Carlow Centenaries Podcast Series

About Carlow Centenaries Podcast Series

This podcast is part of the Carlow County Council Decade of Centenaries Programme and is a collaborative podcast series on the history of Carlow during the decade 1913 -1923. Collaborators on the project include Carlow County Museum, Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society and Carlow County Library Service.

Publisher

Carlow County Council Library Service

Category

history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Mar 2022

Latest episode

18 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

4 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Sept 2026

   Bittersweet: 100 years after the founding of the Sugar Factory

   Bittersweet, an impression radio documentary on the rise and fall of Carlow Sugar Factory by Marc-Ivan O'Gorman featuring interviews with previous employees and Carlow people as they speak to their memory and feeling on the beloved local industry. This project received support from the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport and was produced on behalf of Carlow County Council Commemorations Committee.

2. 

   2 Nov 2022

   Liberty, Carlow and the Oral Tradition

   Liberty, Carlow and the Oral Tradition is a podcast created by Dave Barron and Ollie Hennessy as part of the Carlow County Council Decade of Centenaries Programme 2022.

3. 

   7 Apr 2022

   “Written Off in Quiet Ignominy”: The R.I.C. in Revolutionary Carlow and Kilkenny

   Adam Kane, who is undertaking a doctorate in History at Trinity College, discusses the role of the R.I.C. in Carlow and surrounds during the War of Independence.

4. 

   1 Mar 2022

   The Revolution Will Be Podcast! - a discussion with Irish History Podcast’s Fin Dwyer

   Creator of The Irish History Podcast, Fin Dwyer, joins Carlow Library’s John O’Gorman for a discussion on his work as a history podcaster and, in particular, his mammoth Irish War of Independence series.

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