Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast
By Fin Dwyer & Damian Shiels
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Episodes: 46
Dec 27, 2025
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3,000 miles of ocean separate Ireland from the USA, but both countries share a deep and intertwined history. Links between North America and Ireland predate Columbus, stretching back over 1,000 years. Since then, Irish people have shaped the history of the United States. From Ann 'Goody' Glover, who was hanged as a witch in Boston in the 17th century, to JFK, the story of the Irish in the US is fascinating. Join historians Damian Sheils and Fin Dwyer as they join forces to explore the good, the bad, and the ugly of Irish American history.
In Season 1 Fin and Damian explore fascinating topics including
- Who was the first Irish person to cross the Atlantic?
- The Story of Goody Glover who was hanged as a witch in Boston.
- What was it like to emigrate during the Great Famine of the 1840s?
- How Irish people shaped the US Civil War?
And much more...
Subscribe and join Fin and Damian on this fascinating journey through our history.
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42. The Lowcountry Irish: The Story of Savannah & Charleston
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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41. Over Here: The Americans in Northern Ireland in World War II
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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40. The St. Patrick's Day Parade: The Real History
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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39. St Patrick: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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38. Early Catholic Power in New York: Rise and Resistance
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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37. American Emigrants in Irish Folklore
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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36. From Famine to the Frontline: The Irish in the US Civil War
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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35. Catholicism & the Irish in California: Indomitable Sacramento
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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34. Tammany Hall: The Irish Political Machine in New York
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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33. Ben Franklin's Forgotten Trip to Ireland
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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32. Irish Mountain Men: Pioneers of the American West?
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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31. Clare to Connecticut: One Family’s Escape from the Great Hunger
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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30. Phelan & Collender: The Irishmen Who Built an American Billiards Empire
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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29. The Irish in Wisconsin
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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28. Irish Placenames in the USA
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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27. The Red Branch: Dynamite, Death & Diaspora in 1880s San Francisco
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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26. America's Most Notorious Grave Robbery: Patrick Jones & the AT Stewart Case
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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25. Heiresses of the Wild Atlantic Way: American Fortunes, Irish Families
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Transatlantic 3.0: Cracking the Consistency Code
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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24. The Fenians AKA When Irish Americans invaded Canada
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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23. From Five Points to St. Peter’s: The Irish in New York
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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22. The Irish at Gettysburg
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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21. US Military Pensions: A Window into 19th century Irish Life
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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20. Irish Immigrant Voices: What Can 1000s of their Letters Tell Us?
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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19. How did the American Revolution change Ireland?
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Back on Track: Where did we go?
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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18. Annie Moore: The First Immigrant through Ellis Island
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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17. Irish Emigrant Nuns: What was Convent life like?
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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16. The Titanic: Irish Connections
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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15. Who Did the Irish Support in the American Revolution?
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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14. The Irish in Pennsylvania Coal Country
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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13. Typhoid Mary: Victim or Villain
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Season 2 is coming on Monday March 24th!
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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12. The Irish language in the USA
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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11. Your Questions Answered: Christmas Special
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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10. The Irish in New Orleans
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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9. Coffin Ships & Famine Emigrants: Surviving the American Journey
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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8. Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America?
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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7. We Share a History: But Are Irish Americans Really Irish?
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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6. From Ireland to Jamestown, Virginia: The Bloody Blueprint For English Colonialism
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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5. Civil War, Slavery & Irish America
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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4. Pioneers of Irish America: Irish Emigration before the Great Famine
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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3. 1917- The American Invasion of Ireland
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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2. The Irish Witch of Boston: The Prelude to Salem
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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1. Who Was the First Irish Person in the Americas?
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Introduction. Transatlantic - A History of Irish America
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Aug 25, 2024 |