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The Proxy Bomb Campaign of The IRA
Season 2
As British counter intelligence improved, the IRA began to think of different methods of waging war against the British Army and Northern Irish Polic…
5 years, 4 months ago
The Troubles Podcast Season Two Is Coming
The Troubles Podcast is back for Season Two. Starting December 1st, episodes will be then released every second week. Thanks again for my Patreons wh…
5 years, 5 months ago
People of the Troubles: John Hume
Season 1
John Hume was one of the most important individuals throughout the Troubles. He spent decades of his life campaigning for a civil solution to the nev…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Killing of Thomas Niedermayer and Subsequent Suicides
Season 1
It was the 27th of December, 1973 when there was a knock on the door of the Niedermayer residence. It was late at night and 16 year old Renate answer…
5 years, 8 months ago
The Dublin and Monaghan Bombings
Season 1
It was rush hour on Friday evening in Dublin City. Traffic was heavy and because of a bus strike there were a lot more people milling about the stree…
5 years, 9 months ago
The South Armagh Sniper Brigade
Season 1
The South Armagh Sniping Campaign was a 7 year campaign that was a huge upset to the British Army. Soldiers were sniped from distances of up to 1 kil…
5 years, 9 months ago
People of the Troubles: Ian Paisley
Season 1
Ian Paisley was one of the most influential individuals involved in the Troubles. He fiercely protected Protestant and Unionist interests in Northern…
5 years, 9 months ago
The Gibraltar Shooting, Milltown Cemetery Attack and Corporal Killings
Season 1
Though the IRA attacked places in northern Ireland and the United Kingdom, they sometimes ventured further and their plan to bomb the British Oversea…
5 years, 10 months ago
The 1983 Maze Prison Escape
Season 1
Maze Prison was seen by many as Europe’s most secure prison. It was a prison within a detention centre within an army camp, and believed to be comple…
5 years, 10 months ago
The Omagh Bombing
Season 1
It was a Saturday afternoon in the Northern Irish town of Omagh. With just two weeks before school was due to start, many parents were out with their…
5 years, 11 months ago