Sure, It’s Only History
Sure, It’s Only History
History. It happened. Someone should probably talk about it.
Sure, It’s Only History is a podcast hosted by Billy Galligan — a Dublin man living in Georgia who has absolutely no business presenting a history podcast and is doing it anyway. Sure why not.
From the events that shaped Ireland to the moments that derailed the rest of the world entirely, this show covers it all. Wars, disasters, rebellions, bad decisions, good intentions gone horribly wrong, and the occasional triumph against the odds — told the way history should always have been told. Over a cup of tea, with a raised eyebrow and nobody taking themselves too seriously.
Is it historically rigorous? More or less.
Is it entertaining? That’s the plan.
Will there be an Irish angle on absolutely everything? Almost certainly.
New episodes whenever Billy gets around to it — which, given everything else he has going on, is an act of God in itself.
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From Dublin to Georgia: A Leap Across the Atlantic
Irish America Before the Famine
Ireland’s Famine Escape and the Coffin Ships
Bridget, the Irish Maids Who Powered America
Irish Power Brokers: How Immigrants Built City Machines
From Coffin Ships to Tammany Hall
How Irish Immigrants Built American Cities
How Irish America Helped Fund Peace and Power
The Bog Landing That Changed Aviation
Upside Down Over the Atlantic: Alcock and Brown’s Wild Flight
The £10,000 Atlantic Dare That Sent a Bomber into a Bog
Kilmainham’s Turning Point: Executions, Myth, and Memory
The GPO Takes Dublin by Surprise
Dublin in Flames: The Easter Rising’s Deadliest Days
