Secret Societies, Communism & Coal; Life in the Castlecomer Colliery (Part I)
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2015
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
For three centuries the town of Castlecomer in North Co. Kilkenny staged one of the most fascinating but forgotten struggles in Irish history. Miners who worked in some of the most harsh working conditions constantly struggled against the mine owner. Given it was often a matter of life and death this struggle was often bitter and conflict was never far from the surface. This saw the miners form secret societies, trade unions, republican and indeed even communist organisations. This is the first of four podcast to tell their story being in the 17th century.
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| 0:55.0 | Hello and welcome to the Irish History Podcast. |
| 1:00.0 | My name is Finn Duwir and this is Secret Societies of Communism and Coal, life in the Castle |
| 1:06.0 | Commer Collier Part 1. |
| 1:08.5 | This show is the first of a four-part mini-series that opens the lid on a forgotten chapter of our history. |
| 1:15.1 | The incredible story of one of Ireland's few mining communities, Castle Comer in North |
| 1:20.0 | Kallkenny. |
| 1:21.4 | This is a gripping history that lasted three centuries, pitting coal miners in North Klkenny |
| 1:26.5 | against their local landlords, the Wandisford family. This struggle which came to an end in the 1960s was one provoked out of the often unbelievable |
| 1:35.4 | conditions in which the miners lived and all too often died. |
| 1:40.4 | Laced with brutal killings, abductions and much more, this story is set to the backdrop of some of the most fascinating events in Irish history, the famine, the land war and the war of independence. |
| 1:52.0 | Indeed, even events in world history not least among |
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