The Irish Problem, Fenian Rebels and the Catalpa Rescue

Few people know about the broader history of Ireland, and its long and tragic relationship with England: the uprisings and repression, the famines and exodus, or the political persecution that condemned activists to rot half way round the world as convicts in the brutal penal colonies of Australia. In this video, we’ll take a brief look at Irish history, its complex historical relationship with Britain, and as an interesting aside, the little known, though extraordinarily daring breakout of Fenian political prisoners from one of colonial Australia’s toughest convict prisons. From the post-Roman period and St Patrick; the Viking raids; the Anglo-Norman conquest, integration and and Tudor Protestant Plantations, through the Nine Years War, The War of the three Kingdoms; the Potato Famine and Fenian rising- aided by American ex-pats who were on a tragic journey of their own; the imprisonment, and escape of of rebels and the eventual push for Home Rule and lasting scars; in this video we examine the broad sweep of the Irish people's struggle for liberty, equality and sovereignty. Join us as we dive into the history of the Irish Problem, Fenian Rebels and the Catalpa rescue.
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Content:
02:22 St. Patrick
08:30 The Vikings
09:32 Henry II and the Anglo-Normans
14:00 The Tudors, Nine Years War and Protestant Plantations
18:05 Cromwell
22:53 Scots-Irish and the United Irishmen
27:56 Vinegar Hill 1796
29:28 Act of Union
32:00 Potato Famine
34:42 Thomas Malthus
38:12 Abdul Mejid I & Ottoman Aid
39:13 Young Ireland Movement
41:20 Fenian Brotherhood
42:26 Stephens and the Irish Republican Brotherhood
43:19 American Civil War
49:15 Fenian Rising
50:34 Fremantle, Australia
57:48 John Boyle O'Reilly
1:03:14 Fenian invasions of Canada
1:05:18 The Catalpa Rescue
1:26:27 Easter Uprising 1916
1:28:58 Partition
1:31:51 Closing Remarks

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