The Unemployed Historian

08/04/2022

*yells into the void*

Here's a thing for you, void.

TUNE IN FROM 7.30PM GMT FOR:

🤫CENSORSHIP
⚠️THE IRA
🎬BRENDAN GLEESON

AND MORE!💹

https://youtu.be/bXXcnD0J_NE

The 1991 made for TV film The Treaty is a dramatization of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations. It was also the brainchild of a current affairs producer...

03/11/2021

New video! What happened to East Germany after German reunification?

https://youtu.be/32b0ncKq4i0

The Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and German reunification followed soon afterwards. East Germans had hoped (and were promised) that their lives would be much bet...

03/11/2021

Premiering in at 9pm GMT on YouTube

https://youtu.be/32b0ncKq4i0

The Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and German reunification followed soon afterwards. East Germans had hoped (and were promised) that their lives would be much bet...

31/07/2021

I've no idea if this page even reaches people anymore what with the limited activity on it

But the YouTube Channel is only a few subscribers short of hitting 1,000 - so, if you're somehow not subscribed and you liked this stuff before, why not do it again? Or find a like-minded friend and get them to subscribe.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQqCMWFHSNGfGcqEFp9Cl0A

Making videos about things that happened before.

12/06/2021

NEW VIDEO:
Ireland: A Beacon Against Fascism?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50y1o80hnMI

On 28th April 2021, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Michael Martin claimed in an exchange with conservative TD Mattie McGrath, that Ireland was a "beacon against ...

11/06/2021

A whole NEW VIDEO by ME will land on YouTube tomorrow at 7pm GMT https://youtu.be/50y1o80hnMI

On 28th April 2021, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Michael Martin claimed in an exchange with conservative TD Mattie McGrath, that Ireland was a "beacon against ...

07/03/2021

The Balkans, the break up of Yugoslavia and why Serbs hate Joe Biden

https://buff.ly/38gH7mm

Just a video on Joe Biden and his relationship with The Balkans.

07/12/2020

NEW CONTENT: On Ireland anti-communism in the 1930s plus some other things https://youtu.be/0CuJhw6dFQw

07/12/2020

No video in 2 years?

New video in 2 hours:

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnemployedHistorian/videos

Making videos about things that happened before.

11/05/2018

It's been a week since the release of my latest video essay: The history of Ireland's 8th amendment.
https://youtu.be/_RSWheS0O_I

Additional Reading Masterminds of The Right - Emily O'Reilly https://www.amazon.co.uk/Masterminds-Right-Emily-OReilly/dp/1855940442/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=15...

07/05/2018

One of the key sources for my 8th Amendment video was Masterminds of The Right by Emily O'Reilly. So if you want more detail on topics covered in that video go and pick it up!

Probes the shadowy world of the right-wing forces that plotted the 1983 referendum on abortion and the 1992 Maastricht Protocol to deny women reproductive rights. - Emily O Reilly was voted European Ombudsman by the European Parliament on 3 July, 2013,

07/05/2018

Just a quick update...
http://theunemployedhistorian.com/2018/05/07/channel-update/

NOT DEAD YET

05/05/2018

The intro from my latest video

More here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RSWheS0O_I&feature=youtu.be

04/05/2018

Ahead of Ireland's referendum to remove the right to life of the unborn from the constitution, let's talk about Ireland's anti-abortion lobby groups that got us here in the first place.
http://theunemployedhistorian.com/2018/05/04/the-8th-amendment/

Ahead of Ireland’s referendum to remove the right to life of the unborn from the constitution, let’s talk about Ireland’s anti-abortion lobby groups that got us here in the first …

03/05/2018

THE MOST EXCITING PART OF THE PROCESS

25/04/2018

tfw, you have the first episode of a new series recorded

I will be hitting you in the internet with it in a matter of days

15/04/2018

Well, hello there 2018.

02/04/2018

Don't call it a comeback

16/03/2018

For the day that's in it (tomorrow)

He wasn't Irish, he didn't chase any snakes and Green isn't even the first color associated with him! So who was St Patrick? Special appearance by Sursum Urs...

13/02/2018

Impress your beloved this year with all these great historical facts about Valentine's Day!

Three Saint Valentines. One day. 11,000 babies. But who was Saint Valentine? Or who were they? Why are they associated with romantic love? Let's find out!

05/02/2018

tfw your very first video appears in a TheJournal.ie article on "Parnell"
http://jrnl.ie/3824047

Gable said he’d never do another period piece after Parnell, and had to be persuaded to do Gone With The Wind.

06/12/2017

What's this!? I'm working on new scripts for this here video essay thing. Anything you'd like to hear about?

05/12/2017

....Oh, hello, didn't see you there. There may be new scripts in the offing. Watch this space!

27/06/2016

The Unemployed Historian - Parnell

Charles Stewart Parnell was born on this day in 1846. Roughly, 4 years ago we released the very first UH video about 1937's Parnell.

Originally posted in 2012. The very first episode of The Unemployed Historian looked at a Clark Gable's failed attempt at playing Charles Stewart Parnell.

25/05/2016

Random update! I've been trying to do a video a month but May has been *crazy* so you probably won't see anything new from me until June.

26/04/2016

Nerd Vice

Now on Nerd Vice!

The 1916 Rising: a poorly planned revolt that was met with a poorly planned response.

http://www.nerdvice.com/?p=17471

25/04/2016

The 1916 Rising Was A Failure

The 1916 Rising is more symbolic than it was successful.

http://theunemployedhistorian.com/2016/04/25/the-1916-rising-was-a-failure/

The 1916 Rising is more symbolic than it was successful.

28/03/2016

Pilot Season: Ninja Turtles – The Next Mutation

Pilot Season comes out of it's Shell and we immediately regret it.

http://theunemployedhistorian.com/2016/03/28/pilot-season-ninja-turtles-the-next-mutation/

Oh Shell, no! We worked up the will to watch this live action TMNT show that was brought to you by the people who brought us Power Rangers and disowned by the people who created TMNT.

27/03/2016

The Unemployed Historian - Michael Collins (Redux)

SOMEWHAT RELEVANT TO 1916 CONTENT: I'm actually going to do an 1916 Rising video in time for the actual 100th anniversary (which is a month from now). But since the Easter Rising is being commemorated during Easter - here's a thing from a few months ago where I do briefly talk about it.

Between Blip and YouTube lies the tale of how the original version of this video got lost. I return to topic of the 2nd video I ever did: Michael Collins, th...

17/03/2016

The “Irish Slaves” Meme

On this St. Patrick's Day we ask: Was there such a thing as Irish slaves in the Caribbean?

http://theunemployedhistorian.com/2016/03/17/the-irish-slaves-meme

Let’s take a look at this controversial meme that plays fast and loose with historical accuracy.