The Bloodied Field Podcast

Introducing: The Bloodied Field Podcast

The Bloodied Field podcast is the story of the terrible events of Bloody Sunday at Croke Park on November 21, 1920 when the crowd at a Gaelic football match were attacked and 14 innocent people never came home.

 

Over eight carefully crafted episodes focusing on the build up, the event and the aftermath, the master storyteller Michael Foley delivers a haunting and moving depiction of this seismic event in Irish and GAA history and remembers the people who were lost.

Written and produced by Michael Foley. Edited by Andrew Foley. The Bloodied Field Podcast is a TwoCubes production for the GAA.

1. Hogan

A young man leaves his farm in Grangemockler for Dublin to play a Gaelic football for Tipperary at Croke Park, a journey that will bring him to the centre of a horrifying massacre that enshrines his memory in posterity, and changes history.

Written and produced by Michael Foley. Edited by Andrew Foley. Voice actors: Anne Foley, Daniel Burke and Shane Stapleton. Additional music by Jim Crowley.

The Bloodied Field Podcast is a TwoCubes production for the GAA.

2. The British

A government weary from war and the incessant attacks on their rule by a newly energised IRA introduce new police forces and leaders alienated and irritated by Ireland before they even set foot in the country.

Written and produced by Michael Foley. Edited by Andrew Foley. Voice actors: Jon Evans, Karen C. Foley and Dave Evans.

The Bloodied Field Podcast is a TwoCubes production for the GAA

3. The Golden Boys

The Tipperary footballers emerge as a serious force after years in the doldrums while the Irish War of Independence rages all round them.
Written and produced by Michael Foley. Edited by Andrew Foley. Voice actor: Jackie Cahill.
The Bloodied Field Podcast is a TwoCubes production for the GAA.

4. The Dubs

A team of star footballers and rebel fighters beginning to fulfil their immense promise find Tipperary standing in their way.

Written and produced by Michael Foley. Edited by Andrew Foley. Voice actors: Paul Kiely and Kevin Feely.

The Bloodied Field Podcast is a TwoCubes production for the GAA.

5. The GAA's Dilemma

With the Tipperary-Dublin game due to start Luke O’Toole, the GAA’s general secretary, faces one of the biggest decisions of his life: to play the game or not?

Written and produced by Michael Foley. Edited by Andrew Foley. 

The Bloodied Field Podcast is a TwoCubes production for the GAA

6. The Massacre

A single shot rings out. A boy falls from a tree. Croke Park is engulfed for 90 seconds in panic, violence and death.

Written and produced by Michael Foley. Edited by Andrew Foley.

The Bloodied Field Podcast is a TwoCubes production for the GAA.

7. The Battle for Truth

The Bloody Sunday dead are buried. Politicians battle to control the story, causing fist fights in Westminster and panic across the islands.

Written and produced by Michael Foley. Edited by Andrew Foley. 

The Bloodied Field Podcast is a TwoCubes production for the GAA.

8. Remembering the Forgotten

Fact and fiction clash as inquiries sit in judgement over the truth of the Bloody Sunday killings. Excavating the lost stories of the victims begins nearly a century later.

Written and produced by Michael Foley. Edited by Andrew Foley.

The Bloodied Field Podcast is a TwoCubes production for the GAA.