Grattan and his Parliament

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Surprise! While we continue to prepare Season 5, we’ve decided to make last month’s Halfpint episode freely available to all our listeners. In this edition, Tim builds on our recent Season 4 finale by delving deeper into the colonial Irish Parliament around the time of the Act of Union of 1801. If you haven’t heard that Season 4 finale yet, you can go back and listen to it here: Part 1: https://www.theirishpassport.com/podcast/destructive-unionism-part-1-the-history/ Part 2: https://www.theirishpassport.com/podcast/destructive-unionism-part-2-the-current-day/ We make Halfpint extra content as a thank you to our Patreon supporters, who keep the podcast running. If you would like to support us too, and gain access to our full back catalogue of extra content along the way, you can become a supporter of the Irish Passport Podcast today at www.patreon.com/theirishpassport This episode features music from Peter Rudenko: Stay 17; Sublime Melody; and Iced Spring Theme, from the album Inner Mechanics.

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0:00.0	Hi there, listeners. As the world hits on a full year of pandemic restrictions, we know that continued isolation is particularly tough for a lot of people right now.
0:08.4	So while we continue to prepare season five, we have decided to make last month's Patreon half-pint episode freely available to all our listeners.
0:16.6	In this half-pint, I expand a little bit on the subject matter of our season 4 finale,
0:22.3	destructive unionism.
0:27.0	So if you haven't already listened to that episode, it's a good idea to go back and check it out first so that you understand the background.
0:28.9	You can find a link to that episode in the description below.
0:31.9	This extra content wouldn't exist without the generous support of our wonderful patrons.
0:36.4	If you would like to support the podcast
0:37.8	yourself and gain access to our whole back catalogue of extra content along the way,
0:42.3	you can sign up to our Patreon today at www.com.org-slash the Irish Passport. Enjoy the episode.
0:50.6	Hello. Welcome to Irish Passport. Let's do it. Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:55.3	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:56.5	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:57.5	We're friends.
0:58.2	Can you both, Naomi?
0:59.1	Ano Arfad, Tim.
1:00.5	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
1:03.8	Uh-huh.
1:03.9	I'm recording.
1:04.7	One, two, two, three.
1:07.1	Okay. On the morning of the 1st of January, 1801, New Year's celebrations were few and far between on the streets of central Dublin.
1:37.1	As the early morning street hawkers and market sellers quietly set up their stalls, they might have noticed a curiously heavy atmosphere amid the
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