Conspiracy: Irish Political Trials Under the Union

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A four-part series which looks at some of the most controversial and significant political trials conducted under British rule between the Act of Union in 1801 and Irish Independence in 1922.

Myles Dungan leads a number of noted historians through the trials of Robert Emmet (1803) and Daniel O'Connell (1844) as well as the 'Times' Commission in 1889 and the courts martial after the Easter Rising of 1916. The question asked in all of these cases is - was justice done and seen to be done?'

The programmes are presented by Myles Dungan and produced by Peter Mooney.

Podcast

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Programmes

Programme 1 - 27th September, 2009
The capital trial of Robert Emmet in 1803

Programme 2 - 4th October, 2009
The 1844 trial of Daniel O'Connell and his leading colleagues in the Repeal movement for conspiracy

Programme 3 - 11th October, 2009
The Commission of Inquiry into allegations of terrorism against Charles Stewart Parnell and members of the Irish Parliamentary Party in 1888.

Programme 4 - 18th October, 2009
The courts martial and executions in the wake of the 1916 Rebellion