irish independence. Ireland is a fiercely independent country, and it fought long and hard for its freedom. In 1916, the leaders of the Easter Rising (Éirí Amach na Cásca) were executed in Kilmainham, along with many of their followers. It is one of the most haunted places in Ireland and worth touring on your Ireland vacation.Visitors and staff continue to have spooky encounters. People see, what they believe to be, actors dressed in period clothing—they discover they're apparitions. A number of tour guides and visitors report feeling a frightening presence near the chapel balcony. Some people are convinced they're being watched. Eerie cold spots, unexplained noises, footsteps, voices, and cell doors banging shut are heard. Lights turn on and off. A few people feel they are pushed by unseen hands.Who are these ghosts?Let's find out!Consider supporting our work by buying us a "cup of coffee" https://www.buymeacoffee.com/anneandrenataORbecome a Grand Poobah Patreon supporter, and join our inner circle of craziness!https://www.patreon.com/anneandrenataJoin us on our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/TrueHauntingsPodcastP.S. If you want more Anne and Renata - catch our PODCAST - Diary of a Ghost Hunter on all the best streaming platforms to find out what our life as female ghost hunters is really like (no Bullsh*t).NOW we also have SERIOUSLY WEIRD on our YouTube Channel just because we LOVE story telling and who doesn't love a seriously weird spooky story!Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel as we are wanting to get more views and engagement and check out our travel videos Frightfully Good MisadventuresAlso Follow Anne and Renata:Facebook: @AnneAndRenataInstagram: @AnneAndRenataYouTube: @AnneAndRenataTikTok: @AnneAndRenata#anneandrenata #ghosts #hauntings #paranormalpodcast #frightfullygood #kilmainhamprison #haunteddublin #paranormalinvestigations #hauntedireland #haunteddublin #ghostsofkilmainhamgaol #hauntedkilmainhamgaol #apparitions #coldspots #spirits #demons #ghostgrannies Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to Rebel Tales. Telling the tales of the ordinary men and women who stood up to an empire and risked everything for the cause of Irish Independence. This is an introduction to the podcast. Re-uploaded with better audio
Hi Christian! Ironically this episode is not for Christians because idk we just aren't really down with the whole "oppress entire lightyears of people with your big phat sky daddy" thing. In today's episode, Quill & Audrey take a closer look at what the actual fuck was going on in Ireland in approximately 400-500 A.D that brought about St. Patrick's Day. In the words of Quill, pour yourself a steaming hot cup of Guinness for today's crash course in Irish Independence, Leprechaun Fashion Week, and Carol from alwaystheholidays.com — IYKYK, but you wouldn't know, would you? I'm honestly so done with putting in 99% of the work for NONE of your attention why are we even doing this. Anyway, name a more iconic trio than that!!Cameos Include:St. Patrick. Literally where he was not supposed to be converting people who didn't want to be converted. Can you say #missionary #colonization #queenofenglandlol Canonization = the catholic church being like “what a hot bitch” A druid poem about St. Patrick that spills all of the tea St. Patrick's day playing an important role in the revolutionary period in Ireland - how smart does that sentence sound??The shamrock parable of the holy trinity really slapping for the Irish people The absolute plot twist that was Ireland/St. Patrick's day originally being associated with BLUE - GAGUs getting triggered back to the pinching nonsense in elementary schoolAnyway, this is where our closing sentence typically goes and we're OVER IT so we'll see ourselves out now. BYE. Oh yeah we should probably say Happy St. Patty's Day queens! Werk.
On Easter Day 1916, more than a thousand Irishmen stormed Dublin city center, seizing the General Post Office building and reading the Proclamation for an independent Irish Republic. The British declared martial law shortly afterward, and the rebellion was violently quashed by the military. In a ten-day period after the event, fourteen leaders of the uprising were executed by firing squad. In New York, news of the uprising spread quickly among the substantial Irish American population. Initially the media blamed German interference, but eventually news of British-propagated atrocities came to light, and Irish Americans were quick to respond. America and the Making of an Independent Ireland: A History (NYU Press, 2021) centres on the diplomatic relationship between Ireland and the United States at the time of Irish Independence and World War I. Beginning with the Rising of 1916, Francis M. Carroll chronicles how Irish Americans responded to the movement for Irish independence and pressuring the US government to intervene on the side of Ireland. Carroll's in-depth analysis demonstrates that Irish Americans after World War I raised funds for the Dáil Éireann government and for war relief, while shaping public opinion in favor of an independent nation. The book illustrates how the US government was the first power to extend diplomatic recognition to Ireland and welcome it into the international community. Overall, Carroll argues that the existence of the state of Ireland is owed to considerable effort and intervention by Irish Americans and the American public at large. Your host, Ryan Shelton (@_ryanshelton) is a social historian of British and American Protestantism and a PhD researcher at Queen's University Belfast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
On Easter Day 1916, more than a thousand Irishmen stormed Dublin city center, seizing the General Post Office building and reading the Proclamation for an independent Irish Republic. The British declared martial law shortly afterward, and the rebellion was violently quashed by the military. In a ten-day period after the event, fourteen leaders of the uprising were executed by firing squad. In New York, news of the uprising spread quickly among the substantial Irish American population. Initially the media blamed German interference, but eventually news of British-propagated atrocities came to light, and Irish Americans were quick to respond. America and the Making of an Independent Ireland: A History (NYU Press, 2021) centres on the diplomatic relationship between Ireland and the United States at the time of Irish Independence and World War I. Beginning with the Rising of 1916, Francis M. Carroll chronicles how Irish Americans responded to the movement for Irish independence and pressuring the US government to intervene on the side of Ireland. Carroll's in-depth analysis demonstrates that Irish Americans after World War I raised funds for the Dáil Éireann government and for war relief, while shaping public opinion in favor of an independent nation. The book illustrates how the US government was the first power to extend diplomatic recognition to Ireland and welcome it into the international community. Overall, Carroll argues that the existence of the state of Ireland is owed to considerable effort and intervention by Irish Americans and the American public at large. Your host, Ryan Shelton (@_ryanshelton) is a social historian of British and American Protestantism and a PhD researcher at Queen's University Belfast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
On Easter Day 1916, more than a thousand Irishmen stormed Dublin city center, seizing the General Post Office building and reading the Proclamation for an independent Irish Republic. The British declared martial law shortly afterward, and the rebellion was violently quashed by the military. In a ten-day period after the event, fourteen leaders of the uprising were executed by firing squad. In New York, news of the uprising spread quickly among the substantial Irish American population. Initially the media blamed German interference, but eventually news of British-propagated atrocities came to light, and Irish Americans were quick to respond. America and the Making of an Independent Ireland: A History (NYU Press, 2021) centres on the diplomatic relationship between Ireland and the United States at the time of Irish Independence and World War I. Beginning with the Rising of 1916, Francis M. Carroll chronicles how Irish Americans responded to the movement for Irish independence and pressuring the US government to intervene on the side of Ireland. Carroll's in-depth analysis demonstrates that Irish Americans after World War I raised funds for the Dáil Éireann government and for war relief, while shaping public opinion in favor of an independent nation. The book illustrates how the US government was the first power to extend diplomatic recognition to Ireland and welcome it into the international community. Overall, Carroll argues that the existence of the state of Ireland is owed to considerable effort and intervention by Irish Americans and the American public at large. Your host, Ryan Shelton (@_ryanshelton) is a social historian of British and American Protestantism and a PhD researcher at Queen's University Belfast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Easter Day 1916, more than a thousand Irishmen stormed Dublin city center, seizing the General Post Office building and reading the Proclamation for an independent Irish Republic. The British declared martial law shortly afterward, and the rebellion was violently quashed by the military. In a ten-day period after the event, fourteen leaders of the uprising were executed by firing squad. In New York, news of the uprising spread quickly among the substantial Irish American population. Initially the media blamed German interference, but eventually news of British-propagated atrocities came to light, and Irish Americans were quick to respond. America and the Making of an Independent Ireland: A History (NYU Press, 2021) centres on the diplomatic relationship between Ireland and the United States at the time of Irish Independence and World War I. Beginning with the Rising of 1916, Francis M. Carroll chronicles how Irish Americans responded to the movement for Irish independence and pressuring the US government to intervene on the side of Ireland. Carroll's in-depth analysis demonstrates that Irish Americans after World War I raised funds for the Dáil Éireann government and for war relief, while shaping public opinion in favor of an independent nation. The book illustrates how the US government was the first power to extend diplomatic recognition to Ireland and welcome it into the international community. Overall, Carroll argues that the existence of the state of Ireland is owed to considerable effort and intervention by Irish Americans and the American public at large. Your host, Ryan Shelton (@_ryanshelton) is a social historian of British and American Protestantism and a PhD researcher at Queen's University Belfast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies
On Easter Day 1916, more than a thousand Irishmen stormed Dublin city center, seizing the General Post Office building and reading the Proclamation for an independent Irish Republic. The British declared martial law shortly afterward, and the rebellion was violently quashed by the military. In a ten-day period after the event, fourteen leaders of the uprising were executed by firing squad. In New York, news of the uprising spread quickly among the substantial Irish American population. Initially the media blamed German interference, but eventually news of British-propagated atrocities came to light, and Irish Americans were quick to respond. America and the Making of an Independent Ireland: A History (NYU Press, 2021) centres on the diplomatic relationship between Ireland and the United States at the time of Irish Independence and World War I. Beginning with the Rising of 1916, Francis M. Carroll chronicles how Irish Americans responded to the movement for Irish independence and pressuring the US government to intervene on the side of Ireland. Carroll's in-depth analysis demonstrates that Irish Americans after World War I raised funds for the Dáil Éireann government and for war relief, while shaping public opinion in favor of an independent nation. The book illustrates how the US government was the first power to extend diplomatic recognition to Ireland and welcome it into the international community. Overall, Carroll argues that the existence of the state of Ireland is owed to considerable effort and intervention by Irish Americans and the American public at large. Your host, Ryan Shelton (@_ryanshelton) is a social historian of British and American Protestantism and a PhD researcher at Queen's University Belfast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies
On Easter Day 1916, more than a thousand Irishmen stormed Dublin city center, seizing the General Post Office building and reading the Proclamation for an independent Irish Republic. The British declared martial law shortly afterward, and the rebellion was violently quashed by the military. In a ten-day period after the event, fourteen leaders of the uprising were executed by firing squad. In New York, news of the uprising spread quickly among the substantial Irish American population. Initially the media blamed German interference, but eventually news of British-propagated atrocities came to light, and Irish Americans were quick to respond. America and the Making of an Independent Ireland: A History (NYU Press, 2021) centres on the diplomatic relationship between Ireland and the United States at the time of Irish Independence and World War I. Beginning with the Rising of 1916, Francis M. Carroll chronicles how Irish Americans responded to the movement for Irish independence and pressuring the US government to intervene on the side of Ireland. Carroll's in-depth analysis demonstrates that Irish Americans after World War I raised funds for the Dáil Éireann government and for war relief, while shaping public opinion in favor of an independent nation. The book illustrates how the US government was the first power to extend diplomatic recognition to Ireland and welcome it into the international community. Overall, Carroll argues that the existence of the state of Ireland is owed to considerable effort and intervention by Irish Americans and the American public at large. Your host, Ryan Shelton (@_ryanshelton) is a social historian of British and American Protestantism and a PhD researcher at Queen's University Belfast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Easter Day 1916, more than a thousand Irishmen stormed Dublin city center, seizing the General Post Office building and reading the Proclamation for an independent Irish Republic. The British declared martial law shortly afterward, and the rebellion was violently quashed by the military. In a ten-day period after the event, fourteen leaders of the uprising were executed by firing squad. In New York, news of the uprising spread quickly among the substantial Irish American population. Initially the media blamed German interference, but eventually news of British-propagated atrocities came to light, and Irish Americans were quick to respond. America and the Making of an Independent Ireland: A History (NYU Press, 2021) centres on the diplomatic relationship between Ireland and the United States at the time of Irish Independence and World War I. Beginning with the Rising of 1916, Francis M. Carroll chronicles how Irish Americans responded to the movement for Irish independence and pressuring the US government to intervene on the side of Ireland. Carroll's in-depth analysis demonstrates that Irish Americans after World War I raised funds for the Dáil Éireann government and for war relief, while shaping public opinion in favor of an independent nation. The book illustrates how the US government was the first power to extend diplomatic recognition to Ireland and welcome it into the international community. Overall, Carroll argues that the existence of the state of Ireland is owed to considerable effort and intervention by Irish Americans and the American public at large. Your host, Ryan Shelton (@_ryanshelton) is a social historian of British and American Protestantism and a PhD researcher at Queen's University Belfast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies
On Wednesday's Morning Focus, Alan was joined by Dr . Tim Collins who is a member of the Kilfenora Céilí Band. Dr . Tim discussed the production of Breith which is a Clare Celebration of Irish Independence to mark the centenary of the War of Independence in County Clare. The work is the vision and creation of Tim which will take place in Glór this Saturday December 10th at 8pm. The concert will feature an array of Clare artists collaborate with the Irish Chamber Orchestra. Tickets for the event are free but a booking is required via www.glor.ie. The concert will also be live streamed via the Clare County Council website.
Ever wanted a concise summary of what you need to know about how the Irish gained their independence from Great Britain? If so, don't look here.
"The Freedom to Achieve Freedom". Michael CollinsThis week's episode is with journalist and author Gretchen Friemann discussing the Irish Revloution. We discuss the whole shebang, from the Act of Union in 1801, through the Home Rule crisis, Curragh Mutiny, Easter Rising, War of Independence, the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the Irish Civil War. Gretchen is the author of The Treaty.Gretchen Friemann LinksGretchen's Book: The Treaty: The Gripping Story of the Negotiations that brought about Irish Independence and led to the Civil WarPodcast series: The Irish Revolution Podcast on History Hub.IETwitter: @G_FriemannAspects of History LinksThe Assassination of Sir Henry WilsonOllie on Twitter: @olliewcqAspects of History Website
From British director Ken Loach, this story is set in 1920 during the War for Irish Independence, depicting the conflict between Irish militants and occupying British forces, and the internal struggle between the newly formed Irish Free State Army and the IRA. One side supported a treaty with the British, while the other side would only accept an unconditional departure of all British troops from Ireland. Two brothers end up on opposing sides of that conflict in this intimate portrayal of the combat and personal strife between these factions. Just how many Irish words can we mispronounce? Join us and find out! Next Episode: Hamilton (2020 live stage recording) Feel free to contact us with any questions or comments! Our website: www.dangerclosepod.com Or join our Facebook group at: Danger Close - Podcast Discussion Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1442264899493646/) If you like the show, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify If you would like to support the show and get extra episodes where we discuss sci-fi, fantasy, and comedy war movies, go to our Patreon page at: www.dangerclosepod.com/support warmovies #warfilms #war #film #films #movies #history #cinema #revolution #ira #irish
Downton Abbey takes place in the 1910s and 1920s, a time of great societal and cultural changes that had been in the making for decades. This week we are having some real fun and talking about the decline of the British Empire! From the Industrial Revolution, to changes in class structure, to political upheaval such as the Irish Independence movement, and eventually the loss of colonial power during and as a direct effect of the First World War, these were some super cool times for everyone! We look at how the Irish Rebellion directly impacts the story and characters on Downton Abbey, and how the show has a tendency to gloss over economic and class issues that would have had a direct impact on the Crawleys and their servants. It is possibly the most historical we've ever gotten on the podcast. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram and visit ThePopDNA.blog for links to everything we talk about! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pop-dna-podcast/message
William Butler Yeats - Easter,1916 - The Poetry That Inspired Things Fall Apart Hi, I'm Christy Shriver, and we're here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I'm Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. We have just wrapped up our four part series on Chinua Achebe and his groundbreaking book Things Fall Apart. Generally, between books, we take a moment to look at a poem or a shorter piece that in some way connects to the longer piece we have been discussing. This week and next week, we want to discuss W. B Yeats, the Irish poet who wrote the poem “The Second Coming” from which Achebe took the title of his book. Christy, what can you tell us about this poet, beyond the fact that he won the Nobel prize for literature in 1923? Should we really like him? Bottom line- is he boring for those of us who aren't poetry heads? HA!! Well, as you know- I'm always trying to pitch the idea that poetry is for everyone- you don't have to be a melodramatic person all caught up in their feels to find value in poetry. It's a tough sell, and every year when I get new kids in class- I have the arduous task of making this case. In fact, school starts for me tomorrow- if you're listening to this in real time, we are recording this in the fall of 2021 and school is starting back for us this week- and even though I am teaching all American Literature this year- this year- from AP all the way to regular English and all the levels in Between- I'm starting with the Irish poet William Butler Yeats- and actually this poem that we're talking about today. The reason I'm doing it- for one thing- Yeats is on my mind- but the bigger reason is because this poem is an occasional poem- an occasional poem is where you are moved by an occasion and this occasion provokes feelings that need to be recorded. My students are coming back to school after being locked in their homes- some of them have not been out in a year and a house. The first thing we are going to do is write an occasional poem, and we're going to model it after Yeats. If you're a teacher and interested in this assignment, it's on our website, but otherwise, my point is- Yeats was a guy who knew how to say things that we feel and here he conveys strong emotions about the identy politics of his day- something we all know a little bit about these days. But Yeats has become popular because he knows how to express things people understand and identify with. The Coen brothers were inspired by him in their movie “No Country for Old Men” . He's shows up in episodes of Cheer's, the band the Smith's have alluded to him and even Joe Biden in a foreign policy speech has alluded to the very poem we're talking about today. But to answer your question, yeah, if we should like him- that's always difficult to say. Honestly, he's from an era that's long gone and from a part of the world, that's different than for many of his readers. He's also little difficult to dissect because he loves symbols. Those were a lot of disclaimers there. BUT, if you do get into him, there are a lot of people that actually enjoy his work- not just poetry heads. You'll see him on a lot of those brainy quotes. I guess that's true. I actually just saw a meme on LinkedIn that quoted him. So, because Yeats has such a large body of work and is so complicated, we're going to spend this week talking about him and the poem “Easter, 1916” then next week we'll move to the poem Achebe uses for his book title, “The Second Coming”. It's harder to understand than the one we're doing today. It's slightly apocalyptic and so complex, but don't think it doesn't have intrigue- Yeats had a complicated romantic life in general that we'll talk about some today, but ultimately it resulted in a strange but successful marriage with a woman, named George, who besides having the interesting ability to dictate messages from the other side, as in ghosts and stuff- was 18 when they met, btw-he was 46. So there you go…stay tune… Ha- okay! I can see how that age gap might turn some heads, especially at the turn of the 20th century. So, can we expect symbols and philosophy? That's some of it. But also, his body of work is so large; it's complicated; it has a lot of variety. He started out talking about all the myths and beauty of his home country. But he didn't stay there. His work is romantic; it's political; it's spiritual- he didn't just write poems either, he wrote plays- but in all things the one thing that is true in all of it is that - his work is Irish- there is so much magic and mystery embedded in this history and culture of Ireland- those of us who don't share the heritage of leprechauns, fairies, and magic are at a disadvantage by never having visited the amazing end of the rainbow we call Ireland. I know that's a sore subject with you. To get personal for a minute, Christy and I have gone with students on EF or Education First on several trips to Europe over the last few years. In 2020, we had a trip planned with students from here in the Memphis area to tour Ireland and Scotland. We were finally going to go but, of course, Covid struck the world, and that got cancelled. Ireland is still on the bucket list, hopefully we'll get lucky soon to be able to discover for ourselves the beauty and the mystery of the place- but until then, we will live vicariously through Yeats, U2 and most recently- The Derry Girls- Yes, I'm not ashamed to admit we watch and love that show. It is a fun show- and really contextualizes in some very funny ways this ethnic challenges Ireland faces. Poor James Maguire, one of the characters on the show is English- born- but has to attend an all girls school for his safety- due to his accent. Their making fun, but we all know, of course, that racial tensions and identity politics can get ugly in a hurry. Anyway, getting to Achebe, and Yeats, it's really not surprising to me that Yeats caught Achebe's attention. And in many ways has a lot in common with Chinua Achebe. Well, they are from two very different places in the world, how do you mean? Well, first of all, and this is a big one- both men were men between two cultures- and this is something those of us outside of Great Britain or even Europe don't always have in the forefront of our minds. The Irish and the English are NOT the same people group. The Irish are descended from the Celts; The English are Anglo-Saxon. The Irish, like the Igbo, had a different language for centuries and in Yeats day when he visited the country side- it was the heart language of many of the country people. The Irish are Catholic; the English are Protestant. But the Irish are also animistic in many ways, especially the country people, and it was this culture that enchanted Yeats as a child, as did the animism of the Igbo for Achebe. Of course, the largest similarity between these two men are their lived experiences with colonialism. Yeats lived through the Irish Independence, as did Achebe through the Nigerian one. Both experienced the violence of transition and post-colonialism. Again something a lot of the world forgets about. We think of colonialism in terms of Africa, Asia and the Americas, but the English efforts to colonize Ireland date to the 1500s, so we are talking about a long term antagonism and complicated history. And William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1865 in an English protestant household to a promising middle class lawyer. So, you can already see the set up for a front row to political conflict. 1865, for Americans means the Civil War, but for those in Ireland, there was another horrific crisis. Just like the stable crop in Nigeria is the yam; the staple crop of Ireland was the potato, and in 1845 a strain of white mold hit the potato crop and a great famine broke out. Literally millions died of starvation and millions of others were forced to take their chances crossing the ocean and fleeing to America. Besides just the natural catastrophe of the agricultural disaster, an even worse problem was the British government's reaction to it. There was a lot of prejudice in England towards the Irish, which we talked a little bit about when we talked about Frankenstein and Mary Shelley, but basically the government basically did too little to feed a starving population. In fact, a lot of absentee English landowners- and who those guys were were basically were the hedge-fund owners of their day, those guys went so far as to still export Irish food supplies and evict poor tenant farmers who couldn't pay their rents. So, beyond being a natural disaster, the natural disaster brought out the worst in many people and so as these things often do- natural crisis turned political. Many more Irish, even Protestant ones, who otherwise may not have been political people, began to see the importance of Self Rule in Ireland- Many who called Ireland home whether they were ethnically Irish or ethnically English began to strongly support political changes that would be costly. And that of course is Yeat's family's case- except with a twist. Yeat's father, decided when Yeat's was two that he was going to leave Dublin and move to London to attend art school. At first pass feels slightly irresponsible. I think his wife thought so. William's mother, whose family was rich and from the countryside- was not a fan of urban London bohemian poor person life. In fact, she couldn't deal with it and broke down emotionally. Her depression got to the point that she became bedridden and basically droped out of the picture until her untimely death. So, we have children, who, like many of us, are dropped into multiple cultures and are displaced. We have little William, his brother Jack, and two sisters who are basically living in household where their parents hated each other. They also, for the most part, lived in poverty, but they had this wealthy side of the family who lived well but far away in Ireland, in a town called Sligo. During the school year, Yeats lived this impoverished life in a London slum where he was the Irish poor kid, but in the summer he would go to his grandparents fancy house in Sligo, this nice town on the coast. However, Sligo is a Catholic area, so even though he can identify with the people in this community because he's from the same countyr, he's not from the same ethnic or religious group. He's the Protestant outsider kid from London. Except he's not even really protestant either is he. No, he really isn't- and I guess that's the Bohemian art side of this father. His father did not believe in Christianity, which as we know, in that time period was a majority view. And I guess that's what made the folklore and animism of the Irish culture so attractive to little William. In Sligo, he learned about Irish folklore- which is something I don't know a whole lot about, except that it's magical- literally. And we know he loved all this because he wrote about later in life. He talked about people he knew growing up that taught him about magic and ghosts and would swear they had seen fairies. He gathered these stories in his head and used them as inspiration for his early writing career. Well, like we talked about last week, lots of people all around the world are animistic, so is it possible that the cultural tradition of the people in Ireland, also in some ways connects to several beliefs of the Igbo. I think that's likely fair to say. Irish mythology certainly has a pantheon of gods, and ancestors also play a role in all of that. Yeats was definitely an animist as we'll talk about next week with a serious piece “The Second coming”, but his career started here with these fanciful stories. One famous poem called, “The Stolen Child” is based on this idea that sometimes fairies steal human children, and it seems thatYeats likely really did believe in fairies. He kind of reminds me a little bit of William Blake, in fact, a lot of Yeat's stuff reminds me of William Blake, especially the spiritual stuff. And I want to be careful here not to get into the weeds here, but one time someone asked him if he really did believe in fairies, to which he responded something to this gist of- well, none of us really know what we do and don't believe until we're put to the test- and in fact, our behaviors say more about what we believe than what we tell people whether we realize it or not- which is kind of an interesting response. I guess he's wanting to say, all of us believe in things we won't own? We claim to not believe in ghosts until we step into a haunted house and then no matter what we say, we run out like crazy people away from them. I think it's something like that. W. H. Auden when he wrote a poem eulogizing Yeats referenced this part of him as his silliness- but says it this way, “you were silly like us” and though it's strange to believe in fairies- and maybe silly- Yeats is kind of honest about his strangeness or silliness. And is that what people like about him? Do you think Part of the reason he could feel the strangeness of things so deeply has to do with this multi-cultural upbringing? Being, to use Achebe's words living at a crossroads of cultures. I do, just like Achebe. And he definitely feels for the birth of his nation-- and that's the poem we're going to talk about today, “Easter, 1916” but before we go there, there's another part of him that has fascinated the world- another strangeness. Yeats had a strange fascination with this woman named Maud Gonne. Who is she? I would say, Maud Gonne is what Brittney Spears might call a Femme Fatale. Oh dear, Brittney Spears makes an Irish appearance! I think Yeats would have like Britney, actually. But anyway, the story goes that Yeats writes a poetry book. It gets published and actually becomes pretty popular. One person who noticed it was a woman named, Maud Gonne. She was independently wealthy- very rich in fact, young, beautiful, well educated and an extremely aggressive Pro-Ireland political activitist and actress. Like Yeats, she was from Ireland, but Anglo-Irish- so not ethnically Irish, but from Ireland. I know that gets confusing. After Yeat's book came out, she went to see him in London, and he immediately fell in love with her. They hung out for the 9 days she was there in London- and apparently that was enough to inspire a 45 year infatuation. He was going to be in love with her for most of his life. He proposed to her more times than I can find out- exactly- I've heard numbers like 18 times- she rejected him every single time. He wrote love poem after love poem for her. He wrotes plays for her to act in. Sounds a little bit like Petrarch and Laura- he seemed to enjoy unrequited love- the impossible woman. Yeah- except it gets weirder. Yeats, was absolutely convinced Maud was this virginal innocent rose. Even after birthing two children with a married French journalist, sadly one child died. The other, however, did not, Iseult. Anyway, Yeats- in the face of insurmountable evidence- believed Maud was virginal until finally she told him the truth years later that the child was actually hers. How did that go over? Well, at first he quit writing poetry about her, but then he did what most men would do who can't get over their femme fatale even after 45 years. Oh, and what is that? He waited until the Iseult turned 22, and then tried to talk her into marrying him. By her, do you mean the daughter? Or did he try to get the daughter to talk her mother to marry him. Oh no, you were right the first time. He proposed to the daughter- and she seriously considered it. Well, there you are. I'm assuming she looked like her mother. You assume correctly. She looked uncanningly like her mother did at that age. Nice. So, are we to assume it's a physical obsession that lasted all those years? Part of it, I guess. I'm sure, it would be a fascinating psychological study, if people do stuff like that. He definitely was enamoured with Maud Gonne's beauty, but they also connected spiritually. They both shared a lot of these animistic beliefs, not fairies, but connecting with the other world and things like that. But, one other thing that really attracted him to her was her politics. She was a extremely vocal spokesperson for the Irish homeland- something Yeats believed in too. He wasn't as big of an advocate as she was because she was for violence and he was against that, but she had real conviction. She gave speeches, organized protests, did a lot of the things we seen political activitists do today- all of this was to overthrow British rule. Well, let me add that in the late 1890s, this would have been very progressive. Gender stereotypes were deeply entrenched during this time period, especially in Ireland. It's unusual for a man of this period to find this kind of independence so irresistibly attractive. I agree, but Yeats is one of those men that is attracted to strong women- Maud Gonne and her daughter weren't the only ones. He had a very deep and personal relationship with another woman named Olivia Shakespear, who actually was in love with him and whom he blew off. He also was besties with another powerful Irish nationalist woman named Lady Augusta Gregory. She actually worked with him on an important project to help create an Irish theater, and even supported him financially. Anyway, the reason I bring all this up besides the fact that it's just kind of interesting, is that the poem Easter, 1916 is a political poem, but it's deeply personal as well. Yeats did that sort of thing a lot- he would take a world event and make it personal. The poem “Easter, 1916” is considered the most powerful political poem every written in the English language- of course that's always arguable. But it is powerful. But it also connects personally. In 1903 Maud Gonne- the ultimate unattainable woman- actually marries someone else- ending for a time Yeat's continual marriage proposals. She marries an Irish revolutionary named Major John MacBride. And not long after this, political chaos is breaking out all over the world. Tell us about it, Garry. Well, just in terms of Ireland, after the potato famine- which I cannot overemphasize how serious that is, we have what has been called The Land Wars. To oversimply, in the 1800s rural tenant farmers were starving, they couldn't pay their rents, they got evicted by rich often absentee landlords, and then violence erupts. By this time, concessions were being made and many tenants were buying their own property. The Irish were making progress towards a better life, but it's a mess. Many were still leaving for America; many were still convinced they needed their own country. The country is totally divided. In 1914, Britain finally approves Home Rule, which means that Ireland won't be independent, but will rule itself. This seems great, except World War 1 breaks out and home rule doesn't get implemented. And Yeats is not really on team Radical- like Maud Gonne is. Maud Gonne wants complete independence and an Irish state. Yeats is for Ireland, but he believes England will keep faith; Home Rule will be a reality and no one else really needs to die over this. His, like many Irish people, was a middle of the road, ready for compromise kind of attitude. He wants reconciliation between the people groups, which makes sense if you think about his upbringing. But here's the complication with World War 1- what are the Irish supposed to do? They want to rule themselves, they've been promised they are going to be given this opportunity with Home Rule, but now they've been told, we'll we get around to doing that later. We have a bigger problem and we can't deal with this right now. Oh and by the way, we need you to send your young men to fight. The Irish are in an existential double-bind. Now they find themselves having to decide do that fight FOR the British against the Germans or do they run the risk of Germany winning? Many Irish chose to fight with the British. Now think about what does this mean? Christy, you have strong feelings about World War 1- what do you think? I really do- I hate WW1- it was just the worst. It means trenches, poisonous gas, trench foot, it means awful political propaganda. It means little children as young as 14 lying about the age and people knowing they were lying about their age and dying in those awful trenches for reasons they couldn't even tell you. It means everything awful. Ha! True- tell us how you really feel. Well, it's so sad. Anyway, I guess for the Irish, it means, if they fight for the British, they earn the right for some sort of independence. Yeats believed, and I use his words, the British may still “keep faith.” Well, that brings us to the year 1916. The year has been going on for a while now. In Ireland there were basically two political parties- one for fighting for the British, another against. There was an Irish Militia= the Volunteers- of this group- there were the National Volunteers and then the Irish Volunteers. You can probably guess which one was for supporting the war and which one was more interested in creating a free state of Ireland. I'm going to say the Irish Volunteers. Yep, and I hope this isn't hard to follow- but here's what happened- we have two groups of people. During the week of Easter 1916, we have many of the Irish Volunteers making the decision that they were going to take the opportunity that the British were distracted by the war and declare independence. They picked Easter because of the idea of Jesus Rising again, the Irish rising again, so around 1600 go downtown, stage a rebellion, take over a bunch of buildings most prominently the Post Office and declare that Ireland is now a Republic. The British, of course, respond by bringing in troops. It gets violent, 485 are killed- half of those civilians. 1800 are taken to prison in Britain. It's a big riot. For the most part, most Irish people don't support this movement. However, the British make a terrible political mistake. They choose to execute 16 of the leaders of the rebellion. This caught everyone by surprise and outraged the people of Ireland. Yeats was in the group. It wasn't that he thought what the rebels did was right, but he understood their frustration, and the English owed them some sympathy. Exactly, and the irony is not lost on anyone that during this same week over in Hulluch, where they were fighting the Germans, the Germans had just released an extremely deadly poisonous gas attach on an Irish division of Volunteers and 442 had died just from the gas poisoning on the first day of the attack alone. And here's the personal connection, one of the men executed by the British for being a leader in the rebellion was Maud Gonne's husband, McBride. Yeats is very moved by everything. He's moved by the rebellion and he's devastasted by the response of the British in executing the rebel leaders. He says this in a letter to Lady Gregory, “I had no idea that any public even could so deeply move me,” He was not even in Ireland at the time. He further told her later, “I am very despondent about the future. At the moment, I feel that all the work of years has been overturned, all the bringing together of classes, all the freeing of Irish literature and criticism of politics.” In the poem, which we're getting ready to read, he talks about four of the rebels specifically. A couple of them he liked. He hated McBride, not just because Maude Gonne had married him, but because he physically beat her and her daughter and since they were Catholic she couldn't divorce him. McBride was a horrible person, but he knew him. Dublin was a small town, and everyone knew everyone involved. When Yeat's writes at the end of the poem that all has changed- changed utterly. He means exactly that. There is no going back to the way we were thinking before. Yes- the Irish war for independence starts in 1919 and by December 6, 1921, there is a free Irish state. The poem was not published until 1920, so that's halfway between the war years, I guess. It helped unify the Irish into wanting independence- he was famous. He also made what happened in Dublin personal to everyone. What's interesting about the poem is that it doesn't necessarily make the people who were executed holy martyrs- he even wonders if it was worth their lives. What it did was, kind of say, well, maybe they were too fanatical, maybe they should have done it, maybe they shouldn't, but that's in the past now. Now, I'm going to wear Green- and we all know that's the color representing Ireland, the Emerald Island. Let's read the poem. We'll read it stanza by stanza, and then we'll make some more comments at the end. I have met them at close of day Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses. I have passed with a nod of the head Or polite meaningless words, Or have lingered awhile and said Polite meaningless words, And thought before I had done Of a mocking tale or a gibe To please a companion Around the fire at the club, Being certain that they and I But lived where motley is worn: All changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born. First thing to notice is that it's in the first person. I- have met them. These people- these were people I knew before the war. For the most part, I didn't even care a lot about these people, “I have passed with a nod of the head or polite meaningless words”. He points out that he had even made fun of them, “thought before I had done of a mocking tale or a gibe…at the club”- maybe he had thought they were just the crazy radical people they sat around drinking laughing at the less educated types. Notice that he throws in the word “motley”- that's the outfit court jesters wore, the fools- they were clowns until- all changed, changed utterly- a terrible beauty is born. And it is that phrase, “terrible beauty that people love so much”. It's an oxymoron. What happened was terrible- the rebellion was terrible- but they were doing it for something beautiful. Their ideals were honest. There death is giving life to something that is important to all of us- they were proven to be right. but the actors in this comedy are going to transform into players in a tragedy as we move through the stanzas. Let's read the second one, That woman's days were spent In ignorant good-will, Her nights in argument Until her voice grew shrill. What voice more sweet than hers When, young and beautiful, She rode to harriers? This man had kept a school And rode our wingèd horse; This other his helper and friend Was coming into his force; He might have won fame in the end, So sensitive his nature seemed, So daring and sweet his thought. This other man I had dreamed A drunken, vainglorious lout. He had done most bitter wrong To some who are near my heart, Yet I number him in the song; He, too, has resigned his part In the casual comedy; He, too, has been changed in his turn, Transformed utterly: A terrible beauty is born. So in this stanza, he describes four people. Four people he knew. I do want to point out that these four people are not the four most important people in the rebellion. They aren't the most significant rebels. He picks them because they were personal friends. “That woman” “That woman”- Constance Markievicz- wasn't executed, but she was from Sligo- where we went to play as a child in the summer. She was his childhood friend. She also was a really good human. She was rich and born to privilege. She actually was the first woman ever elected to parliament, and later the first woman in Europe to ever have a cabinet position. So, she was important, but by the time she died she had given away her entire fortune and died in a ward, among the poor where she wanted to be”. She was arrested, but was not executed during the uprising. Then we have “This man”- Patrick Pearse- was executed. He was a fellow poet and a huge ring leader. Yeats says he rode that winged horse- that's Pegasus the pure white horse with the wings . “This other his helper and friend is a reference to” Thomas McDonagh- Pearse and McDonagh started a school together and were teachers in Dublin. Yeats had been a guest lecturer for them many times. He respected how they were building a generation of Irish thinkers. “This other man”- John McBride- an abusive person – he was a drunken, vainglorius lout who had done most bitter wrong to some who are near my heart- but he still includes him here in his little list of actors. He calls what they were involved with a “casual comedy”. But is it funny? Of course not. It got serious really quickly. Well, what I see, with the possible exception of McBride- these were good sincere people that were targeted by the British- not a bunch of thugs. I think so- and that takes us to the third stanza- it's a little more philosophical and abstract. Hearts with one purpose alone Through summer and winter seem Enchanted to a stone To trouble the living stream. The horse that comes from the road, The rider, the birds that range From cloud to tumbling cloud, Minute by minute they change; A shadow of cloud on the stream Changes minute by minute; A horse-hoof slides on the brim, And a horse plashes within it; The long-legged moor-hens dive, And hens to moor-cocks call; Minute by minute they live: The stone's in the midst of all. This stanza is harder to follow, Christy. True, one of the things that is so hard about Yeats, and we're going to talk about this way more next week with the poem “The Second Coming” is that he holds symbols in such high regard. He thinks of them as way more interesting than just one thing representing something else. So, when we see something here, like we do in this poem that looks like it might be a symbol, we have to think of it more deeply because that's how Yeats's thinks of it. So, what is a symbol and how do we know if something IS a symbol or not? That's a great question. I tell students all the time, something might be a symbol for something else if it looks out of place. If something that shouldn't be so important is given more importance than it regularly deserves. Here's an example, if I'm an elegant model, and everything I wear is extremely expensive, in the latest fashion, all that stuff, and I show up to an event, and I wear this very tattered and old looking bracelet around my arm- you know- that must be a symbol. You wouldn't be wearing it if it weren't. You ask about it, and you find out it belonged a relative who had passed away or something like that- and all of a sudden it makes sense. Things like that. So, in this stanza, it starts out like we would expect- all the hearts of the people he'd been talking about have one purpose and then this purpose is connected to a stone- and not just connected he uses the word “enchanted to a stone”- what the heck does that mean/. Well, to you or me who aren't Irish- it may mean nothing. But if you're Irish, you likely know that one of the names of Ireland is the Island of the Stone of Destiny. You may also know that in Irish folklore the Stone of Destiny was one of the four sacred talismans of the goddess Dana and all the kings of Ireland were crowned upon this inauguration stone and their destiny was tied in with the magical powers of the stone. And if you really know your folklore, as Yeats did and often referenced in a lot of other poetry, you may also know that this stone is enchanted but sometimes fatal. Okay- so if the stone is symbolizing Ireland, what does this stanza mean? Well, that's the thing about ambiguous writing- you have to decide what you think, and people don't agree. What we know for sure, is we see this image of something that stays the same- a rock- if we take it to mean a symbol of Ireland, then he's making a statement about his homeland. It's something that survives- but as things change like the living stream- it can be fatal too. To be Irish is to have a heritage, for all of its beauty and magic, is not always safe- the stone troubled the living stream. But then again, this is just my interpretation. Some people thing the stone represents the coldness and the stream represents Ireland, so don't be afraid to read it and make your own ideas. That's what poetry is all about- words bringing emotions to the surface and meaning different things to different people. The last stanza is left cryptic in some ways because it writes out people's names again very specifically, but there's a lot of other images that can be difficult. Let's read it and finish out. Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? That is Heaven's part, our part To murmur name upon name, As a mother names her child When sleep at last has come On limbs that had run wild. What is it but nightfall? No, no, not night but death; Was it needless death after all? For England may keep faith For all that is done and said. We know their dream; enough To know they dreamed and are dead; And what if excess of love Bewildered them till they died? I write it out in a verse— MacDonagh and MacBride And Connolly and Pearse Now and in time to be, Wherever green is worn, Are changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born. So, here we see all of a sudden all these rhetorical questions. He's asking the obvious question of is something like this worth it? Is it justified? Are there things we shouldn't do, even if the cause is noble? He literally askes, “Was it needless death after all?” He asks the obvious political question- England may have kept her end of the deal. Did they love too much? Then he kind of ends by immortalizing these names. Kind of like saying, well, it's too late to know now. We will never know because the sacrifice is made. They will be immortalized. Just so you know, Maude Gonne hated the poem. The poem was first pubished just for friends- so she got an early copy. She said this, “Easter 1916, No, I don't like your poem. It isn't worthy of you and above all it isn't worthy of the subject- though it reflects your present state of mind perhaps, it isn't quite sincere enough for you who have studied philosophy and know something of history know quite that that sacrifice has never yet turned a heart to stone though it has immortalized many and through it alone mankind can rise to God. You recognize this in the line which was the original inspiration of your poem, ‘a terrible beauty is born' but you let your present mood mar and confuse it till even some of the verses become unintelligible to many”. She went on and on but then got to the part about her husband to which she said, “as for my husband he has entered eternity by the great door of sacrifice which Christ opened and has therefore atoned for all”. You can tell she felt free to share her mind. Ha! Well, most of the world disagrees with her and has found it worthy. I do want to come around to just a couple more interesting quirks before we leave it. If you were to gray out all the words and just look at the form- Yeats deliberately wrote the poem to look like a column but a broken one- it's skinny, the lines are short and fractured. If you were to put this poem next to a picture of the shelled building on Sackville Street where the riot occurred, it would like kind of similar. The poem is to be the monument that outlives the photograph of the scene the most of us will never see. And he did that on purpose. Yep- that's why Poets write in verse- they can do stuff like that which you can't do in a story. Also, another point to notice- he signs and dates the poem, but the date is weird. It's not the date of the Rising, instead it's September 25, 1916 presumably the date he finished writing it. But the date of the uprising is encoded in the lines. There are four stanzas- the fourth month- April- the first and and third stanza have 16 line (the year) the second and forth have 24 – the dates. It's a strange way to date a poem, but the date of the event is embedded the the structure. Then we have the date at the end. And so we have to ask, Garry, what happened on that date? Well, I'm assuming you are meaning WW1- that date overlaps with the horrific Battle of the Somme. In that battle alone, the British lost almost 500,000 young lives many of them Irish. I guess it's a final irony. Why did Yeats included the date when he usually didn't date his poems? Maybe as a way of reminding his readers, and here we are. It's not over yet. A terrible beauty has been born- I have written a monument for those who dreamed of a new Ireland- but this new Ireland will have to negotiate a new modern world order- it will not be a casual comedy- and no matter where you fall on the spectrum of identity politics- we will all remember and wear Green. And of course- all of this during Holy Week of Easter, 1916- nothing could be more ironic. Thanks for listening. I hope you enjoyed learning. Little of the history of Ireland as it is personalized for us by the great William Butler Yeats. This episode we looked at his most famous political poem, next week we will look at the poem that inspired the title for “Things fall Apart”. We look forward to it and hope you do too. As always, text this episode to a friend, spread the word about the podcast on your own social media, and help us grow.
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In this episode we start off by celebrating the 105th anniversary of the Easter Rising which started on the 24th of April, 1916. We discuss how the Irish people reacted to the rising and the missteps made during it. Finishing off with a reading of the Proclamation of Irish Independence.Then we jump right into the TV show for the week, Frank of Ireland. Starring Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson. Sarah Greene and more. Going through every episode we pick apart the good and the bad to determine if the show is a crock of gold or a crock of shite.If you have any questions, recommendations or comments you can contact us on twitter: @BlarneyPodOr by email: Talkingblarneypod@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Noel Ó Murchú joins Myles. Noel is the author of 'War in the West: 1918 – 1923 – The Struggle for Irish Independence on the Dingle Peninsula'
On 16th April 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act came into effect which saw Ireland become a republic and leave the Commonwealth. 2021 also marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the Irish War of independence. To help mark these important dates Diarmaid Ferriter, one of Ireland’s best-known historians and Professor of Modern Irish History at University College Dublin, joins Dan on the podcast. They examine the importance of these big anniversaries for Ireland not just in the past, but also in the present with Brexit and the possibility of Scottish independence on the horizon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On 18th April 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act came into effect which saw Ireland become a republic and leave the Commonwealth. 2021 also marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the Irish War of independence. To help mark these important dates Diarmaid Ferriter, one of Ireland’s best-known historians and Professor of Modern Irish History at University College Dublin, joins Dan on the podcast. They examine the importance of these big anniversaries for Ireland not just in the past, but also in the present with Brexit and the possibility of Scottish independence on the horizon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for March 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'Unconditional: The Japanese Surrender in WW2' with Marc Gallicchio, 'Whitman in Washington' with Kenneth M Price, 'Crime and Punishment in 19th Century Belfast: The Story of John Linn' with Jonathan Jeffrey Wright, 'The Tale of a Great Sham' with Margaret Ward and Dana Hearne' and 'Crowdfunding the Revolution: The Dail Loan and the Battle for Irish Independence' with Patrick O' Sullivan Green.
This week we're reading the second third of The Scorching Wind by Walter Macken. This section opens up with Dominic on a train, bringing with him weapons and grenades for the Irish Independence movement. While he is on the train, two British soldiers, Skin and Mac, take seats next to him. They chat Dominic up about playing snooker (pool in American), poker, and politics. Dominic escapes without being found out and is picked up by Sam in a buggy which brings them to a “safe” house. In this house is Dominic's brother Dualta and their mother. Unsurprisingly in this tale of constant action the house is raided by British soldiers, including Skin and Mac, Dominic is beaten half to death while they try to coax out of him Dualta's whereabouts. This is a kind of coming of age moment for Dominic, who is thoroughly converted to the Irish Independence movement. The rest of the section is a mix of cloak and dagger guerilla warfare, prison escapes, remembrances of the dead, drowning torture scenes, and soliloquies on the meaning of the Irish struggle for freedom. By the end of Chapter 21, Dominic has become a man embroiled in the struggle for Irish Independence, for good or ill. From the book: “Walter Macken was born in Galway in 1915. He was a writer of short stories, novels, and plays. Originally an actor, principally with Taibhdhearc in Galway, and the Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway in M.J Molloy's The King of Friday's Men and his own play Home Is The Hero. He also acted in films, notably in Arthur Dreifuss' adaption of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow. He is perhaps best known for his trilogy of Irish historical novels. Seek The Fair Land, The Silent People and The Scorching Wind. He passed away in 1967.”
This week we're reading the first third of The Scorching Wind by Walter Macken. The Scorching Wind opens from the perspective of Dominic, who is preparing to accompany his older, more handsome brother Dualta to the train that will bring Dualta to the Western Front of World War I. The boys come from a family steeped in the politics of Irish Independence. The Irish Nationalist movement is split at the outbreak of the Great War, on the one side the Redmond volunteers agreeing to fight for the empire in exchange for Home Rule, on the other the hardcore nationalists who wish to prosecute a national independence struggle in Ireland. The family of Dominic and Dualta reflect this split, Dualta is volunteering with Redmond, their father a principled nationalist. After Dualta is sent off, the book transports us to the future, which culminates in the Easter Rebellion of 1916. The hardcore nationalists, led by the likes of Patrick Pearse and James Connoly, attempt an insurrection against the British state to establish an Irish Republic. Their efforts failed and 16 of the leaders of that rebellion are hanged by the British state. In the wake of the Easter Rebellion, Dominic's father is arrested by the British military and dies from a persistent cold exacerbated by prison conditions, Dualta returns from the Western front crippled but still impressive. Dominic remains resistant and intentionally aloof of the bubbling Irish resistance brewing around him, but is inevitably sucked into the schemes of his friends and associates. The sections leaves off with Dominic on a train, watching as the charismatic Irish section leader Lorry is arrested by the infamous Black and Tans. Dominic wonders of Lorry's fate and little does he know that Lorry was executed, with two bullets to his head and thrown in a ditch.
A look at the Irish Independence Party which ran from 1977 until the late 1980's. They fielded 4 candidates in the 1979 UK Elections and were at their height winning 21 seats in the 1981 Northern Irish Local Elections. Sinn Féin's decision to contest Northern Elections resulted in much of the IIPs support being lost.
Historian Dr Seamus Cullen talks about his recent book Kildare, The Irish Revolution, 1912-1923, that looks at County Kildare through the Home Rule Crisis, the Great War, the War of Irish Independence and the Irish Civil War. This book is published by Four Courts Press.
On this episode of DGMH.... A quick discussion on the complicated relationship between Ireland and Britain through the ages, and an author interview with best-selling author, Anthony Amore, on his book The Woman Who Stole Vermeer.Cheers! Huge thanks to Podcorn for sponsoring this episode. Explore sponsorship opportunities and start monetizing your podcast by signing up here: https://podcorn.com/podcasters/Be sure to follow me on Facebook at "Drinks with Great Minds in History" & Follow the show on Instagram and Twitter @dgmh_historypodcastPatreon Link - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=34398347&fan_landing=trueMusic:Hall of the Mountain King by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3845-hall-of-the-mountain-kingLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Artwork by @Tali Rose... Check it out!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=34398347&fan_landing=true)
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We reached 101 followers on Spotify this weekend and so we produced this special episode to celebrate! We discussed the 6 books we used the most when writing our scripts for our episodes on the Irish War of Independence. List of Books mentioned: The Republic: the Fight for Irish Independence by Charles Townshend Vivid Faces […]
This week, while the media is rehabilitating establishment Republicans, we take a walk through history to learn about the “good Republicans” or the Irish Republicans. We have author Conor McNamara, Author of Liam Mellows, Soldier of the Irish Republic, to talk about colonization, Irish fight for independence and the state of Ireland today! 00:59 - First invaders for Ireland 2:20 - The distinct Ethnic Groups Ireland 3:14 - The Great Famine of the 1840s4:00 - Why Ireland is a divided?5:34 - “The Irish Revolution” 7:00 - Ireland and World War I8:18 - Irish Volunteer Militia and the bloody crackdown 11:00 - Sein Fein 12:00 - What is an Irish Republican?16:00 - Easter Week Massacre 18:00 - Irish American support for Ireland20:00 - Woodrow Wilson’s Betrayal of Irish Independence 22:00 - The Irish War of Independence 24:00 - Divide between Irish Americans and Irish26:00 - Black and Tans and their ReprisalsPhoto of Cork after the Black and Tans Burned it to the Ground30:00 - The Song called Black and Tans 34:00 - Anglo-Irish Treaty 35:00 - The Irish Civil War between Moderates and the Republics40:00 - Execution of the more militant rebels. 42:00 - Liam Mellows funeral 44:00 - Partition of Ireland 46:00 - The Border has gotten stronger 49:00 - The legacy of silence 53:00 - English Nationalism, Brexit and Re-unification of Ireland 56:00 - Failures of Irish Republicans Get full access to Historic.ly at historicly.substack.com/subscribe
Successful attorney Mark Schneider has written a new novel, a work of fiction, an ambitious book with themes of heroic, unrecognized women and the fight for Irish Independence. He joins Joel to discuss it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today we discuss Northern Ireland and the role it played during the Irish War Of Independence, discussing figures such as James Craig, Edward Carson, and David Lloyd George. Transcript Donation Links for California: Direct Relief Wildfire Relief Election links: Illinois Virus Free voting References https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/james-craig-backbone-of-revolt-the-soul-of-intransigence-1.508452 https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/ireland-s-first-world-war-veterans-shunned-ostracised-murdered-1.3691036 https://www.irishnews.com/news/easterrising/2016/03/26/news/1916-46-000-from-belfast-volunteered-for-first-world-war-443443/ The Republic: the Fight for Irish Independence by […]
Today we discuss Michael Collins and his intelligence war including the formation of the Squad, his spies such as Ned Broy, David Neligan, and James MacNamara, and Bloody Sunday Transcript Theme Sound: Symphony no. 5 in Cm, Op. 67 – III. Allegro Image designed by @GraphicsHub3 References: The Republic: the Fight for Irish Independence by […]
This episode is the conclusion of Pandemic's Grandchild Part 1 and follows my Grandmother Emily Behan's move from Killeshin in Laois to Drumcondra in Dublin just as the War of Irish Independence breaks out in 1919. The podcast also contains a continuation of John Dorney's discussion of the Pandemic Flu of 1918-19 and it's impact on Ireland
With both major parties nominating candidates for the US Presidential election, de Valera and the Friends of Irish Freedom tried to put their differences aside to campaign for a resolution on Irish Independence. However hostilities broke out again at the Republican Convention in June where de Valera would actively sabotage the success achieved by Cohalan, arguing that it was harmful to Ireland's interests. Following the capture and publication by British authorities of letters critical of the Friends of Irish Freedom support for de Valera indicated to him that it was time to push for control of the organisation. References: David McCullagh - “De Valera: Rise” Dave Hannigan - “De Valera in America” Eileen McGough - “Diarmuid Lynch: A Forgotten Irish Patriot” David Fitzpatrick - “Harry Boland's Irish Revolution” Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/theirishnation Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIrishNationLives/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theirishnationlives/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/theirishnationlives iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-irish-nation-lives Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/maniacalinc Main Sources: Military Archives - http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie Century Ireland - https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland Diarmuid Lynch, Irish Revolutionary - http://diarmuidlynch.weebly.com/ Atlas of the Irish Revolution Maurice Walsh - “Bitter Freedom” Charles Townshend - "The Republic" Michael Hopkinson - ”The Irish War of Independence” Diarmuid Ferriter - “A Nation and not a Rabble” Richard Abbot - “Police Casualties in Ireland 1919 - 1922” Photos: Military Archives NLI Flickr account Wiki Commons
Welcome once again to the next episode of Past Loves - the new weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by author and senior research fellow of the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London, Elisabeth Kehoe as we discuss the relationship between Leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party and MP Charles Stewart Parnell and Katie O'Shea. It was Katie who was later dubbed Kitty O'Shea for the vehement public response to their relationship, vilified by many as the most hated woman in Ireland.Against the backdrop of the ever-growing call for Irish Independence, Elisabeth delves into Katie's first marriage to Willie O'Shea, her true love for Charles Stewart Parnell (who also referred to her as 'wifey') and the political ramifications of this now infamous love triangle. As a divorce case ensues, Charles and Katie's willingness for mutual self-destruction, in order to build a happier life together, is desperately clear. It is a testament to the power of love. But, will they get their happy ending?Where To Find UsShop Elisabeth's book Ireland's Misfortune: The Turbulent Life of Kitty O’Shea: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1843544865Follow Past Loves on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pastlovespodcast/You can find the transcript for the episode here: https://pastlovespodcast.co.uk/2020/06/22/charles-stewart-parnell-kitty-oshea/If Past Loves has become your current love, you can email me at pastlovespodcast@gmail.comSourcesIn the introduction I summarise a quote from Katie's memoir Charles Stewart Parnell: His Love Story and Political Life. The full quote and the entire book can be read here: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60895/60895-h/60895-h.htm
In this episode we talk about the creation of the first Dail and its relation with the IRA Transcript coming Theme Sound: Symphony no. 5 in Cm, Op. 67 – III. Allegro Image designed by @GraphicsHub3 References: The Republic: the Fight for Irish Independence by Charles Townshend, 2014, Penguin Group Fatal Path: British Government and […]
The episode you’re about to hear has a lot of quoted oratory in it, which not only makes my job a little easier, but it is also probably more pleasing to your ear since the subject was infinitely better with words than I could ever pretend to be. It’s actually quite fun to have a great orator as a biography subject… I get to relish in the speeches. My subject in this episode was a man born for a different time. And when you listen to his speeches, you get the sense that he knew this about himself. Nonetheless, he knew his mission, or vocation in life almost from the day he was born and was singularly focused on it until the day he died.So dedicated to the cause of his country he was that there’s no evidence that this otherwise, young, hansom, educated, eloquent and very eligible bachelor ever had a romantic interest, which have led to speculations about his sexuality that I think are inappropriate to entertain since there’s just no information about this personal part of his life.Others have wondered if he was on the autism spectrum. Again, speculation, and I’m not sure it’s important anyway.What I found was a man who had a vocational love of his countrymen with such passion that he happily gave his life for them. It appears by his own words he knew this would be his fate, even from a young age. His mastery of words, eloquence of speech, and unabashed passion for his people’s heritage in the face of the British Empire, culminated in a showdown with that great power. That showdown is the snowball that spurred the avalanche of Irish Independence, and it all started with The Deeds of Easter Week.
On the 20th March 1920, a special St Patrick’s day parade attracted 100,000 people into the streets of Melbourne. The parade was led by the powerful Irish Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Daniel Mannix. After the parade Mannix went on a global tour to promote the cause of Irish nationalism.
In this episode we continue the story of the Irish people who fought in the Spanish Civil War. Our focus turns to the life of Bob Doyle. A member of the IRA and later a communist his life explains why people went on to fight against fascism in Spain. Beginning with his early childhood set to the backdrop of grinding poverty in Dublin slums, the podcast is an evocative and fascinating journey through one family's experience of the struggle for Irish Independence and the decades that followed.Along the way we will find ourselves in riots with fascists in the streets of Dublin and conflict within the IRA in the 1930s which led many of it's activists to Spain.Partisans is listener support history. You can support the show at patreon.com/irishpodcastCheck out my new Irish history badges available at irishhhistorypodcast.ie/shoptwitter & insta @irishhistory See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this talk from the 2018 Revolution Festival, Ben Curry of the Socialist Appeal editorial board discusses the life of James Connolly: the man, his ideas, and their relevance for Marxists today. James Connolly was born in 1868 to Irish parents in Edinburgh’s Cowgate slum. He would grow to be the greatest Marxist ever produced by these islands; an iconic figure in the history of the Irish working class. Executed by the British army in 1916 following his leading role in the Easter Rising, Connolly’s courage and sacrifice stand out as an inspiration to revolutionaries everywhere. His ideas remain an important contribution to the Marxist understanding of national oppression and the struggle against it.
In 1866, the Fenian Brotherhood, comprised primarily of Irish Civil War veterans, led a series of attacks on Canadian provinces just across the border from the United States. Their goal: seize Canadian territory and exchange it for Irish independence. Similar raids continued until 1871, and although they were ultimately unsuccessful, they are part of a greater story of the American Civil War, Irish Independence, and trans-Atlantic immigration to the United States in the mid-19th Century. In this episode, Bob & Ben speak with Christopher Klein about his new book When the Irish Invaded America: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans Who Fought for Ireland's Freedom (Doubleday, 2019). Want to read When the Irish Invaded Canada while also supporting The Road to Now AND your local bookstore, AND getting three books for the price of one? Get your copy on libro.fm and use promo code RTN at checkout! Christopher Klein is an author and freelance writer specializing in history. He writes stories about the past that inform us about the present and guide us to the future. He is the author of four books, including Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America's First Sports Hero, and a frequent contributor to history.com and many other media outlets. The Road to Now is a member of the Osiris Podcast Network. For more on this episode and all others, visit our website: www.TheRoadtoNow.com
Highlights: The Great War / Great Depression Connection Episode #114 Host - Theo Mayer 100 Years Ago This Week - Host | @ 02:00 Imperialism at the Peace Conference - Mike Shuster | @ 10:55 The Great War and the Great Depression Connection - Prof. Maury Klein | @ 15:15 A Pioneering American Woman Doctor in WWI - Dr. Edward Lengel | @ 22:30 No Seat at the Table: Ireland - Host | @ 26:55 “Official Bulletin” Back Online - Host | @ 30:05 Cantata: And Crimson Roses Once Again Be Fair - Alejandro Valdez & Joseph Turrin | @ 32:55 Winner: 2019 Canine Hero of the Year - Host | @ 41:15 Speaking WWI: Dog Fight | @ 42:35----more---- World War I - THEN 100 Years Ago This Week The Headlines of Mid March, 1919 - Host https://timesmachine.nytimes.com The Great War Imperialism at the Peace Conference - Mike Schuster http://greatwarproject.org/2019/03/10/peace-european-style/ 100 Years ago this Week The Great War and the Great Depression Connection - Prof. Maury Klein https://web.uri.edu/history/meet/maury-klein/ https://www.history.com/news/world-war-i-cause-great-depression?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery Stories of Service A Pioneering American Woman Doctor in WW1- Dr. Edward Lengel http://www.edwardlengel.com/a-pioneering-american-woman-doctor-in-world-war-i/ http://www.edwardlengel.com/about/ http://bit.ly/2tILSQI No Seat at the Table: Ireland Francis Carroll, “The American Commission on Irish Independence and the Paris Peace Conference of 1919,” Irish Studies in International Affairs, Vo 2, No. 1 (1985) pp 103-118 New York Times, March 5, 1919https://timesmachine.nytimes.com https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/ireland-and-the-paris-peace-conference-how-sinn-fein-waged-a-diplomatic-war World War I - NOW “Official Bulletin” Back Online https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/educate/places/official-bulletin.html Spotlight on the Media Cantata: And Crimson Roses Be Fair Once Again - Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez & Joseph Turrin http://www.josephturrin.com/cantata_video.html http://www.josephturrin.com/bio.html https://www.alejandrohernandezvaldez.com Remembering Veterans Winner: 2019 Canine Hero of the Year FACEBOOK (for poll) https://www.facebook.com/pg/ww1centennial/posts/ RAGS https://americacomesalive.com/2015/08/27/rags-world-war-i-dog-hero/ https://www.k9history.com/WWI-rags.htm STUBBY https://www.historyextra.com/period/first-world-war/sergeant-stubby-richard-lanni-film-animated-war-dog-american-history/ https://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/collection/object.asp?ID=15 Speaking WW1 Dogfight - Host https://www.etymonline.com/word/dogfight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogfight#cite_note-Dickson2014-4 https://www.history.com/news/6-famous-wwi-fighter-aces Sponsors: The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission The Pritzker Military Museum & Library The Starr Foundation The General Motors Foundation Walmart Production: Executive Producer: Dan Dayton Producer & Host: Theo Mayer Line Producer: Katalin Laszlo Written by: Theo Mayer Special segment host: Mike Shuster Dr. Edward Lengel Researcher and writing support: JL Michaud Dave Kramer
Shannon Flanagan of Flanagan Motors chats with Traolach O'Riordain about the Irish Studies program at the University of Montana. Among the topics discussed; Thomas Meagher, Friends of Irish Studies, Marcus Daly, Mike Mansfield, Butte, Irish in Montana, Irish Independence, Irish Language, Irish Heritage.....
'The Rising’ will be the first motion picture to dramatise the heroic story of the leaders of the secret rebellion that led to Irish Independence.
'The Rising’ will be the first motion picture to dramatise the heroic story of the leaders of the secret rebellion that led to Irish Independence.
Voters and politicians in Britain claim to be perplexed that economic and political relations between the UK and the Republic of Ireland seem to be decisive in determining the course of Brexit. They shouldn't be, argues Edward Stourton. A glance at the history of the countries' relations since the Acts of Union in 1800 helps to explain the situation. From at least the time of Catholic Emancipation in the 1820s, political, social, cultural and economic issues on the island of Ireland have influenced and shaped politics at Westminster. The point is that MPs and others at Westminster have seldom appreciated this and therefore underestimated the power of that history to affect the course of a contemporary issue like Brexit. Looking at a range of issues from Emancipation, the 1840s Irish potato famine, Catholic clerical education, the campaign for Home Rule leading ultimately to the War of Irish Independence in the twentieth century and the bloody establishment of the Irish Free State, as well as the Troubles and the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, Edward Stourton explores the way in which issues in Ireland have determined British politics. He considers especially what lessons these episodes may hold for today's Westminster politicians and how to imagine the Anglo-Irish future. Among those taking part: Lady Antonia Fraser, Professor The Lord Bew, Professor Sir David Cannadine, Professor Roy Foster, Professor Marianne Elliott, Fintan O'Toole and Declan Kiberd. Producer: Simon Coates
Historian Charles Messenger discusses his biography of controversial solider Franck Crozier; Brigadier in the Great War, Inspector General of the Lithuanian Army and Commander of the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary during the War of Irish Independence.
In this episode we discuss the Great Famine, as well as the Irish diaspora, the First World War, and the Irish War of Independence. Phil Downey returns as guest. Thanks to Mike and Donna Bleskie, Ian Davis, Perry, Kimberlyn Crowe, Levent Kemal Sadikoglu, Russ Mangum, and more for supporting the show! If you’d like to do the same, please visit http://www.patreon.com/hi101.
In this episode we discuss the historical relationship between England and Ireland, covering several centuries of wars and political arrangements between the two countries. Phil Downey returns as guest. Thanks to Mike and Donna Bleskie, Ian Davis, Perry, Kimberlyn Crowe, Levent Kemal Sadikoglu, Russ Mangum, and more for supporting the show! If you’d like to do the same, please visit http://www.patreon.com/hi101.
Robert Schmuhl (Notre Dame) gives a talk on the Easter Rising as part of the American History Research Seminar series.
Robert Schmuhl (Notre Dame) gives a talk on the Easter Rising as part of the American History Research Seminar series.
The National Library of Ireland, the National Museum of Ireland and the National Gallery of Ireland and how they fared following Irish Independence. Contributors are Pat Cooke, Marie Bourke and Gerry Long
Alvin Jackson talks about the relationship between Ireland and Britain at the time of the 1909 budget. Looking at the home rule question and other potential reforms.
A trip to the downtown post office in Dublin offers travelers a chance to step into a dramatic chapter in Ireland's history. As a set of murals inside vividly explains, it was here that the Proclamation of Irish Independence was first read in 1916, leading to the failed Easter Rising, and the martyrdom of its leaders. Nearby, at the former prison and execution yard of Kilmainham Gaol, today's guided tours bring the life-and-death drama of that era into sharp focus. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.
A trip to the downtown post office in Dublin offers travelers a chance to step into a dramatic chapter in Ireland's history. As a set of murals inside vividly explains, it was here that the Proclamation of Irish Independence was first read in 1916, leading to the failed Easter Rising, and the martyrdom of its leaders. Nearby, at the former prison and execution yard of Kilmainham Gaol, today's guided tours bring the life-and-death drama of that era into sharp focus. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.
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