Three Castles Burning

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Three Castles Burning is a social history podcast, dedicated to the story of the Irish capital. Dublin is a city of many stories, Three Castles Burning tells some of the more forgotten ones.

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Recent Episodes
  • Streets Broad and Narrow: Tony Gregory and Molly Malone
    Apr 23, 2025 – 32:11
  • Blueshirt Bluster? The March on Dublin
    Apr 2, 2025 – 32:37
  • Leo Burdock and Ivan Beshoff: Fish, Chips and Revolution
    Mar 30, 2025 – 23:00
  • The End of Monto: A Century On
    Mar 19, 2025 – 01:23:39
  • The Dawning of the Day: Last Orders at the Early House
    Feb 28, 2025 – 32:05
  • A Complete Unknown? When Dylan came to Dublin
    Jan 26, 2025 – 28:38
  • Traditional Singing from Dublin (with Macdara Yeates)
    Jan 11, 2025 – 31:10
  • From The Nation to Shane MacGowan: Finding James Clarence Mangan (with Bridget Hourican and Warren Farrell)
    Dec 20, 2024 – 35:17
  • Tonehenge: Edward Delaney's Wolfe Tone Monument
    Dec 17, 2024 – 31:54
  • Night at the Museum
    Dec 2, 2024 – 35:16
  • The Stained Glass Artist From a Dublin Tenement
    Nov 29, 2024 – 56:50
  • Remembering The SFX Hall (with Paul Page and David Bell)
    Nov 8, 2024 – 41:02
  • The Women of Bram Stoker’s Life: Memory, Folklore and Patriotism (with Marion McGarry and Eva Jane Gaffney)
    Oct 30, 2024 – 01:03:02
  • Irish Food History: From B.C. Times to the Grogan’s Toastie
    Oct 12, 2024 – 01:02:22
  • Paula Meehan: History and Poetry
    Oct 6, 2024 – 01:06:21
  • Lee Miller: From Hitler’s Bathtub to The Palace Bar
    Sep 26, 2024 – 30:06
  • Catriona Crowe in Conversation (Live at the Seán Corcoran Series)
    Sep 14, 2024 – 01:01:15
  • The Moore Street Woman who Fought the Nazis (with Clodagh Finn and John Morgan)
    Sep 5, 2024 – 34:32
  • Destination Anywhere: Getting Around the Hibernian Metropolis
    Aug 31, 2024 – 34:01
  • A Sensation Once Again: Brian Warfield of the Wolfe Tones (Live at Mindfield, EP)
    Aug 20, 2024 – 47:35
  • Olympic Glory: Jack B. Yeats and The Liffey Swim
    Aug 10, 2024 – 30:39
  • Nothing Highfalutin: The Brilliance of Hilary Heron (with Billy Shortall)
    Jul 30, 2024 – 30:20
  • On Tommie Potts and The Liffey Banks (with Martin Hayes)
    Jul 12, 2024 – 18:40
  • Adoration and Protest: Orson Welles and Dublin
    Jul 7, 2024 – 40:08
  • Red Roses For Me (with Spider Stacy and James Fearnley)
    Jun 19, 2024 – 01:21:17
  • On a quiet street where old ghosts meet
    Jun 13, 2024 – 53:04
  • Remembering The Dubliners (with Brian Hand and Phelim Drew)
    May 29, 2024 – 55:47
  • The Anatomy of a Massacre
    May 17, 2024 – 30:39
  • Portals, Clocks and Cows
    May 15, 2024 – 29:51
  • The Isle of Wight on Emmet Road
    Apr 26, 2024 – 31:46
  • The Battle of Tallaght: 'Yankee Fenians' and 1867
    Apr 12, 2024 – 40:09
  • 'Then Mount Jerome for the Protestants.'
    Mar 30, 2024 – 45:11
  • The Divine Mission of Discontent (Jim Larkin Part II)
    Mar 12, 2024 – 45:35
  • The Rising of the Moon (Jim Larkin Part I)
    Feb 23, 2024 – 34:51
  • Before Mosley: The British Fascisti in Dublin
    Feb 2, 2024 – 41:52
  • Flying Fists and Union Jacks
    Jan 14, 2024 – 24:08
  • From Ten Till Dusk: 200 Years of the RHA (with Cristín Leach)
    Dec 22, 2023 – 34:36
  • There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
    Dec 19, 2023 – 28:25
  • Asylum: Inside Grangegorman
    Dec 14, 2023 – 28:53
  • Napoleon's Toothbrush
    Dec 11, 2023 – 19:28
  • Bringing Light to O'Connell Street (with Nicola Pierce)
    Dec 8, 2023 – 31:03
  • 'And Beckett plays the gong.'
    Dec 1, 2023 – 34:13
  • Roger Doyle: The Godfather of Irish Electronic Music
    Nov 11, 2023 – 46:37
  • The Irish Supernatural (with Kathy Rose O'Brien and Brian J. Showers)
    Nov 5, 2023 – 01:05:17
  • Dead as Doornails
    Oct 19, 2023 – 55:41
  • Other People's Lives (with Dermot Bolger)
    Oct 6, 2023 – 44:39
  • Dublin in Maps: From the Soviet Union to D6W (with Joseph Brady)
    Sep 27, 2023 – 29:31
  • Dónal Lunny: From Emmet Spiceland to Kate Bush
    Sep 17, 2023 – 50:50
  • Jim Fitzpatrick: On Che, Phil Lynott and Sinéad O'Connor
    Sep 4, 2023 – 50:26
  • From Jim Larkin to Alfred Hitchcock: The Life of O'Casey
    Aug 30, 2023 – 38:03
Recent Reviews
  • towzwo
    Excellent!
    A + Presentation, in/depth historical analysis that is well researched. A great pod focusing on my beloved Ireland
  • Irish gal 333
    Best Dublin podcast
    Love the stories about Dublin and the streets and buildings around Dublin keep up the great stories keep up the amazing work Donal very inspiring and entertaining Sean Yonkers New York
  • GataBlancaTara
    Some very special People from all corners…
    …of the globe have a deep love for your city. I have personally met them. We share a bond. Thank you for this gift. 💚
  • James "wanna be" Gallagher
    Three Castles Burning
    How does he do it. This Podcast is my favorite Irish or history podcast. RTÉ & Netflix need to get off their holes and given DF a series
  • professor mps
    Informed and Nuanced Treatment of History
    When Dublin Rushed North was a superb episode capturing nuanced layers of identity in a thoughtful and balanced way while also telling the story of a fascinating historical episode. Entirely worth listening. I’ve learned a great deal from Donal Fallon’s podcast.
  • WPBBob
    Wonderful podcast!
    Well worth a listen!
  • hopscotch86
    Lovely!!
    I’ve binged this three times now and have enjoyed it all. The information, the storytelling, and the accent are all great! Thank you! Lara Jaeger
  • PádraigPearse
    Great Storytelling
    One of my favorite history podcasts. Immersive storytelling that makes you feel like you’ve been transported to famous and obscure corners of Dublin.
  • Chelledj
    New favorite
    Incredible archival scholarship, spun into captivating stories that bring out the experiences of individuals from history. Can’t praise this work enough.
  • Marin514
    Packed with History for those Curious About Dublin
    I just listened to Donal Fallon’s latest piece on Henrietta St and learned more about Georgian Dublin in 30 mins then all the years spent in history classes. In truth Dubliners and more broadly the Irish have a fraught relationship with the distinctive architecture of the 18th century. Donal doesn’t shy away from the question of anglophilia nor the history of Dublin tenement life. Great stuff
  • Daniello du Monde
    Compelling listening
    Great work, vividly brings Dublin social history to life. A entertaining and educational way to connect with home while living abroad. Thanks Donal, and best of luck with the project!
  • Jimmy Kelly Historian
    Social History at its Best
    Donal’s sheer joy of history seeps out of every episode, truly enjoyable listening experience
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