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At Irish Stew, our podcast episodes are lengthy. We make no apology for that, we don't think we come to grips with a person's life in 15 minutes. In truth, it is ridiculous to believe that we can do so in an hour, which is roughly the duration of ti…

Cover of the first edition of At Swim-Two-Birds. Published by Longman's Green & Co., (1939) On March 13th, 1939, just six months before the of World War II, Longman's Green published "At Swim Two Birds". The book had been recommended to the Bri…

The remains of Nelson's Pillar before it's final destruction At 1:32 AM on March 8, 1966, many Dubliner's were woken by an explosion emanating from O'Connell Street, the Pillar was no more. A substantial chunk of the column was left, but  the …

Eilís Dillon occupies a significant position within Irish literature with an extensive body of work spanning five decades. Born in Galway on March 7th. 1920, she was immersed in the traditions and struggles of the Irish nation. Her family a…

Battle of Tallaght from the London Illustrated News On March 5th 1867, a planned uprising by the Irish Republican Brotherhood, also known as the Fenians, resulted in a brief skirmish near Dublin. The Fenians, aiming to overthrow British rule in Ir…

The first episode of our new season features the voices of 4 different women. That was a departure for Irish Stew as we've never had a podcast episode with that number of guests before and had to split up our recording session to accomodate everyone…

Spike Milligan 1990 Terence Alan Milligan, better known as Spike Milligan was born in Ahmednagar, India on April 16th, 1918 to a Sligo born Irish father and British mother. He was best known as a comedian, but also proved to be an adept writer, mus…

Peadar O'Donnell,  a man whose life embodied the complexities of 20th-century Irish history, was born in Meenmore, Donegal on February 22nd, 1893. His background could best be described as one of economic impoverishment from which he escaped th…

Born Muiris Ó Súilleabháin on the 19th of Febuary 1904, Maurice O'Sullivan's life and work intertwined with the unique Gaelic culture of Ireland's remote Great Blasket Island. His experiences, deeply marked by the island's harsh…

George Johnstone Stoney (1826–1911) Irish physicist George Johnstone Stoney was born in clareen, Offaly on February 15th, 1826. He carved his niche in history not with a groundbreaking discovery, but with a name – electron. Though the p…