{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9190bee0-95f3-400b-842d-3232974654ec/65a68dd20ac0dc001615de90?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"New Geneva: Ireland's Lost City","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/619566332eacc3a360702518/1705470511102-9df275c3c49a7b3e664afe66bae686cf.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In the 1780s work began on a new city in Ireland. Called New Geneva it was designed to provide a new home for exiled revolutionaries from Switzerland. </p><p>Today there are few traces of this now lost city. This masks a fascinating and dark history. When New Geneva failed, life there descended into barbarism and brutality.</p><p><br></p><p><em>I have posted images of New Geneva to my new WhatsApp and Telegram channels </em></p><p><a href=\"https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaC3pOj9cDDRQz8hds17\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WhatsApp Irish History Channel</a></p><p><a href=\"https://t.me/irishhistorypodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram Irish History Channel&nbsp;</a> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key sources </strong></p><p>Whatmore, R. Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans: The Genevans and the Irish in Time of Revolution https://www.omahonys.ie/terrorists-anarchists-and-republicans-p-10509914.html</p><p>Durey, M. Andrew Bryson’s Ordeal An Epilogue to the 1798 Rebellion https://www.corkuniversitypress.com/9781859181447/andrew-brysons-ordeal/</p><p>Support the show at patreon.com/irishpodcast </p><p><br></p><p>Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/irishpodcast</p>","author_name":"Fin Dwyer"}