Paradise Lost (Partisans VIII)
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
The enduring images of the Spanish Civil War depict armed fighters of one kind or another. This podcast, however, follows the story of a different Irish experience - that of Hannah Ormsby, an Irish nurse who arrived in Spain in the summer of 1937. The savagery of the war ensured she would be treated no different than other antifascists. Hannah had to work in appaling conditions often under fire from snipers.
This podcast also looks at the wider war from 1937 - 1938. After the War in the North, the conflict was clearly not going well for the antifascists. To make matters worse what had started with idealistic hope was turning into a living nightmare for some. This episode podcast looks at how the growing influence of the soviet dictator Joseph Stalin lead to extreme paranoia, conspiracy theories and assassinations behind antifascist lines.
Research - Fin Dwyer & Stewart Reddin
Additional Narration - Aidan Crowe and Muireann Hogan
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| 0:20.0 | Once call me forever now you still can't call me back and I'm... You are listening to Stick Season, the sensational hit single by Noah Khan. Out now. Hello and |
| 0:45.0 | this is Paradise Lost, |
| 0:48.0 | my name is Finn Duwara and this is Paradise Lost, |
| 0:51.0 | Partisans, Partes. Partisans, Partheid. |
| 0:53.4 | Partisans, Irish stories from the Spanish Civil War was created by myself and Stuart Redden. |
| 0:59.2 | Now this podcast Paradise Lost looks at aspects of that war that are sometimes overlooked. |
| 1:05.3 | So we start out with the story of the Irish woman Hannah Ormsby, who travelled to Spain during |
| 1:10.4 | the war to work as a nurse, often under attack in the most extreme conditions. |
| 1:15.6 | The episode also looks at how internal conflicts on the anti-fascist side turned a war that started |
| 1:22.1 | out as very idealistic for some into a living nightmare. |
| 1:26.0 | In this packed episode we also progress the story of the wider war |
| 1:30.0 | which brings us to the famous Battle of Tarwell which has often been compared to Stalingrad by historians. |
| 1:36.3 | Now research for the episode was by Stuart Redden and narrations were by Aidan Crow and Wern Hogan. |
| 1:43.0 | While we still have a few more episodes to go in Partisans, |
| 1:46.0 | I'd like to thank all of you who've signed up on Patreon to support the research and the work involved in making these episodes. |
| 1:52.0 | Now these are trying times for everyone and research is definitely more difficult and costly since libraries and archives are closed due to COVID-19, |
| 2:00.8 | but your support is making a huge difference. Now the next major project is on the |
| 2:05.5 | War of Independence and this is only possible because of your support so thanks |
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