Historical Belfast
Described in one review as a 'Belfast Tardis', Historical Belfast is Belfast's one and only history podcast on the airwaves. Hosted by historian Jason Burke, it provides an accessible and entertaining insight into the fascinating history of Northern Ireland's capital city, once proclaimed as 'the Athens of the North'.
Latest Episode
1960s - A Period of Change? with Dr David McCann (18.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- A Factory of Grievances? with Dr Cormac Moore 04.08.2025
- Rebel Women: Cumann na mBan in Belfast, with Dr Margaret Ward 21.04.2025
- Carlisle Memorial Church 31.03.2025
- Craigavon House, with Carol Walker MBE 31.12.2024
- The McMahon Murders, with Edward Burke 28.11.2024
- Belfast City Cemetery, with Tom Hartley 26.08.2024
- Exploring North Street 16.07.2024
- Exploring Donegall Street 03.06.2024
- Terri Hooley - 75 Revolutions, with Stuart Bailie 17.02.2024
- From Belfast To The Gresham Hotel 29.11.2023
- Belfast: The Story of a City and Its People, with Professor Feargal Cochrane 15.10.2023
- Dr Éamon Phoenix: Our Historian Laureate 10.09.2023
- Belfast Street Names with Martin Magill 11.07.2023
- Titanic: Ship of Dreams with Gareth Russell 01.05.2023
- Days Like This: US Presidential Visits To Belfast 07.04.2023
- Voetbalstad Belfast (Football City Belfast) with Wouter Schollema 17.02.2023
- Bruno Spiro: The German Jew Who Armed The UVF 21.08.2022
- Belfast's Jewish Heritage 03.07.2022
- The Crozier's Return 11.03.2022
- Sandy Row Orange Hall 1868 - 2021 20.09.2021
