Fin Dwyer

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2,951 appearances 16 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 9 Sep

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Irish History Podcast · From White Settlers to Fascists: The IRA’s Troubling Allies · 19 Jun 2026 podcast

While the papacy might seem like a natural alliance, Rome did have a long-standing opposition to republicanism and revolutionaries. podcast-host

Indeed, the IRA and Cork had been excommunicated. podcast-host

But perhaps most controversially of all, podcast-host

were the contacts made with Benito Mussolini, who was well on his way to becoming Europe's first fascist dictator at the time. podcast-host

Now to some this was just the politics of pragmatism, but to others it was a betrayal, and this episode explores that complicated and often uncomfortable history. podcast-host

Hello and welcome to the Irish History Podcast. podcast-host

My name is Finn Dwyer, and this is the tenth and final episode of Brothers in Pain, a series that explores the global history of Ireland's struggle for independence. podcast-host

Now, over the last nine episodes, the series, which is hosted by Dr. podcast-host

Brian Hanley, has taken us from Ireland to Russia, Egypt, India, Britain, and the United States. podcast-host

We've seen firsthand how the Irish Revolution podcast-host

was shaped by the chaos of the wider world after the First World War, and how Irish Republicans tried to position their struggle within a global revolt against empire. podcast-host

But this final episode, as I've already alluded to, tells a complicated story. podcast-host

It's an uncomfortable history, as we follow Irish Republicans seeking allies among people who are often hostile to similar movements across the globe. podcast-host

As always with episodes in this series, Brian brings out intriguing, overlooked, and fascinating characters, including Robert Crawford, a one time member of the Orange Order, who became a prominent supporter of Irish Republicanism, and Catherine Hughes, a descendant of Irish emigrants, who became a key figure in mobilising support in Australia and Canada. podcast-host

Now Bryan, as regular listeners will know, is a historian at Trinity College Dublin and one of the leading scholars of twentieth century Irish history. podcast-host

He has published extensively on the Irish Revolution, Irish Republicanism, and radical politics in Ireland in the twentieth century. podcast-host

You can find a full list of Bryan's publications linked below. podcast-host

Brian begins the episode by recapping some of the alliances Irish Republicans had forged that he explored in previous episodes. podcast-host

And then he takes you on a whistle-stop tour across the British Empire and some of the complicated questions Republicans faced in British colonies as they sought support there. podcast-host

Then he returns to the arguably even more complicated politics of Europe and how they sought allies among people and organizations that were certainly not natural allies for revolutionaries. podcast-host

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