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  • The 1913 Lockout: Dublin Workers vs William Martin Murphy

    The 1913 Lockout: Dublin Workers vs William Martin Murphy
    2026/06/11
    In August 1913, Dublin became the front line of a class war. 20,000 workers walked off the job after James Larkin's Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU) challenged the industrial empire of William Martin Murphy, owner of the Dublin United Tramway Company and the Irish Independent newspaper. For five brutal months, Dubliners endured starvation, police baton charges on O'Connell Street, and the threat of the British army. This episode dives into the Lockout's forgotten details: the 'Dublin Kiddies' scheme that sent children to British foster homes and the Catholic Church's intervention to block it; the role of Countess Markievicz and Liberty Hall as soup kitchens; and how the scab labour of British railway workers broke the strike but not the union. We explore the deep-rooted anger—Dublin had some of the worst slums in Europe, with tenement families living in single rooms without running water. The Lockout set the stage for the Easter Rising, forging leaders like Michael Collins and Sean O'Casey, whose play 'The Plough and the Stars' later captured the bitter aftermath. A turning point in Irish labor history that still echoes today. #History #FexingoHistory #Ireland #DublinLockout1913 #JamesLarkin #WilliamMartinMurphy #ITGWU #LibertyHall #LabourHistory #IrishHistory #EasterRising #TenementLife #20thCentury #ClassWar #IndustrialAction #CountessMarkievicz #SeanOCasey #Dublin Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    8 分
  • The Ulster Plantation: How James I Colonised the North of Ireland

    The Ulster Plantation: How James I Colonised the North of Ireland
    2026/06/11
    In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into one of the most consequential episodes in Irish history: the Plantation of Ulster under King James I. They explore how, after the Flight of the Earls in 1607, the English crown seized the lands of the Gaelic lords in the northern province and parcelled them out to Scottish and English settlers. The conversation follows the key figures involved—from Lord Deputy Arthur Chichester to the London livery companies who funded the plantation—and examines the mechanics of colonisation: the creation of new towns like Derry (renamed Londonderry), the displacement of native Irish to poorer lands, and the legal and social structures that entrenched a Protestant settler class. Lucas explains how the plantation was supposed to bring 'civility' to a 'barbarous' region but instead sowed centuries of sectarian division. They also touch on the lesser-known Plantation of Wexford and the Munster Plantation that preceded it, giving a broader picture of how English policy remade Ireland in the 16th and 17th centuries. #UlsterPlantation #JamesI #FlightOfTheEarls #ArthurChichester #Londonderry #Derry #PlantationOfUlster #IrishHistory #ScottishSettlers #LondonLiveryCompanies #TheOPlantation #CatholicAndProtestant #ColonialIreland #StuartEngland #GaelicIreland #HistoryOfIreland #FexingoHistory #IrelandHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    6 分
  • The Flight of the Wild Geese: Ireland's Lost Soldiers in Europe

    The Flight of the Wild Geese: Ireland's Lost Soldiers in Europe
    2026/06/10
    In the aftermath of the Treaty of Limerick in 1691, thousands of Irish soldiers—Jacobites who had fought for King James II—chose exile over submission to Williamite rule. This episode tells the story of the Wild Geese, the Irish regiments who scattered across Europe and fought in the armies of France, Spain, and Austria for over a century. Lucas and Luna explore the departure from Irish shores, the formation of the Irish Brigade in French service, and the legendary bravery at battles like Cremona, Fontenoy, and Ramillies. They examine the personal cost of exile—soldiers who never saw Ireland again, but who kept the dream of a Stuart restoration alive. Along the way, they touch on the careers of figures like Patrick Sarsfield, who died in Flanders, and the Dillon and Clare regiments that became household names in European armies. The episode also considers the legacy: how the Wild Geese shaped Irish identity abroad, and how their military tradition influenced later Irish nationalism. A story of loyalty, loss, and the long reach of Irish history into continental Europe. #WildGeese #TreatyOfLimerick #IrishBrigade #Jacobites #PatrickSarsfield #Fontenoy #Cremona #Ramillies #DillonsRegiment #ClaresRegiment #Exile #IrishDiaspora #StuartRestoration #WarOfTheAustrianSuccession #NineYearsWar #History #FexingoHistory #Europe Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    7 分
  • The Rock of Cashel: How a Fortress Became the Soul of Irish Christianity

    The Rock of Cashel: How a Fortress Became the Soul of Irish Christianity
    2026/06/10
    Perched on a limestone outcrop that juts from the Golden Vale, the Rock of Cashel has been a symbol of Irish power for over a thousand years. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a pagan fortress became the seat of the Kings of Munster, then the spiritual heart of Irish Christianity after Saint Patrick supposedly baptized King Aengus there. They walk through the legend of the Devil's Bit, the reality of the Synod of Cashel (which cemented Norman influence), the architectural layers—from the round tower to Cormac's Chapel with its Romanesque frescoes—and the site's slow decline after the Reformation. Along the way, they touch on the theft of the Cashel Crozier, the fate of the cathedral's roof, and what the Rock means to modern Ireland. A story of stone, faith, and persistence. #RockOfCashel #SaintPatrick #KingsOfMunster #RomanesqueArchitecture #IrishMonasticism #CormacMcCarthy #SynodOfCashel #CashelCrozier #GoldenVale #HibernoRomanesque #MedievalIreland #IrishHistory #CountyTipperary #RoundTower #CormacsChapel #DevilsBit #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 分
  • The Down Survey: How William Petty Mapped Ireland for Cromwell

    The Down Survey: How William Petty Mapped Ireland for Cromwell
    2026/06/09
    In the aftermath of Cromwell's brutal conquest of Ireland, a young English physician named William Petty undertook something unprecedented: a comprehensive land survey of the entire country. Known as the Down Survey, it mapped over 13 million acres, confiscated Catholic-owned land, and redistributed it to Protestant adventurers and soldiers. This episode dives into the survey's methods — how Petty used chains, compasses, and local informants to create the first accurate maps of Ireland — and its devastating consequences: the dispossession of Irish Catholics, the solidification of Protestant Ascendancy, and the creation of a landholding system that would fuel conflict for centuries. We explore Petty's brilliance and ruthlessness, the Surveyor General's office in Dublin, and the enduring mark the Down Survey left on Ireland's landscape and memory. A story of science, power, and theft — and the map that remade a nation. #DownSurvey #WilliamPetty #CromwellianConquest #IrelandHistory #LandConfiscation #MassMapping #ProtestantAscendancy #ToHaveandToHold #Cromwell #IrishCatholics #Surveying #17thCentury #DublinHistory #Colonialism #Cartography #IrishLand #FexingoHistory #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    8 分
  • The Battle of the Boyne: Jacobites, Williamites, and the Shaping of Modern Ireland

    The Battle of the Boyne: Jacobites, Williamites, and the Shaping of Modern Ireland
    2026/06/09
    In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, a pivotal clash that cemented Protestant ascendancy in Ireland. They discuss the rival kings James II and William III, the strategies of the generals, including the Duke of Schomberg and Patrick Sarsfield, and the battle's enduring legacy in Irish memory, from Orange Order marches to its role in shaping sectarian divisions. The conversation touches on the complex motivations of Irish Jacobites, the treaty that followed, and the battle's place in European-wide power struggles. #BattleOfTheBoyne #JamesII #WilliamIII #Jacobites #Williamites #PatrickSarsfield #DukeOfSchomberg #OrangeOrder #ProtestantAscendancy #Limerick #BoyneValley #1690 #IrishHistory #GloriousRevolution #EuropeanHistory #Ireland #FexingoHistory #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    8 分
  • The Flight of the Earls: How Gaelic Ireland Lost Its Leaders

    The Flight of the Earls: How Gaelic Ireland Lost Its Leaders
    2026/06/08
    In September 1607, Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell, boarded a ship at Rathmullan, County Donegal, and sailed into exile, never to return. Their departure — known as the Flight of the Earls — transformed Irish history, clearing the way for the Ulster Plantation and the collapse of the old Gaelic order. This episode traces the events leading to that fateful voyage: the aftermath of the Nine Years' War, the Treaty of Mellifont, O'Neill's uneasy submission to Lord Deputy Mountjoy, the discovery of the alleged conspiracy involving Spanish support, and the desperate decision to flee. We examine the evidence for and against the conspiracy theory, the Earls' lives in Rome, and the legacy of their exile for Irish nationalism. Featuring Hugh O'Neill, Rory O'Donnell, Lord Deputy Mountjoy, James I, the Treaty of Mellifont, and the Spanish Habsburgs. #FlightOfTheEarls #HughONeill #RoryODonnell #NineYearsWar #TreatyOfMellifont #UlsterPlantation #Rathmullan #JamesI #LordDeputyMountjoy #GaelicIreland #IrishExile #SpanishHabsburgs #Rome #StPeter #1607 #IrishHistory #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    4 分
  • The Burning of Wildgoose Lodge: Sectarian Terror in 1816 Ireland

    The Burning of Wildgoose Lodge: Sectarian Terror in 1816 Ireland
    2026/06/08
    In October 1816, a farmhouse in County Louth called Wildgoose Lodge was set ablaze, killing eight people including an infant. This episode unpacks the sectarian feud between the Ribbonmen and the Orangemen that led to the massacre, the legal aftermath, and how the event exposed the raw wounds of the Penal Laws era. We follow the trial that condemned eighteen men to execution, the role of informer Patrick Drumgoole, and the controversial final speech of the convicted leader Patrick Devan. The episode considers how sectarian violence persisted long after the Act of Union, and what Wildgoose Lodge reveals about the fragility of peace in post-1798 Ireland. We also discuss the ballad that commemorated the burning and how it kept the memory alive for generations. This is not a tale of heroes but of ordinary people caught in cycles of revenge that the state could neither prevent nor fully punish. A dark chapter in Irish local history that still echoes in the region's collective memory. #WildgooseLodge #Ribbonmen #Orangemen #CountyLouth #PatrickDevan #SectarianViolence #19thCenturyIreland #ActOfUnion #PenalLaws #IrishHistory #Massacre #BalladTradition #LegalHistory #LocalHistory #History #FexingoHistory #Ireland #Terror Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    7 分