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Michael Davitt, Land League Founder

In this episode: Nationalist Michael Davitt and how he inspired reform movements around the world...

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13.30 17 Feb 2026


Michael Davitt, Land League Founder



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13.30 17 Feb 2026


In this episode: Nationalist Michael Davitt and how he inspired reform movements around the world; the aristocrat who became a champion of Catholic emancipation; and the history of intelligence. Featuring Ciara Daly, curator of the Michael Davitt exhibition at Trinity College Dublin; Síle McGuckian, author of Anglesey in Ireland, 1828-1833: Worse Than War; and Dr David Brydan, King's College London historian.


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