
Ian McBride
Foster Professor of Irish History at Hertford College, University of Oxford
2 episodes
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The Irish Rebellion of 1798
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the uprising in 1798 led by the United Irishmen, who were inspired by American and French revolutions, and the impact this had across Ireland.
8 December 2022
Also featuring: Catriona Kennedy, Liam Chambers
Swift's A Modest Proposal
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jonathan Swift's satirical 1729 pamphlet A Modest Proposal, which reveals much about attitudes to the Irish and the poor in 18th-Century Britain.
29 January 2009
Also featuring: John Mullan, Judith Hawley
CultureIrish male poets18th-century English novelistsEnglish AnglicansPeople educated at Kilkenny CollegeAnglican writersEnglish political writersEnglish male short story writersNeoclassical writersEnglish fantasy writersAlumni of Hart Hall, Oxford18th-century pseudonymous writersEnglish pamphleteersEnglish male novelists18th-century Irish writers18th-century Irish novelists, 18th-century Irish poetsEnglish male poets18th-century Anglo-Irish people, 18th-century Irish male writersAnglo-Irish artists, Irish fantasy writersJonathan SwiftEnglish short story writersEnglish satirists17th-century Anglo-Irish peopleAlumni of Trinity College DublinIrish satirists