Carlow Decade of Centenaries Podcast Series: Recent Episodes
Carlow County Council Library Service
This podcast is part of the Carlow County Council Decade of Centenaries Programme and is a collaborative podcast series on the history of Carlow during the decade 1913 -1923. Collaborators on the project include Carlow County Museum, Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society and Carlow County Library Service.
Liberty, Carlow and the Oral Tradition is a podcast created by Dave Barron and Ollie Hennessy as part of the Carlow County Council Decade of Centenaries Programme 2022.
Adam Kane is a BA Hons. Graduate of Carlow College, and is currently engaged in further study in the History Department at Trinity College. In this podcast, with Carlow Libraries’ John O’Gorman, Adam discusses the findings of his study of the R.I.C. in the county, and how it compared with others, namely Kilkenny and Cork. The role of, and attitudes to, the force prior to the commencement of hostilities in 1919 will be examined, and Adam will outline how, and why, these roles and attitudes changed. Also mentioned is the topic of the scholarship of the R.I.C., especially in recent years, and the issues that still demand further study and reflection.
This episode forms part of the Carlow County Council’s Decade of Centenaries Podcast Series, which is presented by Carlow Libraries, Carlow County Museum, Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society, Carlow College, St. Patrick’s, Carlow County Council and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. The Decade of Centenaries initiative is tasked with co-ordinating state commemorations for the period 1913 – 1923.
This episode focuses on the podcast series created by Fin Dwyer, the creator of the Irish History Podcast. He is an archaeologist, historian, author and podcaster, who in 2010 established the podcast which has grown to be amongst the most popular of its kind in the country. He is also the author of two books on Medieval Ireland.
In 2021/22 the Irish History Podcast presented a series examining the events of the Irish War of Independence, which took an over-all look at events throughout the island. In conversation with Carlow Libraries’ John O’Gorman, Fin first explains how his podcast came about, and how and where he drew inspiration for it. The place of the history podcast in 21st Century historiography is also examined. Finally the issue of “Podcasting the Revolution” is discussed, and Fin explains how he set about tackling such a mammoth event in Irish history, some themes that he found particularly interesting, and some events and characters that especially stood out for him.