Ep 21: Beidh Éire Saor

When the colonialism earthquake rocked the world, what was it like living next to the epicentre? In this episode we dive into Ireland’s long fight against the British Empire at the height of its power. From the Tudor conquest, to the birth of capitalist plantations, famine, rebellion, revolution, partition, and the Troubles, all the way to today’s fight against corporate neo-colonialism.

Join Triploi as we dive into this 500 year history of Ireland, and learn what it is like being the neighbour of history’s most insatiable colonial empire… and the price that must be paid for freedom.

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References and reading list:

• James Connolly - Labour in Irish History (1910)
• R.F. Foster - Modern Ireland 1600-1972 (1988)
• Christine Kinealy - This Great Calamity: The Irish Famine 1845-52 (1994)
• Charles Townshend - Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion (2005)
• Diarmaid Ferriter - The Transformation of Ireland 1900-2000 (2004)
• J.J. Lee - Ireland 1912-1985: Politics and Society (1989)
• Fintan O'Toole - Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger (2009)
• Kieran Allen - The Corporate Takeover of Ireland (2007)
• Kevin Whelan - The Tree of Liberty: Radicalism, Catholicism and the Construction of Irish Identity 1760-1830 (1996)
• Mary P. Murphy - Ireland and the Politics of Change (2020)