Podcast Episode · Three Castles Burning · 22 August · 33min

A rare 1950s Guinness tap box is one thing, but room temperature Guinness is a different throwback entirely.

Podcast Episode · Three Castles Burning · 6 June · 1hr 7min

John Gibney is co-editor of The Story of Us: Independent Ireland and the 1926 Census. On a sunny day, we sat on a bench dedicated in part to a man you’ll find in that census, and discussed what is in ...

Access census records from various years in the National Archives of Ireland. Explore historical population data and genealogical insights.

The noted Dublin historian Donal Fallon hosts his Three Castles Burning Podcast live to dissects and discuss the time when David Bowie lived in Dublin, rehearsing in The Factory, clubbing in Andrews L...

If the mysteries of history are best resolved by the diligence of scholars in dusty archives, sometimes it’s a single image that ignites the passions.

On a great Irish memoir of working and drinking in 1950s Britain.

Today is the centenary of the birth of Con Houlihan, the Castle Island (two words, he insisted) writer.

On a street corner in Sandy Row, one of Belfast’s most visited murals has nothing to do with politics, instead commemorating a local boy who rose to the top of his game. In 2018, Eric Cantona proudly ...

There are few things you can set your watch by in the news cycle, but Poppygate on our neighbouring island is a reliable certainty every November.

Podcast Episode · Three Castles Burning · 26/10/2025 · 30m

Former Ireland manager Brian Kerr was speaking on the Three Castles Burning podcast at Electric Picnic in Stradbally, county Laois on Saturday

In 1860, a blaze in the Kildare Street Club led to the death of three workers and the destruction of an institution. Together with other fires of the era, this provided the imperative for a municipal ...

As Besiktas players warmed up before their Conference League qualifier against St Patrick’s Athletic last week in Tallaght Stadium, their players wore T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Stop Crimes ...

A legendary figure in the story of Irish documentary-making, George Morrison died this week at the age of 102. Paying tribute, President Michael D Higgins described him as “a film-maker of immense cra...