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The History of The Tricolour (Part 3)
May 11, 2026
48m 38s
The History of The Tricolour (Part 2)
May 4, 2026
34m 13s
The History of The Tricolour (Part 1)
Apr 27, 2026
28m 33s
A President Comes to Town - Reagan in Ireland
Apr 20, 2026
51m 55s
Fianna Fáil: "The Devil" Takes Power (Part 3)
Apr 13, 2026
37m 03s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 5/11/26 | ![]() The History of The Tricolour (Part 3) | This episode charts the Tricolour's 20th Century evolution: its formal adoption in 1937; getting the Brits to return the Tricolour that flew over the GPO in 1916; all the way up to Italia '90.The gruesome digging up of Roger Casement's body features, as does John McGahern's most famous novel, Amongst Women, which came out in 1990 with a Tricolour splashed across its cover.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 48m 38s | ||||||
| 5/4/26 | ![]() The History of The Tricolour (Part 2) | Patrick Pearse’s dramatic ‘The fools, the fools’ speech at Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa’s funeral was a key moment in the story of Ireland’s flag. Pearse made the oration alongside a Tricolour draped across the veteran Fenian’s coffin. The Green White and Gold was then flown over the GPO during the Easter Rising, and it was Sinn Féin’s skill as propagandists, alongside the monumentally 'stupid’ British reaction to 1916, that helped the Tricolour ascend, leaving Parnell’s green flag in its wake. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 34m 13s | ||||||
| 4/27/26 | ![]() The History of The Tricolour (Part 1) | Who owns The Tricolour? Over the last year it has appeared on polls and lampposts all over Ireland – put there by anti-immigration campaigners, causing fights and debates all over the country. This happened in Catriona’s neighbourhood, and when she and other residents brought this to the attention of the Council, they were told officials were too afraid to take them down. In this episode, Diarmaid and Catriona trace the early origins of the flag, including the key moment when the dashing Thomas Francis Meagher was given a prototype of the Irish Tricolour by three mysterious women in revolutionary France.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 28m 33s | ||||||
| 4/20/26 | ![]() A President Comes to Town - Reagan in Ireland | June 1984, and Ronald Reagan, the controversial, transformative Republican President of the United States visits Ireland. Opposition is widespread, and an unexpected alliance of lefties and priests man the barricades, with Reagan’s foreign policies the focus of their anger. Diarmaid and Catriona unearth all kinds of paddy-whackery, with the Americans asking the Irish Government if the Pope would say mass (lol), British journalists paying people in Ballyporeen to bring a donkey into a pub and feed it Guinness, and one man is arrested for throwing a tomato. Catriona herself was one of the protesters. “We thought he was the devil – little did we know what was coming down the tracks.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 51m 55s | ||||||
| 4/13/26 | ![]() Fianna Fáil: "The Devil" Takes Power (Part 3) | General election campaigns in the early years of the State were utterly vicious, with fresh cow dung, sticks, and nasty insults being hurled about as Fianna Fáil attempted to wrest power from the pro-Treaty Cumann na nGaedheal. Despite the shouts of “traitor”, “murderer” and “Spanish bastard” on the campaign trail, Dev and the Soldiers of Destiny take power for the first time in 1932. The Brits are not happy – Winston Churchill famously refers to Dev as the “devil”. But he assumes control of Ireland, dismantles the Treaty, introduces a new Constitution – yet his ultimate goal of uniting Ireland is stymied by the outbreak of World War Two. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 37m 03s | ||||||
| 4/6/26 | ![]() Fianna Fáil: Take your seats, but no drinking in the Dáil bar (Part 2) | Having won instant success in their first election, the Soldiers Of Destiny are faced with an intractable dilemma – how to take their Dáil seats while also swearing a mandatory oath to the hated King of England. Cunning old Dev solves this by getting a letter from a friendly bishop, which he claims allows his TDs to take the oath without actually meaning it. They enter Leinster House in farcical and dramatic fashion in 1927. But Sean “No Craic” Lemass puts a major downer on things by banning his deputies from drinking in the Dáil bar. Diarmaid and Catriona have all the details from this momentous time for Irish politics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 33m 05s | ||||||
| 3/30/26 | ![]() Fianna Fáil: Hard Men and Blood Sacrifices (Part 1) | Since the crash, Fianna Fáil has become 'just another political party'. But for nearly a century it was THE leading force in Irish politics, synonymous with power, influence and flash suits; and dominated by outsized personalities like Pee Flynn, Charlie Haughey and Bertie Ahern. In this series, From the Civil War to the Crash, marking the centenary of Fianna Fáil, Diarmaid and Catriona trace how The Soldiers Of Destiny built up one of the most successful election machines in the world, and how it fell apart. Part 1 looks at its foundation, when a gang of idealistic young men lead by Eamon De Valera formed the party out of the ashes of the Civil War. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 40m 45s | ||||||
| 3/23/26 | ![]() Political insults: F*ck you Deputy Stagg, F*CK YOU! (Part 2) | Political insults part 2/2. The civil war is well in the past, but Irish politicians are still roaring at each other. From Paul Gogarty’s viral, foul-mouthed outburst during the economic crash, to Brian Lenihan Sr. being derided as the ‘13th stroke of Irish political clock’, and the ‘Bismarck of lobster pots’, Diarmaid and Catriona unearth more angry gems from the Dáil archive. What Were We Like is a podcast from RTÉ about modern Irish history co-hosted by Diarmaid Ferriter and Catriona Crowe. It comes out every Monday morning on the RTÉ Radio Player app, and wherever else you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 35m 30s | ||||||
| 3/23/26 | ![]() Political insults: From Communist to corner boy (Part 1) | Political insults part 1/2. Diarmaid Ferriter and Catriona Crowe look at the angriest and most bizarre Irish political insults of the last 100 years. In part one of this catalogue of mudslinging, the civil war dominates. Dev is a ‘Spanish Bastard’, TDs are jealous of Michael Collins’ fame, and one politician is accused of shooting off his own toe to commit pension fraud. It’s no holds-barred madness from start to finish.What Were We Like is a podcast from RTÉ about modern Irish history co-hosted by Diarmaid Ferriter and Catriona Crowe. It comes out every Monday morning on the RTÉ Radio Player app, and wherever else you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 31m 58s | ||||||
| 10/23/25 | ![]() Ep 5 - Vision, symbolism and the Presidencies of Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese | In the final episode of What Were We Like, Diarmaid and Catriona talk about Ireland’s two female Presidents, Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese, and how their visions of the Presidency reflected the events of the day. They talk about Mary Robinson’s harrowing trip to Somalia in 1992, and the crowning diplomatic achievement of Mary McAleese’s Presidency, the visit of Queen Elizabeth II in 2011.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 42m 19s | ||||||
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| 10/21/25 | ![]() Ep 4 - Campaigns, characters and controversies (Part 2) | In the fourth episode of What Were We Like?, Diarmaid and Catriona talk about Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh’s remarkable offer to swap places with kidnap victim Tiede Herrema while he was in the Áras; and how Garrett Fitzgerald and Noël Browne were being talked up as possible candidates in the 1990 Presidential election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 49m 39s | ||||||
| 10/20/25 | ![]() Ep 3 - Campaigns, characters and controversies (Part 1) | In the third episode of What Were We Like?, Diarmaid and Catriona talk about how Douglas Hyde was removed as a patron by the GAA for attending a soccer match; why Muhammad Ali was not considered a suitable guest at Áras an Uachtaráin; and how Eamon De Valera almost failed to win a second term because he refused to campaign at all. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 38m 28s | ||||||
| 10/14/25 | ![]() Ep 2 - Brian Lenihan, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, and the two most important powers the President has | In episode two of What Were We Like?’s special series on the history of the Presidency, Diarmaid and Catriona take a deep dive into the two most critical powers that the President has, and recall the resignation of Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh and Brian Lenihan’s infamous “mature recollection” moment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 38m 03s | ||||||
| 10/14/25 | ![]() Ep 1 - What can the President actually do? | In the first episode of What Were We Like?’s special five-part series on the history of the Presidency, Diarmaid Ferriter and Catriona Crowe talk about how the office came into being in the first place, Eamon de Valera’s role in shaping its powers, and what the president actually can and cannot do. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 33m 43s | ||||||
| 10/10/25 | ![]() Preview with Diarmaid Ferriter and Catriona Crowe | Diarmaid Ferriter and Catriona Crowe bring us on a journey through the hidden histories, humanity and humour of our past. In this first mini series, they’ll explore the history of the presidency, and what it means, as Ireland gets ready to choose its next Uachtarán.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1m 47s | ||||||
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4 placements across 4 markets.
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4 placements across 4 markets.















