“The Freedom to Achieve Freedom”. Michael Collins. This week’s episode is with journalist and author Gretchen Friemann discussing the Irish Revloution. We discuss the whole shebang, from the Act of Union in 1801, through the Home Rule crisis, Curragh Mutiny, Easter Rising, War of Independence, the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the Irish Civil War.

Gretchen’s Book: The Treaty: The Gripping Story of the Negotiations that brought about Irish Independence and led to the Civil War