A Short History of Ireland

BBC Radio Ulster

3.7 (45)
HISTORY

Ireland’s rich and turbulent history is explored in a series written by the late Dr Jonathan Bardon.

09/18/2024

Series 2: Omnibus 12

Omnibus #12 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes – • Broadcasting North and South • Showband fever • Whitaker and Lemass • Lemass and Brookeborough • Brookeborough’s fall Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.

29 min
09/18/2024

Series 2: Omnibus 11

Omnibus #11 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes – • Church and state • The Fethard On Sea boycott • A disgrace to the nation • The launch of the Canberra • De Valera’s vision of Cathleen ni Houlihan Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.

28 min
09/18/2024

Series 2: Omnibus 10

Omnibus #10 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes – • Operation Harvest • Defeat for the IRA • Stagnation • The vanishing Irish • Inishkillane Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.

29 min
09/18/2024

Series 2: Omnibus 9

Omnibus #9 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes – • The Princess Victoria disaster • Linen, boom and collapse • Shipbuilding in Belfast • Marching on the Longstone Road • The revival of the IRA Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.

28 min
09/18/2024

Series 2: Omnibus 8

Omnibus #8 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes – • The Chapel Gate Election • Conquering the white death • The Mother and Child controversy • Lacklustre performance • The rule of Brookeborough Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.

30 min
09/18/2024

Series 2: Omnibus 6

Omnibus #6 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes – • VE Day • Controversial condolences • Northern Ireland elections 1945 • The Welfare State • Northern Ireland, a very substantial measure of government aid Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.

29 min
09/18/2024

Series 2: Omnibus 7

Omnibus #7 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes – • The winter of 1947 • The 1947 Education Act • The family of the republic • The inter-party government • Ireland, a republic Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.

29 min
09/18/2024

Series 2: Omnibus 4

Omnibus #4 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes – • German guests of the state • American visitors • The tramp of marching Yanks • Don’t be a dope • Governing Éire, 1939 to 1945 Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Cherrie McIlwaine, Patrick FitzSymons and Sean Crummey.

28 min

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3.7

out of 5

45 Ratings

Informative podcast on Ireland’s history

Jan 24

Des1206

I enjoyed this podcast. It was very interesting and informative. I wish that it brought the history up to the present. It stops rather abruptly in the 1960s.
Organization

04/05/2024

JP1183

Why aren’t the episodes listed in order?
Who organized this series

07/21/2025

Mellie!mel

I am not sure if it was the producer Ms. Finch or not but this series is so confusing! What does omnibus mean and how are episodes arranged. On the show they are not only out of order but missing episodes? Once they are painstakingly ordered by the user they listen and find the content goes from prehistoric times one episode to the 1940’s the next. Also within the episodes for example episode 5 in series one it will say “episode 256?!?!?!” What the F?
Boring and biased

12/28/2021

@jay_lass

Superb audio quality and absolutely horrible writing.