William Butler: British Soldier, Irish Writer, Global Adventurer
Abie Philbin Bowman and Kate O’Malley learn about the extraordinary Willam Butler. A Catholic from Tipperary, he was held aloft by Daniel O’Connell as a baby, witnessed the famine, fought the Fenians in Canada, served as Queen Victoria's Aide-de-Camp, befriended Parnell, and openly supported Irish Home Rule. He nearly prevented the Boer War. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Teresa Ball: Educating the Daughters of Empire
Kate O’Malley and Abie Philbin Bowman learn about an incredible Irish woman, who helped educate girls from Canada to India. Teresa Ball, founder of the Loreto order, used her dowry to develop her first school, pioneering a business model that offered young women opportunities for education, travel and greater independence.
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Teresa Ball: Educating the Daughters of Empire
Kate O’Malley and Abie Philbin Bowman learn about an incredible Irish woman, who helped educate girls from Canada to India. Teresa Ball, founder of the Loreto order, used her dowry to develop her first school, pioneering a business model that offered young women opportunities for education, travel and greater independence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Lambert Blair: Teenage Trader to Slave Plantation Owner
Lambert Blair: Teenage Trader to Slave Plantation Owner
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Lambert Blair: Teenage Trader to Slave Plantation Owner
Lambert Blair: Teenage Trader to Slave Plantation OwnerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
From workhouse girls to colonial Governors, and from Tangiers to Tasmania, Kate O'Malley and Abie Philbin Bowman uncover the fascinating stories of Irish people whose lives were shaped by their service in, or agitation against, the British Empire.
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