Life expectancy in Ireland has doubled over the past 200 years, but why was it so low for so long?... more

In 1719, the 17-year-old Polish Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska was seized by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. While the... more

In this episode, I explore the ruins of a Temple and the intriguing concept of societal collapse and its relevance... more

Check out my new podcast 'Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast' with Damian Shiels https://linktr.ee/transatlanticpodIn this captivating episode, I explore... more

By the late 1950s, over 20,000 individuals in the Republic of Ireland were confined in asylums—a staggering figure equivalent to... more

In 1900, the life expectancy in Dublin was a mere 49 years, a stark indicator of the city's dire living... more

In this captivating episode of the Irish History Podcast, Jackie Ni Chionna joins me to discuss the remarkable but forgotten... more

In the 1850s, Portlaw was Ireland's most successful town. The population had grown tenfold in the previous 30 years. The... more

I am delighted to share the very first episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast. It's a new show I... more

John Keany, Monica de Wichfeld, and Delia Murphy are not well-known figures, yet they are some of the most extraordinary... more