As the opening episode of this podcast lays out in brilliant detail, Bloody Sunday, November 21, 1920, is something we all think we know about, but few of us actually do. We know about it in broad strokes, but along the way the nuance has been lost. This podcast by the GAA - presented and written by Michael Foley of the Sunday Times - is an attempt to fill in the blanks of our collective memory about the events of that day, and about the people to whom it happened. Foley is uniquely well-placed to do so having literally written the book on the subject. His widely acclaimed The Bloodied Field is the inspiration for and source material for this timely podcast. Foley's skill is that he brings the events and the people to life, this is not some sort of dry academic exercise. The opening episode, focusses on the person of Michael Hogan, the Tipperary footballer and most famous victim of the massacre. It's genuinely moving to hear about Hogan the man and, even more poignantly, Hogan the child.

Foley's retelling of Hogan's first day at school, helps humanise him, helps turn the name on the stand into something more tangible for the listener. An important piece of work.