![By Robert Knudsen (President Kennedy at Rice University (direct link)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](/assets/JFK_at_Rice_University_960.jpg)
Commemoration Special: JFK assassination
History Hub presents a number of documents relating to reaction in Ireland to the assassination of John F Kennedy on the 22nd of November 1963.
The Irish Revolution Podcast
The Irish Revolution was a module taught by Professor Laffan in the School of History and Archives, University College Dublin from the late 1970’s until his retirement in 2010.
Since it was first made available to podcast on History Hub in 2012, Professor Laffan’s highly engaging series has proven to be tremendously popular with academic and public audiences alike, and was even the No. 1 podcast series on iTunes in Ireland shortly after its launch. To date there have been over 1 million downloads/plays of Professor Laffan’s lecture series.
The Irish at Gallipoli – Episode 6: Evacuation and Aftermath
This episode of Jeff Kildea’s series (The Irish at Gallipoli) looks at the evacuation and then examines how in post-independence Ireland memory of the campaign and the part which Irish troops played in it faded and was lost until recent years when a new wave of publications has begun to revive that memory for the Ireland of today.
The Irish at Gallipoli by Jeff Kildea
The Irish at Gallipoli is a six-part series of podcasts by Dr Jeff Kildea, Keith Cameron Chair of Australian History at University College Dublin in 2014.
The Irish at Gallipoli – Episode 5: The August Offensive (Suvla Bay)
This episode of Jeff Kildea’s series (The Irish at Gallipoli) looks at the battles in the Suvla area in which the Irish fought, including Kiritch Tepe Sirt and Scimitar Hill, and at Hill 60 where Irishmen and Anzacs once again fought alongside each other.
