History and Community – The 1014 Battle of Clontarf – Part 2.
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June 10, 2021
Denis discusses the course of The Battle of Clontarf.
Category: Documentaries
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June 10, 2021
History and Community – The 1014 Battle of Clontarf – Part 1.
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June 10, 2021
Denis discuses the causes and leading characters of The Battle of Clontarf and the vikings.
History and Community – Famous Dublin Street Characters.
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June 10, 2021
Denis chats about some of Dublin’s most famous street characters and the 80th anniversary of the North Strand Bombing.
History and Community – Captain Weldon.
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June 10, 2021
Denis discusses Captain Weldon, and the escapes and smuggling out of Ireland of Fenian leader James Stephens.
History and Community – Daniel O’Connell.
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June 10, 2021
Denis chats about Daniel O’Connell and the meeting that never was.
History and Community – Clontarf Town Hall.
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June 10, 2021
Clontarf Town Hall, todays St Anthony’s Church on the seafront on the Clontarf Road – its long history and in particular its deep 1916 rising connection.
History and Community – Failures of the 1916 Rising.
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June 10, 2021
Denis discusses why the 1916 rising was doomed for failure before a shot was fired.
History and Community – The Howth Gunrunning of July 1914.
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June 10, 2021
Denis McIntyre discusses The Howth Gunrunning of July 1914.
History and Community – Easter Special.
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June 10, 2021
Denis chats about the origins of Easter.
Oldfilibuster’s Rhyme & Reason – E29 – Zero Tolerance
Paul
June 8, 2021
This programme is all about censorship, the proscriptive practices of non-democracies and dictatorships, and the struggle of artists to express themselves freely and honestly. It will be punctuated with excerpts from Dmitri Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony No. 7, and for good reason. He…
Oldfilibuster’s Rhyme & Reason – E28 – The sickly-sweet history of sugar
Paul
June 1, 2021
The sickly-sweet history of sugar has stuck fast to so many of the seamier and crueller chapters of history. Sadly, its journey of devastation continues to this very day with modern slavery, worker exploitation, environmental destruction, and damage to human health in…
Oldfilibuster’s Rhyme & Reason – E27 – Duelling is not a good idea if you happen to be a genius
Paul
May 25, 2021
Dueling was an insane practice that caused the senseless death of two young men who still had a life’s work ahead of them. At the time of their all too premature deaths, both Galois and Pushkin were young men who had already…