Interview with Professor Don MacRaild from London Metropolitan University about Irish Migration.
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Barry Sheppard talks to Dr Alice Johnson about her book Middle Class Life in Victorian Belfast.
Continue ReadingHistory Now – Cuban Revolutions
Barry Sheppard talks to Nick Ramos about his inspiring podcast series on the History of the Cuban Revolution.
Continue ReadingHistory Now: Barbara Walsh
Barry Sheppard talks to Historian Barbara Walsh about her book ‘Irish Servicewomen In The Great War’.
Continue ReadingIn Focus – Navan Fort
Dr Patrick Gleeson talks about new discoveries at the Navan Fort site in Armagh.
Continue ReadingIn Focus: July 12th 2020
A look back at the 2020 Twelfth celebrations on the Shankill and in Donegall Pass.
Continue ReadingHistory Now: Joseph Coohill – The Irish Slave Myth
Barry Sheppard talks to historian Dr Joseph Coohill about the Irish Slave Myth and how social media in recent years is used to spread misinformation.
Continue ReadingJoe Austin: 50th Anniversary Falls Curfew
A range of commemorative events to mark the 50th anniversary of the Falls Curfew are to be held by the Falls Commemorative Committee. Local historian and Falls Road resident Joe Austin provides an historical context …
Continue ReadingHistory Now: Fin Dwyer
Barry Sheppard talks to Historian Fin Dwyer about the podcast ‘Partisans’ which explores the Spanish Civil War and the men and women from Ireland who took part.
Continue ReadingHistory Now: Statues in Public Spaces
Barry Sheppard talks to Dominic Bryan, Anthropologist at Queen’s University about monuments, statues and the history of public spaces.
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