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< Back The Story of Irish Coffin Ships Part I Between 1845 - 1855 over two million people left Ireland to escape hunger, poverty and disease during the Great Hunger. The experience of these emigrants was often harrowing. The term Coffin Ship has became synonymous with their journeys across the Atlantic. While the term conveys misery, what was the experience actually like? In the first of two podcasts on the subject, I am joined by Dr Cian T. McMahon author of The Coffin Ship - Life and Death at Sea during the Great Famine. Cian's work is deeply personal. Laced with hundreds of individual narratives he creates a vivid account of the complexities of escaping hunger in Ireland in the 1840s. “From the creator of the Irish History Podcast comes the story of Modern Ireland and its people written in death” ​ ​ Hardback Audio Ebook The Irish Times Top 5 Bestseller Order Your Copy Previous Next Get access to bonus episode's, get access to upcoming series, get a back catalogue of hours of exclusive content and much much more! SUBSCRIBE Subscribe to Patreon

< Back Episode 14 sees Gaelic Ireland struggle to deal with the crisis and chaos that followed the death of the high king Maelseachnaill Mac Domnaill. This podcast journeys through a highly uncertain world where war was frequent and life had little value as several kings battled to control the island. (1022-1072) The Man Who Would Be King “From the creator of the Irish History Podcast comes the story of Modern Ireland and its people written in death” ​ ​ Hardback Audio Ebook The Irish Times Top 5 Bestseller Order Your Copy Get access to bonus episode's, get access to upcoming series, get a back catalogue of hours of exclusive content and much much more! Subscribe Subscribe to Patreon Previous Next

< Back From Newgrange to D-Day: A History of Weather Forecasting Since the dawn of history humans have been intrigued by the weather. However while it has the potential to sustain or destroy life, our ability to accurately forecast it is very recent. In this podcast I am joined by meteorologists Evelyn Cusack and Noel Fitzpatrick from Met Eireann to explain the fascinating history of weather forecasting. Our desire to predict the weather is a story driven by war, natural disasters, human ingenuity and super computers. “From the creator of the Irish History Podcast comes the story of Modern Ireland and its people written in death” ​ ​ Hardback Audio Ebook The Irish Times Top 5 Bestseller Order Your Copy Previous Next Get access to bonus episode's, get access to upcoming series, get a back catalogue of hours of exclusive content and much much more! SUBSCRIBE Subscribe to Patreon