Fin Dwyer
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3,225 appearances
18 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 3d ago
Fin Dwyer’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But with that Dublin port also develops a a military aspect obviously because
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Ireland ha experiences numerous revolts, rebellions, and then internationally as well, you get huge numbers of Irish people who joined the British Army, particularly particularly in the 19th century.
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But I I I I get the sense from that the Dublin port, certainly in the 19th and 18th century, and even into the early 20th century, would have had a strong military aspect, military presence.
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at times would have looked very different if you'd come down to the port.
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There must have been times where there'd be huge numbers of soldiers either i embarking on ships or disembarking on ships.
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How important was that to the the business of the port, to the life of the port?
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on the wall looking at us, you can actually see, even though it's a simp very simplistic, um, you know, you you kind of see defenses of European ports could be these huge elaborate uh works.
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But this one it's very small, but I'm sure that would have been a an advantage in that hitting that would be very difficult putting commands the whole day.
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And yet when you walk out to
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And a lot of what we've talked about so far is very much that kind of big picture of the port.
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But there's a whole other aspect of the history of Dublin Port that's very much more about Dublin City itself and the communities who worked on the port because today the port is largely mechanized, but up until the early 20th century, thousands of people.
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works down here on loading ships, loading ships and
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It not only provided work but there's there was also a kind of a a distinct working class life and culture that developed around the port.
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And you know I think you you know a place like Liverpool would talk about that as well.
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Um can you talk about what that was like in Dublin?
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The work must have been very dangerous or certainly heavy, um but yeah with it goes that very distinct and highly organised working class.
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The more we talk about the port, you know, it's kinda like we name check these huge moments in Irish history, the big themes, you know, imperialism, rebellion, things like that, and the port is at the center of it all.
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But it's also key to understanding one of the darker chapters of Irish history, which is obviously the Great Hunger of the 1840s.
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And ports are central to that.
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They're central to it in terms of the export of food in the early years of the famine, which exacerbates the crisis, the import of relief food.
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