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The Irish Peace Corps in the Congo
While most history podcasts trace Ireland’s story through London, Dublin, or Philadelphia, this episode follows a small group of volunteers to the heart of Africa. In the early 1960s, amidst the chaotic collapse of Belgian colonial rule and the brutal legacy of King Leopold II’s Congo Free State, twelve Irish nurses and doctors traveled to the Congo Free State as part of an unofficial peacekeeping mission. They arrived not under the UN flag, but on their own accord, drawn by a shared Catholic humanitarian impulse and a deep-seated Irish sympathy for oppressed peoples. We explore the lives of…
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