S1E4 - The Story of Irish Money

28/08/2025 23 min Episodio 4
S1E4 - The Story of Irish Money

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Episode Synopsis

Ireland had to forge its own cultural identity after it gained independence, and one tool it used to do so was its new currency. Over the course of the next century it changed and evolved, becoming something that led young Irish people like me to become fascinated by the history it portrayed.
 
Wild Old Times is a podcast about the strange and obscure corners of Irish history, written and presented by Ciaran Conliffe.
 

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