Barbarians

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St. Patrick's Day Parades: Tradition or American Invention?

Note from Fin: I have updated this episode since it was first published to correct a mistake in the original edit. In the intro, I mistakenly referred to the LGBT community as the "LGB community", omitting the T. I understand that this term is often used in a way that denigrates ...  Show more

Éamon de Valera: Visionary or Victorian?

Éamon de Valera is one of the most influential figures in modern Irish history. Born in New York in 1880s and raised in rural Limerick, he rose from obscurity to become a central figure in the Irish Revolution. He played a major role in the 1916 Rising, became the most internatio ...  Show more

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