Podcasts

Cork History Matters

Dave Mac hosts a series of podcasts looking at different aspects of Cork’s rich history with a particular focus on the many significant events of 1920: the assassination of Lord Mayor Tomás MacCurtain in March, the death by hunger strike of Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney in October and the Burning of Cork in December. Dave will be joined by various guest experts to delve deep into these stories that have made Cork the place it is today. https://redfm.ie/shows/dave-macs-cork-history-matters

Latest episodes

John Creedon on An Irish Folklore Treasury and his interest in placenames, history, language and lore.

2 years ago - 40 mins

Cork History Matters

Author Jim O’Neill on The Nine Years War Part 2 – From The Battle of Kinsale 1601 to The Flight of the Earls 1607

2 years ago - 73 mins

Cork History Matters

Author Jim O’Neill on The Nine Years War Part 1 – Up To The Battle of Kinsale 1601

2 years ago - 81 mins

Cork History Matters

Faeries, Felons and Fine Gentlemen: A History of the Glen, Cork 1700-1980

2 years ago - 67 mins

Cork History Matters

Cork History Matters- Elvera Butler Downtown Kampus 1977 - 1981

2 years ago - 60 mins

Cork History Matters

Colum Kenny author of A Bitter War discusses the Irish Civil War 1922-23

2 years ago - 45 mins

Cork History Matters

Cork History Matters - The Death of Terence MacSwiney

In episode two of the ‘Cork History Matters’ podcast Dave Mac is in conversation with UCC History Department’s Gabriel Doherty as together they chart the dramatic story of Cork and Ireland through that most tumultuous of years, 1920. Taking up the story from the assassination of Cork’s Sinn Fein Lord Mayor Tómas Mac Curtain in March, to the death of his successor as Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney, following a 74 day hunger strike in Brixton prison, in October. It was an event that garnered global attention and proved an inspiration to such diverse world figures as Gandhi and Ho Chi Minh. Future episodes will take in the infamous Kilmichael ambush in November and the burning of Cork in December. It was an extraordinary, defining year in Ireland’s history and this podcast series brings it to life for you.