The Road to War - How the Irish Civil War Started
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
'The Road to War' is the first episode in a five part Irish History Podcast production on the Irish Civil War. The full series, exclusively available for supporters, features the leading Irish historian Dr Brian Hanley from Trinity College Dublin. Over the five episodes the series covers the full story of the Irish Civil War from the National Army assault on the Four Courts through to the IRA order to dump arms in 1923. The series also explores the legacy and memory of the conflict, looking at how movies like Michael Collins leave us with a problematic understanding of the Civil War.
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| 0:00.0 | You're about to listen to The Road to War, the first episode in a five-part Irish history |
| 0:06.9 | podcast production on the Irish Civil War. |
| 0:10.7 | The full series is exclusively available for supporters of the show and features the |
| 0:15.2 | leading Irish historian Dr. Brian Hanney from Trinity College Dublin. |
| 0:19.8 | So if you enjoyed this episode, get the entire five-part series today on patreon.com forward |
| 0:26.2 | slash Irish podcast. |
| 0:28.7 | Becoming a supporter on patreon is really easy and when you sign up, you not only help |
| 0:33.0 | me create more content, but you'll also get the rest of this series on the Irish Civil |
| 0:37.8 | War. |
| 0:38.8 | My audio book on the Black Death along with hours of bonus podcasts. |
| 0:43.0 | Oh, and I forgot to mention everything over there, including the Norma Show, is all available |
| 0:47.8 | and free. |
| 0:48.8 | So become a supporter today at patreon.com forward slash Irish podcast. |
| 0:53.8 | This is patreon.com forward slash Irish podcast, you'll find the link in the show notes below. |
| 1:04.4 | Hello and welcome to the Irish History Podcast. |
| 1:07.6 | My name is Finn Dwyer and this is The Road to War, episode one of the Irish Civil War. |
| 1:16.1 | This series is exclusively available for you, the supporters of the show. |
| 1:21.3 | Thanks so much for your support, it means an awful lot to me and makes such a difference. |
| 1:26.4 | I hope you enjoy listening to this series as much as I did putting it together, it was |
| 1:30.5 | a really fascinating one to make. |
| 1:34.1 | Now while I'm going to get right into the topic of the Civil War, I just want to explain |
| 1:37.9 | how this series will be structured because this is the first episode. |
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