Lisburn Museum Podcast

Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum

Official podcast of the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum. Join us as we sit down for a chat with historians, journalists, authors, and other guests to discuss their research, career, and love of museums.

  1. Mar 24

    Witches in Ulster? The Islandmagee trials of 1711, with Dr Andrew Sneddon

    You’ve heard of Salem, but what about Islandmagee? We chat with Dr Sneddon about one of the last witch trials in Ireland which were held on a peninsula in southeast County Antrim in the early 18th century.

    13 min

  2. Mar 11

    Robert Hilliard: Olympian, Priest, Brigadista and Christy Moore. A talk with author Lin Rose Clark

    Priest, Olympian, socialist, Franco-fighter! The fascinating life of Robert Hilliard, told by his granddaughter Lin Rose Clark, and author of a new biography, Swift Blaze of Fire. Lin spoke at the museum in February 2026: ‘The fascinating Robert Hilliard’, by Lin Rose Clark – Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum

    15 min

  3. Mar 3

    Digging up the past! Moira, Rawdon and Lisburn's Castle Gardens with Ruairí Ó'Baoill

    Archaeologist Ruairí Ó'Baoill joins us to discuss his career, findings from digs at Moira Demesne in 2019 and 2025, and Lisburn's Castle Gardens! Ruairí is an archaeologist at the Centre for Community Archaeology at Queen's University Belfast. They run the Community Archaeology Programme Northern Ireland (CAPNI), supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

    15 min

  4. Feb 26

    'Transport Number 4 - Vienna 1941', with Mark Scott

    Researcher and author, Mark Scott, returns to the podcast to chat about his latest book. It focuses on the family of the late Charlie Warmington, whose mother escaped the Holocaust. How did the book come about? What happened to Charlie's relatives who were left behind in Austria?

    18 min

  5. Jan 30

    Raising a Belgian Army in Ulster, with Scott Edgar

    Scott Edgar of WartimeNI returns to the podcast. This time,he sits down with our Research Officer, Dr James Frazer, to discuss one of thelesser-known groups that were stationed in Northern Ireland during the SecondWorld War – Belgian soldiers.

    14 min

  6. Jan 30

    Ulster townlands in the seventeenth-century sources, with Andrew Kane

    What is a townland? What was their purpose? Why do theymatter? Find out as our Research Officer, Dr James Frazer, talks to Andrew Kane. A research consultant for the Ulster Historical Foundation, Andrew is an expert on Ulster’s townlands, having mapped all 16,000 in his book, ‘Thetownland atlas of Ulster’.

    13 min

  7. Jan 30

    The Belfast Boys and the Yangtze Incident, with Andrew Bannister and Raymond McCullough

    Our Research Officer, Dr James Frazer, chats to Andrew Bannister and Raymond McCullough. From different sides of Northern Ireland’s religious divide, they were brought together by a mission to honour the memory of their fathers and other crew of HMS Amethyst. This is the gripping story of two young men from Belfast that inspired the 1957 British war film, ‘Yangtse Incident’.

    22 min

  8. Jan 29

    Black GIs, Northern Ireland, the United States and the Second World War, with Dr Simon Topping

    Dr Simon Topping is Associate Professor of United States History at the University of Plymouth, and in this chat he discusses Northern Ireland's role as the first part of the UK to welcome American soldiers in January 1942. By the end of the conflict, more than 300,000 had passed through the province. Among the Americans were thousands of black soldiers who were broadly welcomed by the people of Northern Ireland, contrasting with the segregation and racism they faced at home.

    17 min
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Official podcast of the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum. Join us as we sit down for a chat with historians, journalists, authors, and other guests to discuss their research, career, and love of museums.

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  • Creator
    Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum
  • Show Website
    Lisburn Museum Podcast