1916 - Episode 16: 'The Beginning of Ireland New'

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

19th Century, 20th Century, International Relations, Politics, Thirty Years' War, Korean War, 18th Century, First World War, Phd, 17th Century, European History, History, War

4.8 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In our final episode (and also our longest!) we examine the complex series of events which led Ireland to exterminate its Irish Parliamentary Party in the 1918 General Election, to replace it with the Sinn Fein Party - the political arm of the 1916 Rising, and the vehicle through which revolutionary violence would dominate Ireland for the next few decades. It is a winding listen, tying together a number of issues as well as posing a series of controversial, challenging questions to you guys, so I hope you all enjoy it, and let me know what you think! MUSIC: 'The Mother' & 'James Connolly' by Patrick Cassidy from the album '1916'. I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THIS SONG/ALBUM.Remember history friends, you can help this podcast and ensure that this is where history thrives! Support us by going to www.patreon.com/WhenDiplomacyFailsFollow me on Twitter @wdfpodcastAnd visit our official website www.wdfpodcast.com Get bonus content on Patreon

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0:00.0	In the last episode, we watched the de facto protagonists of our narrative breed their final breaths,
0:06.8	as the British regime of martial law in Ireland ensured that their lives will be the cost of rebellion during Britain's time of war.
0:14.6	In this episode, we will continue to examine this response in its context,
0:18.5	and pose an interesting, but no doubt also controversial question
0:23.0	for you to think through.
0:25.4	We are then reintroduced to an old favourite of this podcast and an underrated Irish patriot
0:31.3	in his own right, and we conclude our analysis of the 1916 Rising by giving you guys a brief
0:37.3	account of how Ireland
0:38.2	went from sympathetic to the rebels to voting overwhelmingly to support Sinn Féin in the
0:43.8	1918 general election an action that did provide the mandate for the true
0:49.8	revolution which was to follow this history, is where our story ends.
0:56.5	Sort of.
0:57.7	So, if concluding our wonderful tale sounds good to you,
1:02.0	I would like to say welcome to the miniseries.
1:13.6	When Diplomacy Fails Presents 1916
1:22.6	A special Centenary miniseries, exploring the context, characters and controversies of the
1:31.7	most significant act in Ireland's modern history, the 1916 rising. You have all become heroes now.
2:00.3	You never saw such a whole-scale conversion. You have all become heroes now.
2:01.6	You never saw such a whole-scale conversion.
2:05.6	Madge Callan writing to her friend James Ryan, then a prisoner in England following the events
2:10.6	of the 1916 Rising, June 1916. Easter week and its sequel occupy the minds of its all.
2:21.3	Elsewhere the story is told in part.
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