New Podcast - Shite'n'Onions Shite'n'Onions Podcast#72 - 999 Years of Irish History (part 3)

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Roll on the 1800′s. Things can only get better. Right? One of the intentions of British Prime Mister, William Pitt (rhymes with shit) was to bring in Catholic emancipation with the union (the right to vote and take a seat in parliament). He believed it would be easier to achieve emancipation for Catholics if they were a minority in a United Kingdom rather then a majority in the Kingdom of Ireland – though what’s the point of your vote means nothing? Unfortunately the king was George lll. Remember him? The loonie German that lost the Americas – well Georgie Porgie was as king also head of the Anglican church and would not allow emancipation so Pitt quit (rhymes with shit). Within 4 years Pitt was back but the moment had passed and he was busy dealing with a short French trouble maker.

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Music from.......

The Peelers - Repeal Of Licensing Laws, Neck - The Fields of Athenry, Black 47 - Black 47, The Woods Band - The Grosse Isle Lament, The Wakes - St Patrick's Battalion, The Mickey Finns - The Ballad Of Duffy's Cut, Kilmaine Saints - Brave Yankee Boys, Black 47 - Five Points, The BibleCodeSundays - DixieLand, Dropkick Murphys - The Fighting 69th, Circle J - Molly Maguires, Seanchai - Fenians, Larkin - A Nation Once Again, Muirsheen Durkin & Friends - God Save Ireland

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