Podcast: Elections in Ireland from Catholic Emancipation to 1918

In part three of our series on elections in Ireland, from medieval times until Irish indepedence and partition. First broadcast on the Irish History Show. https://irishhistoryshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Elections-Part-Three.mp3 We start at the politics of the mid 19th century, when the removal of restrictions on the political rights of Catholics was balanced by …

The Economic War, 1932-38

By John Dorney In 2025, the world has once again become acutely aware of the use of tariffs as an instrument of …