http://www.radio4all.net/program/58350Podcast for Program: Why the Irish were 1st to rebel against British EmpireSat, 10 Mar 2012 13:43:17 +0000240http://www.radio4all.net/program/58350First half of the programme Steve and Tony discuss the dire consequences of deregulating the privatised British Railway network. Ernest Marples, Richard Beeching. Then Billy joins in to discuss Irish history, Michael Davitt (Mícheál Mac Dáibhéid), the Irish Land League, absentee landlords, the forced famine, and how Ireland became the first nation to throw off the imperialism of the British Empire.Bristol Broadband Co-operativeSat, 10 Mar 2012 13:43:17 +0000