Year ‘21 Episodes Available now
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Episode 50: The End of the Beginning
The Irish delegation agrees to sign up to the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
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Episode 49: The Oath of Allegiance
It’s crunch time in the Treaty talks – can the Irish agree to an Oath of Allegiance?
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Episode 48: The Phoenix
Dr Éamon Phoenix reveals how his grandfather nearly died in the violence of 1921
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Episode 47: The Courting Rituals
As legal powers transfer to Northern Ireland Declan and Tara find themselves in court.
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Episode 46: The Presence of the Past
As Armistice Day approaches the poppy emerges as a symbol of remembrance - and division.
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Episode 45: The Food Fight
Prime Minister Lloyd George is forced into transferring powers to Stormont
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Episode 44: The Blacklist
The Belfast Boycott begins to bite with many businesses struggling to stay afloat.
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Epsiode 43: The Talking Begins Part II
As talks begin, it is clear one side is vastly more experienced than the other
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Episode 42: The Talking Begins
The Irish arrive in London for treaty talks - and leave a fascinating record of the trip.
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Episode 41: The Parting of the Ways
The new border poses a particular problem for the rail networks