Main content

Year ‘21 Episodes

  1.

    Episode 9: The Doctor and the Lion King

    Tara and Declan learn about those involved in the spiralling violence across Ireland.

  2. Episode 8: The Big Picture

    Tara and Declan go to the cinema – not for the main feature, but to watch the newsreels.

  3. Episode 50: The End of the Beginning

    The Irish delegation agrees to sign up to the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

  4. Episode 49: The Oath of Allegiance

    It’s crunch time in the Treaty talks – can the Irish agree to an Oath of Allegiance?

  5. Episode 47: The Courting Rituals

    As legal powers transfer to Northern Ireland Declan and Tara find themselves in court.

  6. Episode 46: The Presence of the Past

    As Armistice Day approaches the poppy emerges as a symbol of remembrance - and division.

  7. Episode 42: The Talking Begins

    The Irish arrive in London for treaty talks - and leave a fascinating record of the trip.

  8. Episode 40: The National Treasures

    Irish leader de Valera accepts an invitation to peace talks with the British in London

  9. Episode 39: The Children of the Revolution

    Until now, little has been known about how children were affected by the turmoil of 1921

  10. Episode 36: The King's Guard

    Listener Mary Kiely recalls her family's past brush with royalty and present-day tragedy.

  11. Episode 34: The Religious Divide

    How important was the influence of the churches in the partition of Ireland?

  12. Episode 30: The Prison Camp

    Ballykinlar is chosen as the first internment camp in Ireland

  13. Episode 28: The Bloodiest Day in Belfast

    Seventeen die in battles between the IRA, police and loyalists in Belfast's Bloody Sunday

  14. Episode 26: The King's Speech

    A momentuous day for Northern Ireland as the King attends the State opening of parliament

  15. Episode 22: The North Poll

    The people of Northern Ireland finally get their say in the State's very first election

  16. Episode 20: The Numbers Game

    Politicians are preparing for an election. Well, two, actually…one for each parliament

  17. Episode 18: The Long Fellow

    Hero or villain, it’s impossible to overestimate the influence of Eamon de Valera

  18. Episode 16: The Belfast Pogrom

    Belfast is midway through a terror campaign in which almost 500 people will die

  19. Episode 14: The Yard

    The expulsion of thousands of workers from Belfast shipyard sparks sectarian warfare

  20. Episode 12: The Beautiful Game

    One hundred years ago, soccer became a political football in the run up to partition.

  21. Episode 10: The Big Fellow

    Revolutionary, soldier, strategist, politician - the many sides of Michael Collins

  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. Next