The Final Battle & the Mysterious Death of Frank Ryan (Partisans IX)
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
This podcast, the second last in Partisans, looks at the battle of the Ebro - the last major showdown in the Spanish Civil War. While the show looks at how the war ended for the Irish fighters, it also tackles one of the great mysteries of the Spanish Civil War - what happened to Frank Ryan. This intriguing story continues to perplex and divide historians today.
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Additional Narration - Aidan Crowe
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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 this is the final battle in Spain and the mysterious death of Frank Ryan, Partisans Partonine. |
| 0:58.0 | Partisans which has chronicled the story of Irish experiences in the Spanish Civil War is created by myself and Stuart Redden. |
| 1:05.0 | Now this episode looks at the final stages of the war and what happened to the Irish |
| 1:10.6 | anti-fascist leader, Frank Ryan. |
| 1:13.0 | If you've not encountered the story of Ryan's final years, |
| 1:16.0 | it's one of the great mysteries of 20th century Irish history |
| 1:19.0 | and bound up in the story of the Spanish Civil War, |
| 1:22.0 | so that's all ahead of us. If you're enjoying |
| 1:25.3 | partisans don't forget to check out the online shop at Irishhistory podcast |
| 1:29.6 | dot i.e forward slash shop. There's lots of new items there including memorabilia associated with the Spanish |
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| 1:41.8 | Irish History Podcast. |
| 1:43.2 | dot i.e. |
| 1:44.4 | forward slash shop. |
| 1:45.8 | Now the next episode is the final show in the series Partisans and after that I have some |
| 1:51.2 | great content coming up. |
| 1:52.8 | These include a few individual episodes on a variety of topics. |
| 1:56.4 | One looks at what it was like to live on a pre-famine diet |
| 1:59.6 | and I'll actually be doing that for a day and recording what it's like, along with lots of info about what people |
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