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People of the Troubles: Ian Paisley
Ian Paisley was one of the most influential individuals involved in the Troubles. He fiercely protected Protestant and Unionist interests in Northern Ireland and flat out refused to even talk with Nationalists for decades. His thundering sp
The Gibraltar Shooting, Milltown Cemetery Attack and Corporal Killings
Though the IRA attacked places in northern Ireland and the United Kingdom, they sometimes ventured further and their plan to bomb the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar is one such example. What happened in Gibraltar, and the chain of
The 1983 Maze Prison Escape
Maze Prison was seen by many as Europe’s most secure prison. It was a prison within a detention centre within an army camp, and believed to be completely impenetrable by any one prisoner. That was until September in 1983, when the IRA succe
The Omagh Bombing
It was a Saturday afternoon in the Northern Irish town of Omagh. With just two weeks before school was due to start, many parents were out with their children getting school uniforms.A red Vauxhall was parked in the centre of the town. Insi
Bloody Sunday
It was Sunday, January 30th 1972. Thousands of people from the city of Derry had gathered to March, protesting the new internment policy happening in Northern Ireland.Meanwhile on the other side, soldiers from the first battalion of the Bri
How Did The Troubles Begin And Who Was Involved?
This episode is a bit different that the regular ones. It is a 'primer episode to explain a number of different things related to how England ended up in Ireland and how the Troubles began in the first place. Here are the timestamps, if you
The Shankill Butchers
The Shankill Butchers were a group of people who terrorized the streets of Belfast for seven years. They would pick up unsuspecting Catholic men off the street and then brutally torture them with butcher knives before killing them and dumpi
The Brighton Hotel Bombing
As the IRA moved their bombing campaign into England, they set their sights on the Prime Minister at the time, Margaret Thatcher. They came incredibly close to killing her which inspired them to ramp up their bombing campaign in Great Brita
The Birmingham Pub Bombings
The Birmingham Pub Bombings were one of the deadliest bombings carried out during The Troubles so the hunt was on to find the individuals responsible. On top of the tragic loss of life, six men found themselves in the wrong place at the wro
The Miami Showband Massacre
The band had just finished playing to a packed dance hall in the town of Banbridge in Northern Ireland. After the show, they hopped in their van and drove back towards Dublin. Until they were stopped by what appeared to be a routine traffic
