{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e9e83a5cdb0b478238c705c/5e9e83c0d467c27057df5985?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A History of Epidemics in Ireland.","description":"<p>Hi Folks</p><p><em>I hope you are all well wherever you are. Dont forget tonights online Quiz night in aid of </em><a href=\"http://www.materfoundation.ie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>the Mater Foundation</em></a><em> at 8pm. There are great prizes including subscriptions to the Irish Newspaper Archives on offer and it should be great fun!</em></p><p><em>You can still sign up for the quiz </em><a href=\"http://www.historyquiz.eventbrite.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>historyquiz.eventbrite.com</em></a><em> </em></p><p>Thanks for your support - it means so much.</p><p>Best </p><p>Fin<br></p><p><em><strong>The podcast </strong></em></p><p>Recently I discovered that my great great grandmother Catherine Murphy  lost her sister and her daughter within two days of each other in  February 1919 during the Great Flu pandemic. This highlighted how  disease has long been part of our history.</p><p>For this episode I decided to catch up with the historian John Dorney who recently published an article on the history of epidemics in Ireland. You can find Johns article Epidemics in Ireland and also his great podcast the Irish history show  at<a href=\"http://www.theIrishstory.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> theIrishstory.com</a>. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Podcast Audio Feed"}