The Out of Ireland Podcast

John P. Holland

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 04:00:41 GMT

John P Holland was an Irish-American engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the US Navy, and the first Royal Navy submarine.

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Christian Davies: The Woman Who Fought In The British Army While Disguised As A Man

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:14:11 GMT

Christian Davies has a fascinating story to tell. After her husband got drunk and found himself enlisted in the British Army, she decided to take matters into her own hands and seek him out. She disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the British Army and this is where her fascinating story begins.

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Typhoid Mary: Murderer or Victim?

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 03:30:36 GMT

Mary Mallon was an Irish-born cook who infected 53 people with typhoid fever. She worked as a cook for some of New Yorks' highest social movers, and brought what was seen as a lower class disease to the upper classes despite showing no symptoms herself. This is the story of Typhoid Mary

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U Dhammaloka: The Irish Revolutionary Monk

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 03:00:37 GMT

This week is a little different. Not only are we talking about the amazing U Dhammaloka, but we're also speaking to our good friend Jamie who spent most of last year in a monastery as a Buddhist monk. We learn about Buddhism, as well as the daily life of a monk.

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Three Vignettes

Tue, 25 May 2021 02:15:06 GMT

We are doing something a bit different this week. During research, we sometimes come across really interesting stories that aren't big enough to make into a full episode. So this week we're bringing you three of those stories.

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Connolly's Column: The Irish Men who fought Franco

Tue, 11 May 2021 03:00:49 GMT

A brave troop of Irish men, going against the wishes of the Irish Government, left Dublin to join the Socialist movement in Spain. Many saw this as a precursor to World War Two, many saw it as a fight between two opposing ideologies. Whatever the reasons, Irish men fought on both sides of the Spanish Civil War, and in this episode, we look into the side known as Connolly's Column.

Even the Olives are Bleeding Documentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnlfFit6Mbs&t=1s

Irish Newspapers and the Spanish Civil War:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/30006956?seq=1

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Kathleen Goligher - The Belfast Medium Who Oozed Ectoplasm

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 02:00:02 GMT

Kathleen Goligher was one of the members of the Goligher Circle who were a family of mediums based out of Belfast in the early 1900s.

She gained international notoriety when stories of her seances and rapping sessions (not what you're thinking!) made it into the newspapers in Ireland and the UK and Houdini himself dispatched people to prove the veracity of her claims. So was any of it true? Or was it all just a bunch of smoke, mirrors, and ectoplasm?

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Lizzie Halliday: The Worst Woman On Earth

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 03:00:00 GMT

In the 1890s, Lizzie Halliday was branded as "The worst woman on Earth" after the grizzly discovery of her trail of murders. Some claimed she was mad, some claimed she was acting mad to get out of being the first woman executed in the electric chair.

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Goody Ann Glover - Boston's Last Witch

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 02:00:13 GMT

Kicked out of Ireland during Cromwell's reign, Ann Glover arrived in the USA via Barbados where she went on to cast spells on local children... Or so the story goes. Join us this week as we dig into the truth behind Boston's last witch.

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Joe Biden, An Irish-American President

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:00:26 GMT

This episode is about the life of Joe Biden and the long and winding road which finally brought him into the White House as president.

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Violet Gibson - The Woman Who Shot Mussolini

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 05:00:47 GMT

In April 1926, Benito Mussolini was making a speech to his supporters in Rome when a woman stepped out of the crowd, produced a pistol, and shot him at point-blank range. Mussolini's head turned as she did so, and the bullet grazed his nose. She fired again, but the gun jammed. The woman was Violet Gibson. But for a millimetre or two and a dodgy bullet, Violet might have changed the course of world history. Instead, she was committed to an asylum for the rest of her life and effectively written out of history. This is her story.

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The Doomed Expedition of Ernest Shackleton

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:06:53 GMT

Ernest Shackleton was one of the world's greatest explorers, leading expedition after expedition to the Antarctic. Born and raised in Kildare, Ireland, we look at the life and times of Shackleton, and what literally drove him to the ends of the earth.

Ernest Shackleton Recorded On 1909 Edison Phonograph Cylinder : https://youtu.be/OUTHZ_9tacM

Frank Hurley's Photos from the expedition: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34856379

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Gráinne Mhaol: Ireland's Pirate Queen

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:47:51 GMT

The name Gráinne Mhaol (Grace O'Malley) is one that is known by many, but how much do we actually know about the Irish Pirate Queen? Did she really meet the Queen of England? Did she really command a ruthless army of Pirates? Did she really shave her head to look like a boy so she could become a pirate? Find out all this and more in this episode!

Gráinne's letters: https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/meeting-grace-omalley-irelands-pirate-queen/

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Billy the Kid

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:21:27 GMT

A Hero To Many, A Villain to Others. Born to an Irish Mother, The Kid, as he was known, became one of the most famous gunslingers in all the Wild West. He became the stuff of legend while he was still alive, so finding the truth amongst the fiction isn't the easiest task. Luckily, we've done it for you!

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