S2 Episode 3: 1916 And The Invention Of Ireland

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2018

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

The rebellion of a raggedy band of teachers, nurses and poets sent shock waves around the world and changed Ireland forever. But why does the Easter Rising of 1916 still cause controversy? Naomi and Tim introduce the countess, the grocer’s daughter, the carpenter and the ex-cobbler who all picked up guns on the morning of April 24 1916 and marched out to declare an independent Irish republic. Leading historians give their analysis of how the concept of Ireland was forged, and how the centenary celebrations in 2016 changed how the Easter Rising is remembered. This episode analyses how 1916 remains an intoxicating idea in Irish politics, and explores the cultural movement that created an ‘idea’ of Ireland so powerful, it was to die for.

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0:00.0	We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies to be sovereign and indefeasible.
0:30.6	The long usurpation of that right by a foreign people and government has not extinguished the right, nor can it ever be extinguished, except by the destruction of the Irish people.
0:44.3	In every generation, the Irish people have asserted their right to national freedom and sovereignty.
0:52.3	Six times during the past 300 years they have asserted it in arms.
0:59.0	Standing on that fundamental right and again declaring it in arms in the face of the world,
1:06.0	we hereby proclaim the Irish Republic as a sovereign, independent state. And we pledge our lives and the lives
1:14.5	of our comrades in arms to the cause of its freedom, of its welfare and of its exaltation
1:21.4	among the nations. Hello listeners and welcome back to the Irish Passport podcast. Now, some of you,
1:27.4	I'm sure, will have recognised those words.
1:29.6	Yes, that was of course the proclamation of the Irish Republic. It was read out to the people of Dublin about 102 years ago now, outside the General Post Office on O'Connell Street in a moment that pretty much changed Irish history forever.
1:42.6	Yes, the legacy of that moment has reverberated
1:45.2	through the course of Irish history and it still impacts modern Ireland today. So today, as you've
1:50.7	probably guessed by now, we'll be discussing the Easter rising of 1916. What led to it, what happened
1:56.1	and what its impact has been? We'll also discuss how the concept of 1916 continues to shape current day
2:02.4	political debates about what Ireland is and what it should be, especially since the marking
2:07.5	of 100 years since the rebellion in 2016. Before we go there though, we have to say a special
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2:28.2	Half points.
2:29.0	Also Naomi, on another note, this episode has been sponsored by Mike McQuaid from Scotland, and Mike would like to dedicate
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