Special: Dennis Doherty – A Life of Survival Against the Odds
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2013
⏱️ 32 minutes
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This episode looks at the fascinating story of Dennis Doherty. Born in Derry in 1814, Doherty would spend most of his life in Australian prisons. His story is remarkable – he was flogged 3,000 times and spent years in solitary confinement but yet he continually struggled for freedom.
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| 0:46.8 | End on the 22nd of December 2023. Hello and welcome to the Irish history podcast. This is episode 12, The Story of Denisdaugherty, an extraordinary 19th century |
| 1:07.8 | life of survival. The Story of Denisartie is a forgotten tale of one of the 19th century's most remarkable Irish convicts. |
| 1:18.0 | His life is an almost unbelievable story of survival in brutal 19th century Australian prisons, where he endured |
| 1:27.5 | flogings, solitary confinement and much more. This is the first of a new type of podcast I will be releasing. |
| 1:35.2 | These shorter, more frequent shows based on articles from my blog Irish History |
| 1:40.5 | Podcast. i.e.e. will come out while I'm preparing the more in-depth shows on medieval history. |
| 1:50.5 | In 1872 the famed 19th century writer Anthony Trollope, while researching his book, Australia and New Zealand, visited |
| 2:00.4 | Port Arthur Prison in Tasmania. |
| 2:03.6 | There he met and interviewed a 58-year-old prisoner who warders described as |
| 2:08.5 | terribly bad, irredeemable, a beast of prey against whom it was necessary every honest man should raise their hand |
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