Podcast: Padraig O Ruairc on the history of Fascism in Ireland

John Dorney interview Padraig O Ruairc on his new book Burn Them Out, A History of Fascism and the far right in Ireland.

We talk about: small groups such as the Italian fascists in Ireland the British Fascisti, the Blueshirts, Ailteiri na hAisgeiri, and the IRA’s wartime collaboration with Nazi Germany.

First broadcast on the Irish History Show.

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