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The Póilíní Podcast
The Póilíní Podcast brings listeners on a journey through stories from the history of Irish policing, stretching over 200 years. Each week, we’ll take a story from our policeman’s notebook to paint a picture of incredible, often untold, events and through the lens of these stories, look at the lives of serving members, their families and society in Ireland and beyond.
The podcast is presented by Garda historian Dr John Reynolds, and writer and journalist Helen Moorhouse.
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Episodes
- The Póilíní Podcast
Haunted Barracks: Ghost Stories from the Irish Policing Archive
In this Halloween special, we open the policeman's notebook on the unexplained, from the ghosts said to haunt the Garda College at Templemore, to a 1955 Garda…
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The Birdhill Baby: A Tragic Discovery Wrapped in the Evening Herald
In April 1941, a railway gatekeeper in Birdhill, County Tipperary, found a newborn's body wrapped in a copy of the Evening Herald. This episode explores how…
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The First Ban Gardaí, Yvonne Burke and the Women Who Broke the Mould
In 1959, twelve women joined An Garda Síochána amid marriage bars, Dáil sexism and instructions to avoid "girlish giddiness". Thirty-four years later, Garda…
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The Macushla Ballroom Martyrs: From Showbands to Showdown
In November 1961, hundreds of rank-and-file gardaí defied their own commissioner and packed the Macushla ballroom in Dublin to protest draconian conditions and…
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Stringybark Creek: The Irish Policemen Who Hunted Ned Kelly
This episode follows the Irish threads running through Australia's most famous outlaw story, from John "Red" Kelly's transportation for stealing a pig to the…
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The Kidnapping of Gilbert Potter: A District Inspector's Fatal Sense of Duty
In April 1921, at the height of the War of Independence, RIC District Inspector Gilbert Potter was seized by the IRA after stumbling into the tail end of an…
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The Carrickshock Massacre: Ten Minutes That Shook Irish Policing
In this episode of The Póilíní Podcast, writer Helen Moorhouse and retired Garda Sergeant and police historian Dr John Reynolds, unpack the Carrickshock…
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The Póilíní Podcast starts 17th Sept 2026. Hosted by writer Helen Moorhouse and Garda historian Dr John Reynolds, this exciting podcast will explore stories…