Dave Mac's Cork History Matters
Dave Mac hosts a series of podcasts looking at different aspects of Cork’s rich history with a particular focus on the many significant events of 1920: the assassination of Lord Mayor Tomás MacCurtain in March, the death by hunger strike of Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney in October and the Burning of Cork in December. Dave will be joined by various guest experts to delve deep into these stories that have made Cork the place it is today.
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Episodes
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John Creedon on An Irish Folklore Treasury and his interest in placenames, history, language and lore…
Monday, 16 January 2023
John Creedon talks to Dave Macardle about his book An Irish Folklore Treasury and explains the roots of his love of place names, history, language and lore.
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Author Jim O’Neill on The Nine Years War Part 2 – From The Battle of Kinsale 1601 to The Flight of the Earls 1607
Tuesday, 27 December 2022
The Nine Years War was one of the most traumatic and bloody conflicts in the history of Ireland.
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Author Jim O’Neill on The Nine Years War Part 1 – Up To The Battle of Kinsale 1601
Tuesday, 27 December 2022
The Nine Years War was one of the most traumatic and bloody conflicts in the history of Ireland.
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Faeries, Felons and Fine Gentlemen: A History of the Glen, Cork 1700-1980
Friday, 16 December 2022
Gerard Martin O’Brien traces a history of what is now the Glen River Par
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Elvera Butler on ‘Downtown Kampus at The Arcadia 1977-81’
Monday, 12 December 2022
Elvera Butler on ‘Downtown Kampus at The Arcadia 1977-81’
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Colum Kenny author of A Bitter War discusses the Irish Civil War 1922-23
Monday, 28 November 2022
Colum Kenny author of A Bitter War discusses the Irish Civil War 1922-23
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UCC historian and author Gabriel Doherty in conversation with Dave Macardle discussing his role in the brand-new Cork University Press publication: ‘The Art and Ideology of Terence MacSwiney: Caught in the living flame.’
Friday, 11 November 2022
UCC historian and author Gabriel Doherty in conversation with Dave Macardle discussing his role in the brand-new Cork University Press publication: ‘The Art and Ideology of Terence MacSwiney: Caught in the living flame.’
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Cork History Matters -Anne Twomey Shandon Area History Group - A brief discussion of Shandon and other notable historical aspects of Cork City
Friday, 14 October 2022
Anne Twomey of Shandon Area History Group tells Dave about the formation of the group, pays tribute to the woman who sparked her interest in history and indulges Dave’s curiosity about a range of aspects of Cork City’s history
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Anne Twomey of Shandon Area History Group on the book and documentary 'Ordinary Women in Extraordinary Times'
Friday, 14 October 2022
First a book by the Shandon Area History Group and now documentary produced by Frameworks Films – screened as part of the Spirit of Mother Jones Festival and Indie Cork 2022
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Cork History Matters- Battle for Cork with Gerry White and John Borgonovo
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
In this Cork History Matters podcast Dave chats to historians John Borgonovo & Gerry White.
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Cork History Matters - Michael Collins Grand-Nephew Aidan O'Sullivan talks of 'The Big Fellow'
Friday, 19 August 2022
Grandnephew of Micheal Collins in conversation with Dave on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Béal na Bláth ambush in West Cork that robbed Ireland of one the most charismatic, intelligent and impressive figures of the age. He died aged just 31.
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Cork History Matters - Dr Paul McCarthy on 300 Years of Royal Cork Yacht Club Ahead of Volvo Cork Week 2022
Thursday, 7 July 2022
Hear many stories culled from the archives of the world’s oldest yacht club
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Cork History Matters - Donal Gallagher on Brother Rory Irelands Greatest Bluesman
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Ireland's first great rock icon was Cork's Rory Gallagher...
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Cork History Matters - Tom Spalding on The Cork International Exhibition of 1902 to 1903
Saturday, 14 May 2022
The Cork International Exhibition of 1902 was an enormous feat of organisation that hosted some 1.8 million visitors and attracted enormous international attention on Cork.
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Cork History Matters - The Tale of The West Cork Fisherman & DJ Andrew Weatherall's Tattoos with Gerard Sheehy
Friday, 4 March 2022
The Tale of The West Cork Fisherman & DJ Andrew Weatherall's Tattoos 'Fail We May, Sail We Must' Dave chats to Gerard Sheehy from Baltimore in the latest edition of Cork History Matters
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Cork History Matters - 1922 From Handover To Civil War
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
Gabriel Doherty of UCC History department discusses Cork & Ireland in 1922 with Dave Mac. From the British handover to Michael Collins at Dublin Castle in January to the civil war that broke out 6 months later.
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Cork History Matters - Mountain Dew Festival Macroom
Monday, 17 January 2022
Dave Mac delves deep into the story of Ireland’s first outdoor music festival in Macroom in the late 70s in the company of Cork author & publisher Roz Crowley whose book Macroom Mountain Dew is available in Nano Nagle Place or online
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Cork History Matters - Truce, Treaty, Free State & Civil War
Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Dave MacArdle continues his series of conversations with UCC historian Gabriel Doherty who takes him through the dramatic events of the Truce in summer 1921, the Treaty, the foundation of the Free State and the outbreak of Civil War
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Cork History Matters – Truce, Treaty, Free State & Civil War
Tuesday, 28 September 2021
The latest in a series of conversations with UCC historian Gabriel Doherty who takes Dave through the dramatic events of the Truce in summer 1921
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Cork History Matters - The Dramatic First 6 Months Of 1921
Wednesday, 5 May 2021
Dave Macardle continues his series of conversations with UCC historian Gabriel Doherty who takes him through the dramatic events of the first 6 months of 1921 in Ireland's War of Independence.
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Cork History Matters – The story behind Skellig Night (Shrove Tuesday) & Bonna night (St. John’s Eve)
Friday, 12 February 2021
The story behind Skellig Night (Shrove Tuesday) & Bonna night (St. John’s Eve) with local historian Dunmanway man Kieran Connolly
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Cork History Matters - Cork’s GAA Holy Trinity: Archbishop Croke, Liam McCarthy & Sam Maguire
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Ahead of this weekend’s All-Ireland Football final Dave spoke to author Kieran Connolly about Cork’s GAA Holy Trinity of Archbishop Croke, born in Kilbrin, Liam MacCarthy, born in London of Ballygarvan parents and Dunmanway man Sam Maguire
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Cork History Matters - Bloody Sunday, Kilmichael & The Burning of Cork
Friday, 27 November 2020
From Bloody Sunday to Kilmichael to The Burning of Cork the concluding events of 1920 discussed in detail with UCC historian Gabriel Doherty
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Cork History Matters - The Double…How Cork Made GAA History in 1990
Thursday, 10 September 2020
Dave talks to author Adrian Russell to pick apart a story full of stories set in an Ireland now gone, a summer culminating in two epic weeks in September when Cork swept all before them and everyone with them when they won The Double in 1990
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Cork History Matters - The Death of Terence MacSwiney
Thursday, 2 July 2020
In episode 2 Dave Mac and UCC's Gabriel Doherty continue the story of Cork through the tumultuous year of 1920 with the story of the death of Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney after a 74 day hunger strike that garnered global attention.
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Cork History Matters - The Centenary of Tomás Maccurtain's Death
Friday, 20 March 2020
Dave Mac sat down for an hour long chat with UCC historian Gabriel Doherty on the life of former Cork City Lord Mayor Tomas MacCurtain as we mark the centenary of his death on the 20th March 1920.