Revolutionary Ireland

Lorcan Collins Revolutionary Ireland

Irish History

  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    Tom Clarke Part Two

    Part two of the podcast on the Fenian, revolutionary and signatory of the 1916 Proclamation, Tom Clarke.

    7 February 2025, 9:15 pm
  • 1 hour 43 seconds
    Tom Clarke Part One

    Join Lorcan Collins as he examines the life of Thomas James Clarke, revolutionary, Fenian, signatory of the Proclamation and mastermind of the 1916 Easter Rising.

    7 January 2025, 2:01 pm
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    Glimpses Of An Irish Felon's Prison Life 8-13

    Final Chapters in Glimpses of an Irish Felon's Prison Life by Thomas Clarke.

    27 May 2023, 6:09 pm
  • 50 minutes 27 seconds
    Glimpses Of An Irish Felon's Prison Life 4-7

    Part two of a reading of Thomas J Clarke's Glimpses Of An Irish Felon's Prison Life in preparation for a forthcoming episode of the Revolutionary Ireland Podcast on the life of Tom Clarke. This episode covers charpers four, five, six and seven. More to follow!

    17 March 2023, 4:54 pm
  • 48 minutes 23 seconds
    Glimpses Of An Irish Felon's Prison Life 1-3

    A reading of Thomas J Clarke's Glimpses Of An Irish Felon's Prison Life in preparation for a forthcoming episode of the Revolutionary Ireland Podcast on the life of Tom Clarke. This episode covers charpers one, two and three. More to follow!

    2 February 2023, 11:26 am
  • 58 minutes 35 seconds
    Noraid: Irish Northern Aid Committee

    Noraid was the organisation that raised money and awareness in the United States about the ongoing situation in the Six Counties in Ireland. This episode includes an interview with Robert Collins who is the author of a recently published book on Noraid. Join Lorcan Collins as he examines Noraid between 1970 and 1994.

    14 January 2023, 3:11 pm
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Thomas MacDonagh Pt.2

    Part two of the life of Thomas MacDonagh, poet, teacher, dramatist, writer, Irish language enthusiast, commandant of Jacobs Factory and executed on 3 May 1916 for his role in the Easter Rising.

    30 August 2022, 4:50 pm
  • 51 minutes 27 seconds
    Thomas MacDonagh Pt.1

    Part one of the life of Thomas MacDonagh, teacher, poet, writer, Irish language enthusiast, Signatory of the 1916 Proclamation and executed for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916.

    20 July 2022, 4:19 pm
  • 48 minutes 30 seconds
    Máire Comerford; Revolutionary
    In this episode Lorcan Collins examines the extraordinary life of Máire Comerford. Lorcan conducts an interview with Hilary Dully who has recently edited a memoir written by Máire.
    23 April 2022, 11:07 pm
  • 57 minutes 29 seconds
    Handover of Dublin Castle 1922

    Join Lorcan Collins in this 34th episode of the Revolutionary Ireland Podcast as he looks at the handover of Dublin Castle in 1922. Lorcan interviews Dr. John Gibney, co-author with Kate O'Malley of a new book on the subject, The Handover.

    15 February 2022, 5:59 pm
  • 52 minutes 27 seconds
    Seán South of Garryowen Part 2

    Join Lorcan Collins for episode 33 of the Revolutionary Ireland Podcast, Part 2 of the Seán South podcast. Lorcan discusses Operation Harvest and interviews the family of Fergal O'Hanlon who was killed in action alongside Seán South on New Years Day 1957 during Operation Harvest when the IRA attacked Brookeborough RUC Barracks in Fermanagh, Ireland.

    30 December 2021, 11:29 pm
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