Irish Revolution

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🗓️ 25 November 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The Irish War of Independence in 1919 was fought between the Irish Revolutionary Army and British Forces, with support of the RIC and USC. Wounds of this conflict are still visible today, both in Ireland and across the world. While there's a tendency to view this conflict as an insular issue of the time, with most fighting rooted in the Irish countryside - the struggle for independence was actually reflective of a tumultuous time in world history. 1919 - 1921 saw not only conflict in Ireland, but mass violence across central and eastern Europe as empires collapsed in a post war world. But how did these world wide events come to affect the Irish Revolution?

In today's episode James is joined by Irish historian and author Professor Fearghal McGarry from Queen’s University in Belfast. Together they discuss the struggles Ireland faced for independence and the ways in which their fight for liberation fits into the broader international context.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone welcome back to the warfare podcast I'm your host James Rogers and this week I'm on the move
0:14.0	I'm in the UK filming a new TV series for History Hit on The Blitz so keep your eyes peeled
0:20.1	for that coming to History Hit TV soon. This episode though takes us way
0:24.6	further back in history before the Second World War to the Irish Revolution.
0:29.1	And this was suggested by one of our listeners, Shamus I've been going on about our listener
0:34.1	suggestions week on week saying send in what it is that you want to hear and Shamus did
0:39.1	exactly that.
0:41.1	Hi Shamus here. Love the show.
0:43.0	It's a fantastic use of history.
0:44.0	As an Irish subscriber to the show, I'd love to hear more content on the Irish War of Independence and
0:49.2	the subsequent Irish Civil War.
0:51.6	Also it would be interesting to know the British perspective of the struggle
0:54.9	for independence and subsequent civil war. Thanks very much. Looking forward to hearing it.
0:59.3	Bye bye. We have world expert Professor Fergel McGarry on the podcast from Queens University Belfast
1:05.6	who places this struggle for independence into the broader international context.
1:10.9	Enjoy. Hi Fergal, welcome to the Warfare Podcast. How you doing today?
1:35.7	I'm doing good. Thanks for the invitation to come on, James.
1:39.2	Not a problem at all. We've looked at the Irish revolutionary period tangentially on this
1:47.4	podcast, but I really wanted to dig deep into the Irish Revolution which I
1:52.1	would say traditionally I've seen as being quite a
1:55.3	localized conflict within the bounds of the island of Ireland and of course broadly within Great Britain as well. But when we look at your
2:05.8	research we start to see that this just isn't the case at all. You can of
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