Bringing the past to life! Discover how Ireland and our world was shaped as Myles Dungan and guests explore events ranging from medieval times to the recent past. Listen live Sundays at 6pm on RTÉ Radio 1.
Full Show Podcast - 20th October 2024
Language learning in 19th century Ireland; The shooting of Richard Bertles during the Irish Civil War; and Thomas Keneally on his new novel about John Mitchel
10/20/2024 • 52 minutes, 31 seconds
Thomas Keneally on John Mitchel
Myles speaks to Australian writer Thomas Keneally about John Mitchel, the focus of his latest historical novel 'Fanatic Heart'.
10/20/2024 • 17 minutes, 49 seconds
Foreign Tongues: Victorian Language Learning and the Shaping of Modern Ireland
Myles is joined by Phyllis Gaffney to talk about how Ireland became a leader in modern language education in the 19th century.
10/20/2024 • 19 minutes, 37 seconds
The Shooting of Richard Bertles
Ian Kenneally reports on the civil war killing of Richard Bertles, and two songs about him composed a century apart.
10/20/2024 • 13 minutes, 22 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 13th October 2024
The rich history of Irish food; Remembering our community midwives; and the racial transformation of the Irish in America.
10/13/2024 • 54 minutes, 25 seconds
Race, Politics, and Irish America
Myles talks to Professor Mary Burke, author of 'Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History'.
10/13/2024 • 19 minutes, 7 seconds
Remembering our Community Midwives
Myles is joined by Emma Laffey, curator of the exhibition 'Mary Anne Fanning: Remembering our Community Midwives' at the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life in Castlebar.
10/13/2024 • 12 minutes, 45 seconds
Irish Food History
Myles is joined by Dr Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, who is co-editor of the book 'Irish Food History: A Companion'
10/13/2024 • 20 minutes, 48 seconds
U.S. First Ladies: Making History and Leaving Legacies
Colm Flynn reports, he speaks to Anita McBride, who was Chief of Staff to First Lady Laura Bush.
10/6/2024 • 14 minutes, 4 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 6th October 2024
The Irish Jacobite Army; The role of America's First Ladies; and the history of sex and Christianity.
10/6/2024 • 55 minutes, 8 seconds
Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity
Myles is joined by Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford, and author of a recently published volume on sex and Christianity.
10/6/2024 • 18 minutes, 28 seconds
The Irish Jacobite Army
Myles is joined by Dr Harman Murtagh, author of a new book telling the story of Ireland's largest pre-modern army.
10/6/2024 • 20 minutes, 50 seconds
Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement
Myles is joined by Roland Philipps, author of a new biography of Roger Casement.
9/29/2024 • 35 minutes, 44 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 29th September 2024
The story of Wexford-born communist May O'Callaghan; and The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement.
9/29/2024 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 15 seconds
Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radicals
Myles is joined by Dr Maurice Casey to talk about the life of Wexford-born communist May O'Callaghan, who was once a resident of Moscow's fabled Hotel Lux.
9/29/2024 • 26 minutes, 41 seconds
Niall Quinn on the life of Oscar Traynor
Niall Quinn speaks to Myles Dungan about the life of Oscar Traynor, in a public interview recorded at the Hinterland Festival in Kells.
9/22/2024 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 30 seconds
On Board Air Force One on 9/11
Colm Flynn talks to Mark Tillman, the pilot of Air Force One on September 11th 2001.
9/15/2024 • 12 minutes, 20 seconds
John Steinbeck's Irish Heritage
Marc McMenamin reports, he talks to local historians Douglas Bartlett and Brian Drummond.
9/15/2024 • 7 minutes, 15 seconds
The Irish in the Resistance
Myles is joined by Clodagh Finn and John Morgan, authors of 'The Irish In The Resistance: The Untold Stories of the Ordinary Heroes Who Resisted Hitler'
9/15/2024 • 24 minutes, 56 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 15th September 2024
The Irish in the Resistance; On Board Air Force One on 9/11; and John Steinbeck's Irish Heritage
9/15/2024 • 45 minutes, 59 seconds
Blood And Thunder: Rugby and Irish Life
Myles is joined by Liam O'Callaghan, author of the book 'Blood & Thunder: Rugby and Irish Life: A History'
9/8/2024 • 14 minutes, 57 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 8th September 2024
Saint Brigid at 1500; Laurel and Hardy in Ireland; and a history of rugby and Irish life.
9/8/2024 • 49 minutes, 17 seconds
Saint Brigid at 1500
Myles is joined by Dr Niamh Wycherley, medieval historian at Maynooth University.
9/8/2024 • 20 minutes, 40 seconds
Laurel and Hardy in Ireland
Colm Flynn reports on the comedy team's visit in 1953.
9/8/2024 • 12 minutes, 20 seconds
The Quest for the Irish Celt
Mairéad Carew joins Myles to talk about Harvard's investigation in the 1930s, which sought to determine the racial and cultural heritage of the Irish people.
5/26/2024 • 18 minutes, 12 seconds
Two Wives
Ronan Kelly with twin stories that demonstrate the invaluable role of a good partner, in trying times.
5/26/2024 • 8 minutes, 13 seconds
The Avignon Papacy
Colm Flynn reports on the period in the 14th century when the papacy was based in Avignon in modern France.
5/26/2024 • 10 minutes, 19 seconds
The Tailteann Games
Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to Dr Siobhán Doyle about this immense sporting and cultural event in the 1920s and 1930s.
5/26/2024 • 11 minutes, 59 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 26th May 2024
The Tailteann Games; The Quest for the Irish Celt; The Avignon Papacy; and Ronan Kelly’s essay ‘Two Wives’
5/26/2024 • 49 minutes, 57 seconds
Floyd Patterson
Marc McMenamin reports on the enigmatic "Gentleman of Boxing" Floyd Patterson, and his Irish connections.
5/19/2024 • 7 minutes, 56 seconds
Dublin's Modern Architectural History
Myles is joined by Ellen Rowley, editor of 'More Than Concrete Blocks: Dublin City's twentieth century buildings and their stories, Volume 3, 1973-1999'
5/19/2024 • 27 minutes, 36 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 19th May 2024
Floyd Patterson and Ireland; The life and death of 19th century Irish-American boxer Jimmy Elliott; & the modern architectural history of Dublin
5/19/2024 • 49 minutes, 55 seconds
Jimmy Elliott
Ian Kenneally joins Myles to discuss the life and death of 19th century Irish-American boxer Jimmy Elliott.
5/19/2024 • 13 minutes, 6 seconds
Marino 100
Myles talks to Ruth McManus about the Marino housing scheme, plus Lorcan Clancy talks to Marino Residents Association members Mark Crowther, Patricia Normanly and Gerry Edgely.
5/5/2024 • 21 minutes, 39 seconds
The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project
Myles talks to Andy Bielenberg and John Dorney about their project, which investigates the death toll of the Irish Civil War.
5/5/2024 • 23 minutes, 37 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 5th May 2024
How the Marino community transformed Dublin housing a century ago; and the Irish Civil War Fatalities Project which investigates the death toll of the conflict.
5/5/2024 • 46 minutes, 17 seconds
Long Island, Coney Island
Ronan Kelly has been island-hopping – and he encountered two men with an eye for potential that's hiding in plain sight.
4/28/2024 • 4 minutes, 58 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 28th April 2024
Two centuries of forced disappearance in Ireland; We visit the Princess Grace Irish Library in Monaco; and Ronan Kelly with twin tales from our island communities.
4/28/2024 • 49 minutes, 22 seconds
Two Centuries of Disappearances in Ireland
Myles is joined by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc, author of the book "The Disappeared: Forced Disappearances in Ireland 1798-1998"
4/28/2024 • 34 minutes, 11 seconds
The Princess Grace Irish Library
Flor MacCarthy reports from Monaco, speaking to Prince Albert II about an oasis of Irish culture, inspired by Grace Kelly’s connection to Ireland.
4/28/2024 • 8 minutes, 54 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 14th April 2024
The 19th century Donegal landlord who set out to improve Gweedore; and the local history tales revealed in a photograph taken over a century ago in Dublin.
4/14/2024 • 41 minutes, 31 seconds
Lord George Hill
Cathal Póirtéir on the 19th century Donegal landlord who set out to improve Gweedore, County Donegal.
4/14/2024 • 19 minutes, 27 seconds
One Photograph, Many Stories
Cathy Scuffil on the local history tales revealed in a photograph taken over a century ago in south Dublin city.
4/14/2024 • 21 minutes, 18 seconds
Bury, Beaumont and Belvedere House
Ian Kenneally reports on the lives of the last two men to own Belvedere House in Westmeath. He speaks to Ruth Illingworth and Jonathan Westaway.
4/7/2024 • 13 minutes, 14 seconds
George Mallory's Pursuit of Everest's Peak
Marc McMenamin on the life and death of mountaineer George Mallory, and the disputed fate of the 1924 Mount Everest Expedition.
4/7/2024 • 19 minutes, 26 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 7th April 2024
George Mallory's pursuit of Everest's Peak; The extraordinary lives of the last men to own Belvedere House in Westmeath; and the origins of the Irish courts system.
4/7/2024 • 48 minutes, 51 seconds
The Courts of Justice Act 1924
Niamh Howlin and Donal Coffey join Myles to discuss how our courts system began, 100 years ago.
4/7/2024 • 15 minutes, 25 seconds
The Waterboys - Two Irishmen and the Politics of Water in California
Myles Dungan presents the story of the two Irish engineers who changed the history of California, by bringing water to LA and San Francisco - allowing the cities to grow.
3/24/2024 • 46 minutes, 45 seconds
The Irish Land Commission Archive
Myles visits the Records Branch of the Irish Land Commission in Port Laoise, to hear about the challenge of conserving and cataloguing its 11 million documents.
3/17/2024 • 45 minutes, 27 seconds
Two Bishops, Two Paintings
Ronan Kelly tells the stories of two men separated by centuries, but connected by their power within the Catholic Church - and, by their love of art.
3/10/2024 • 6 minutes, 15 seconds
Dentistry in Ireland
Myles is joined by Eoin Kinsella and Frances Nolan, authors of 'The Irish Dental Association: A Centenary History'
3/10/2024 • 18 minutes, 3 seconds
Joseph EA Connell
The historian and author joins Myles to talk about the Anglo-Irish Treaty, The 1922 Constitution, and how life changed for ordinary citizens in the new Irish Free State.
3/10/2024 • 15 minutes, 40 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 10th March 2024
A century of dentistry in Ireland; Joseph EA Connell on the transition to the new Irish Free State; and a story of two powerful men separated by centuries but connected by their love of art.
3/10/2024 • 46 minutes, 37 seconds
The Founding Father of Artificial Intelligence
Andy O'Donoghue on the life and career of Professor John McCarthy, the computer scientist who coined the term "Artificial Intelligence"
3/3/2024 • 15 minutes, 54 seconds
The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn
Myles is joined by Mary McAuliffe and Harriet Wheelock, authors of "The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn: a Life Revealed Through Personal Writing"
3/3/2024 • 22 minutes, 37 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 3rd March 2024
The Diaries of Dr Kathleen Lynn; The Founding Father of Artificial Intelligence; and using AI to digitise the first Irish language newspaper.
3/3/2024 • 47 minutes, 33 seconds
The An Gaodhal Project
Lorcan Clancy talks to Deirdre Ní Chonghaile, who is working on a project that utilises AI to digitise the world's first Irish-language newspaper.
3/3/2024 • 7 minutes, 38 seconds
Comic Books in 1950s Ireland
Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to comic collector and author David McDonald about the short-lived comic "The Leprechaun"
11/5/2023 • 12 minutes, 12 seconds
The Killing of Francis Murphy
Michael Vaughn and Padraig Óg O’Ruairc on the complex and unusual case of 15-year old Francis Murphy, who was killed in 1919.
11/5/2023 • 24 minutes, 57 seconds
Harry Clarke's Geneva Window
Myles is joined by Zoë Reid, Keeper of Public Services & Collections with the National Archives.
11/5/2023 • 7 minutes, 7 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 5th November 2023
The killing of 15-year-old Francis Murphy in 1919; The moral panic over comic books in 1950s Ireland; and Harry Clarke's Geneva Window
11/5/2023 • 46 minutes, 1 second
The Politics of Land, Part Two
To talk about the Irish Land Commission and its archives, Myles is joined by Terence Dooley, Catriona Crowe, Fiona Fitzsimons and Anne Murphy.
10/29/2023 • 50 minutes, 1 second
The Politics of Land
To talk about the politics of land in the new Irish State, Myles is joined by Terence Dooley, Tony McCarthy, Eoin Kinsella and William Nolan.
10/22/2023 • 49 minutes, 57 seconds
The Coffin Ship
Myles talks to Cian McMahon, author of the book "The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine"
10/15/2023 • 24 minutes, 16 seconds
The First Ascent of Everest
Marc McMenamin talks to Peter Hillary, son of Edmund Hillary, about his father's historic ascent of Everest 70 years ago
10/15/2023 • 6 minutes, 39 seconds
Barristers in Ireland
Niamh Howlin talks to Myles about her book, "Barristers in Ireland: An evolving profession since 1921"
10/15/2023 • 21 minutes, 44 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 15th October 2023
Barristers in Ireland; Peter Hillary on his father Edmund's ascent of Everest in 1953; and the story of the Coffin Ship during the Irish Famine.
10/15/2023 • 54 minutes, 7 seconds
The Irish Coroner
Dr Michelle McGoff-McCann on her book 'The Irish Coroner: Death, murder and politics in Co. Monaghan, 1846-78'
10/8/2023 • 23 minutes, 13 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 8th October 2023
Death, murder and politics in 19th century Monaghan; and Paul Bew on the lives of Charles Stewart Parnell and John Dillon.
10/8/2023 • 46 minutes, 42 seconds
Ancestral Voices in Irish Politics: Judging Dillon and Parnell
Myles is joined by Paul Bew, Emeritus Professor of Irish Politics at Queens University Belfast, and a crossbench peer in the House of Lords.
10/8/2023 • 22 minutes, 9 seconds
The Harlan Strauss Tapes
A look at an extraordinary collection of taped interviews with revolutionaries, recorded in 1972. Myles is joined by Harlan Strauss, Jim Dolan, Conor Mulvagh and Ultan Courtney.
10/1/2023 • 53 minutes, 36 seconds
The Drowned Village
Myles Dungan looks at the story of Capel Celyn in Wales, and why it was submerged in water in the 1960s, displacing the small Welsh-speaking community who lived there.
9/24/2023 • 49 minutes, 24 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 17th September 2023
Chronicling the history of 32 counties in the History and Society series; and the Irish silver miners who fought for better pay and conditions in 19th century Colorado.
9/17/2023 • 46 minutes, 44 seconds
The County History and Society Series
William Nolan and Arlene Crampsie join Myles to discuss the series from Geography Publications, chronicling the history of all 32 counties.
9/17/2023 • 21 minutes, 33 seconds
The Lost Irish Miners of Leadville
James Walsh on the story of Irish silver miners in 19th century America, their fight for a fair wage, and why it’s important to remember this chapter of Irish-American labour history.
9/17/2023 • 23 minutes, 49 seconds
From Rake to Radical: An Irish Abolitionist
Anne Chambers talks to Myles about Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo, and his reforming Governorship of Jamaica.
9/10/2023 • 22 minutes, 19 seconds
Athlone's Nuclear Bunker
Ian Kenneally reports on how the Irish government planned to respond to a nuclear war in the 1950s and 60s.
9/10/2023 • 14 minutes
Full Show Podcast - 10th September 2023
Athlone's Nuclear Bunker; The extraordinary life of Howe Peter Browne and his reforming Governorship of Jamaica; and an investigation into the tragic death of a Nigerian woman in Dublin in 1965.
9/10/2023 • 46 minutes, 46 seconds
Funmi and Augustine
Ronan Kelly on the death of an African woman in Dublin in 1965, who is buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery.
9/10/2023 • 8 minutes, 34 seconds
Ireland and The League of Nations
Michael Kennedy and Zoë Reid join Myles to talk about how The Irish Free State joined the League of Nations in 1923.
9/3/2023 • 24 minutes, 15 seconds
William Webb Ellis
Ian Kenneally on the man who the Rugby World Cup trophy is named after - and how he became the key figure in the origin myth of the sport.
9/3/2023 • 10 minutes, 40 seconds
Killester Garden Village
Lorcan Clancy reports from the Dublin suburb which began in the early 1920s as a housing scheme for ex-British Servicemen.
9/3/2023 • 11 minutes, 28 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 3rd September 2023
Ireland at the League of Nations; Homes for World War One Ex-Servicemen in Killester Garden Village; plus the story of William Webb Ellis and Rugby's origin myth
9/3/2023 • 47 minutes, 47 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 30th April 2023
The new TV Series 'The Silent Civil War'; a new comprehensive history of The Irish Defence Forces; and the life of Irish writer Robert Tressell.
4/30/2023 • 58 minutes, 6 seconds
The Irish Defence Forces, 1922–2022
Eoin Kinsella on his new book which covers a century of The Irish Defence Forces.
4/30/2023 • 31 minutes, 55 seconds
Robert Tressell
Mary Muldowney talks about the writer Robert Tressell, and the upcoming Tressell Festival on Saturday 6th of May at Liberty Hall.
4/30/2023 • 14 minutes, 17 seconds
The Silent Civil War
Liz Gillis on the new RTÉ TV series, which explores inherited memories and unheard testimony of the Civil War.
4/30/2023 • 10 minutes, 47 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 23rd April 2023
The women left behind after Robert Falcon Scott's fatal expedition to the South Pole; The life and work of the Yeats sisters; and stories of the Irish in Italy during WW2.
4/23/2023 • 53 minutes, 4 seconds
Snow Widows
Colm Flynn speaks to Katherine MacInnes, author of the book 'Snow Widows: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition Through the Eyes of the Women They Left Behind'
4/23/2023 • 14 minutes, 38 seconds
Italy and the Irish During World War Two
Myles talks to Isadore Ryan, author of 'Roman Imbroglio: Italy and the Irish During World War Two'
4/23/2023 • 18 minutes, 34 seconds
The Yeats Sisters
The life and work of Elizabeth and Susan Yeats is discussed by Dr Angela Griffith and Eunan McKinney.
4/23/2023 • 18 minutes, 22 seconds
Tara and the Ark of the Covenant
Mairéad Carew on the extraordinary story of the British-Israelites, their strange excavations, and the campaign to save the Hill of Tara.
4/16/2023 • 17 minutes, 2 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 16th April 2023
Tara and the Ark of the Covenant; A short history of Presidential criminality; and Westmeath woman Mary McCann's heroic response to the tragic General Slocum disaster.
4/16/2023 • 46 minutes, 11 seconds
Send us another Mary McCann
Ian Kenneally on the Westmeath woman who became a national hero in the USA for her brave response to a steamboat fire.
4/16/2023 • 12 minutes, 38 seconds
A Short History of Presidential Criminality
Sandra Scanlon of UCD on the United States Presidents who ran afoul of the law, from Ulysses S. Grant to Donald J. Trump.
4/16/2023 • 14 minutes, 48 seconds
Women and Military Service Pensions
Mary McAuliffe on the challenges facing women applying for military service pensions in the 1920s and 1930s.
4/9/2023 • 11 minutes, 50 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 9th April 2023
The rediscovery of a field gun used to shell the Four Courts; Court battles over military charity assets in 1920s Ireland; women who applied for Military Service Pensions in the 1920s and '30s; and the 'Library of Voices' at Harvard University.
4/9/2023 • 47 minutes, 32 seconds
Harvard's Library of Voices
Jonathan C. Creasy reports from the Woodbury Poetry Room at Harvard University, home of a rich collection of literary audio recordings - and the life of one of its most important curators, John “Jack” Lincoln Sweeney.
4/9/2023 • 9 minutes, 10 seconds
Rediscovery of a Four Courts Field Gun
Conor Sweetman reports on the tale of an important artefact from the Irish Civil War. He talks to Kenneth L.Smith-Christmas, Lar Joye and Brenda Malone from the National Museum of Ireland.
4/9/2023 • 13 minutes, 5 seconds
Fighting over the scraps of the Union
Paul Huddie joins Myles to discuss two court battles in 1920s Ireland, which illustrate the legal and economic complexity of dissolving the union between Ireland and Great Britain.
4/9/2023 • 12 minutes, 21 seconds
Greenmount Mill
Cathy Scuffil joins Myles to talk about 800 years of industry in Harold's Cross in Dublin.
3/26/2023 • 18 minutes, 32 seconds
Liam Lynch: To Declare a Republic
Gerard Shannon joins Myles to talk about the life and death of the republican leader Liam Lynch.
3/26/2023 • 29 minutes, 46 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 26th March 2023
The life and death of republican leader Liam Lynch; and 800 years of industry in Harold's Cross.
3/26/2023 • 49 minutes, 10 seconds
Ireland's Special Branch
Gerard Lovett joins Myles to discuss his book 'Ireland’s Special Branch: The inside story of their battle with the IRA, 1922–1947'
3/19/2023 • 24 minutes, 39 seconds
Contraception and Modern Ireland
Dr Laura Kelly joins Myles to discuss her new book 'Contraception and Modern Ireland A Social History, c. 1922–92'
3/19/2023 • 24 minutes, 40 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 19th March 2023
A social history of contraception in modern Ireland; and the story of Ireland's Special Branch from the 1920s to the 1940s.
3/19/2023 • 49 minutes, 56 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 12th March 2023
The golden age of Irish cinemagoing; Kate Kennedy's fight for equal pay in 19th century San Francisco; and a rocket engineer's perspective on the moon landing.
3/12/2023 • 43 minutes, 35 seconds
A Rocket Engineer's Perspective on the Moon Landing
Marc McMenamin talks to Jesse Kitchens, who played an important role in the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.
3/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 31 seconds
Kate Kennedy's Fight for Equal Pay
Ken Murray and Pat Kennedy discuss the achievements of Irish emigrant Kate Kennedy.
3/12/2023 • 18 minutes, 14 seconds
The Golden Age of Irish Cinemagoing
Ruth McManus joins Myles to talk about the social outlet of cinemas in 20th century Ireland.
3/12/2023 • 17 minutes, 38 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 5th March 2023
The life of Margaret (Gretta) Cousins and the forty years she spent in India advocating for the empowerment of women; and the history of Ireland's Military Archives.
3/5/2023 • 46 minutes, 27 seconds
A History of Ireland's Military Archives
Commandant Daniel Ayiotis joins Myles to talk about his book 'The Military Archives: A History'.
3/5/2023 • 21 minutes, 39 seconds
Margaret Cousins of Ireland and India
Sinead McCoole joins Myles to discuss the life of Margaret (Gretta) Cousins, and the forty years she spent in India advocating for the empowerment of women.
3/5/2023 • 23 minutes, 43 seconds
The Assassination of Henry Wilson
Myles is joined by Ronan McGreevy, author of the recently published book 'Great Hatred - The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP'
2/26/2023 • 25 minutes, 52 seconds
Flat County, Flat Earth
Ian Kenneally on the career of Samuel Rowbotham, known as 'Parrallax' - who caused a sensation in 19th century Athlone when he proclaimed the earth was flat.
2/26/2023 • 10 minutes, 51 seconds
Reconstructing Saoirse in West Cork
Flor MacCarthy reports from Hegarty's Boatyard in West Cork, where they're reconstructing Conor O'Brien's 'Saoirse' - the first Irish boat to sail around the world.
2/26/2023 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 26th February 2023
Reconstructing the first Irish boat to sail around the world; the assassination that sparked the Irish Civil War; and flat earth fever in 19th century Athlone.
2/26/2023 • 45 minutes, 9 seconds
Christmas 1922
Myles Dungan is joined by Cathy Scuffil, Noelle Grothier and Lar Joye to talk about what was happening at Christmas time one hundred years ago.
12/25/2022 • 43 minutes, 33 seconds
Bethlehem - The Church of the Nativity
Colm Flynn reports from Bethlehem, he talks to Father Rami Askarieh about the town's long history as a site of Christian pilgrimage.
12/18/2022 • 9 minutes, 15 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 18th December 2022
The life and death of forgotten revolutionary Joseph MacDonagh; the long history of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem; and the men and women of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Delegations.
12/18/2022 • 46 minutes, 33 seconds
Joseph MacDonagh
Gerard Shannon on his book 'Alderman Joseph MacDonagh, TD – Tipperary's Forgotten Revolutionary Politician'
12/18/2022 • 26 minutes, 19 seconds
The Men and Women of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Delegations
Lorcan Clancy reports, he talks to Eda Sagarra and Fiona Murray, editors of the book 'The Men and Women of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Delegations 1921'
12/18/2022 • 9 minutes, 29 seconds
Stories of the Revolution
Flor MacCarthy reports on a new publication and archive that collects thousands of previously unrecorded stories from West Cork.
12/11/2022 • 8 minutes, 12 seconds
Spiritual Wounds: Trauma, Testimony and the Irish Civil War
Síobhra Aiken on her book which examines the overlooked testimonies of civil war veterans.
12/11/2022 • 25 minutes, 32 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 11th December 2022
'Stories of the Revolution' from West Cork; The trauma and testimony of the Irish Civil War; and the pioneering treatment of shell shock in Ireland.
12/11/2022 • 46 minutes, 33 seconds
Richmond War Hospital
Eamon Delaney on the groundbreaking initiative to treat traumatized World War One soldiers, at Richmond War Hospital in Dublin.
12/11/2022 • 12 minutes, 1 second
The Establishment of The Irish Free State
The establishment of the Irish Free State one hundred years ago is discussed by Colum Kenny, Brian Hanley and Liz Gillis.
12/4/2022 • 46 minutes, 17 seconds
Persecution of Irish Speakers
Pádraig Óg Ó’Ruairc on how the use of the Irish language was discouraged and curtailed over the centuries.
11/27/2022 • 17 minutes, 30 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 27th November 2022
The Irish artist who left her mark on East German children's literature; The persecution of Irish speakers under British rule; and we preview Explore Your Archive week.
11/27/2022 • 48 minutes, 32 seconds
Explore Your Archive Week
Niamh Ní Charra and Liz Gillis join Myles to preview the campaign, in which events are taking place nationwide to highlight the richness and diversity of archives all over Ireland.
11/27/2022 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
Elizabeth Shaw
The life of the Irish-born artist, illustrator, and committed communist is discussed by Dr Sabine Egger and Dr Fergal Lenehan.
11/27/2022 • 22 minutes, 6 seconds
The Guardians: 100 Years of An Garda Síochána
To discuss the history of An Garda Síochána, Myles is joined by Garda Stephen Moore, Superintendent Paul Maher and security consultant Sheelagh Brady.
11/13/2022 • 49 minutes, 33 seconds
Frank Lawless
Conor Sweetman reports on the life and legacy of the Irish republican from Fingal. We hear from historians Dr Declan Brady and Professor Diarmaid Ferriter.
11/6/2022 • 13 minutes, 58 seconds
Culture and Citizenship: Tomás Ó Máille
Deirdre Ní Chonghaile on the wax cylinder Collection of pioneering sound recordist Tomás Ó Máille.
11/6/2022 • 23 minutes
Irish Women in Business 1850 - 1922
Dr Antonia Hart joins Myles to talk about her research into Irish businesswomen in the 19th and early 20th century.
11/6/2022 • 21 minutes, 52 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 6th November 2022
The Wax Cylinder Recordings of Tomás Ó Máille; the life and legacy of republican Frank Lawless; and Irish women in business in the 19th and early 20th century.
11/6/2022 • 1 hour, 3 seconds
Halloween Traditions
Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh shares memories of Halloween traditions from Ireland's National Folklore Collection.
10/30/2022 • 18 minutes, 15 seconds
The Housetry Podcast
Liz Gillis reports from Sacred Heart Boys National School in Ballygall, on a group of young men who are delving into the history of their local community.
10/30/2022 • 7 minutes, 10 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 30th October 2022
Halloween traditions; the history of Irish Fairies; and a group of young men exploring their local history in North Dublin.
10/30/2022 • 46 minutes, 59 seconds
Irish Fairies – A Short History of the Sídhe
Michael Houlihan on the history of the supernatural beings that captured the imagination of Irish people for centuries.
10/30/2022 • 19 minutes, 21 seconds
Kathleen Clarke
Liz Gillis talks about the life and work of the first woman to serve as Lord Mayor of Dublin.
10/23/2022 • 21 minutes, 21 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 23rd October 2022
Marc McMenamin on 'Ireland's Secret War' during WW2; and Liz Gillis on the life and work of Kathleen Clarke.
10/23/2022 • 46 minutes, 47 seconds
Ireland's Secret War
Marc McMenamin joins Myles to talk about recently re-discovered audio recordings, which contain first hand accounts of Ireland during World War 2.
10/23/2022 • 24 minutes, 23 seconds
Full Show Podcast – 24th April 2022
Hotel owner Annie Farrington's recollections of the outbreak of the Irish Civil War; and an update on Beyond 2022, the project to virtually recreate The Public Record Office of Ireland.
4/24/2022 • 46 minutes, 5 seconds
Beyond 2022: Ireland's Virtual Record Treasury
Ciarán Wallace and Zoë Reid on the project to virtually recreate the Public Record Office of Ireland, which was destroyed in 1922.
4/24/2022 • 25 minutes, 55 seconds
Bill Stapleton and the Irish Recording Company
Myles is joined by Harry Bradshaw, to discuss the life and work of pioneering sound recordist and music producer Bill Stapleton. (1921 - 1983)
4/17/2022 • 53 minutes, 51 seconds
From Dublin's Botanic Gardens to the Killing Fields of Gallipoli
Brian Willan joins Myles to discuss his forthcoming book about Charles Frederick Ball, one of the best known botanists and horticulturists in Ireland.
4/3/2022 • 20 minutes, 7 seconds
Syndrome K
Lucia Ryan reports from Rome on the story behind the fake disease that saved Jews in Italy from the Nazis during World War 2.
4/3/2022 • 9 minutes, 37 seconds
Full Show Podcast – 3rd April 2022
The oral history of the Irish Civil War; The fake disease that saved Jews in Italy from the Nazis; and Charles Frederick Ball's journey from Dublin's Botanic Gardens to Gallipoli.
4/3/2022 • 48 minutes, 32 seconds
Civil War Memories
Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh brings us a selection of oral history recordings from 1979, from civilians and combatants involved in the Irish Civil War.
4/3/2022 • 17 minutes, 21 seconds
Full Show Podcast – 20th March 2022
The Crimean War; The Sinking of the ‘cursed’ ship HMS Wasp in 1884; and the revolutionary memoir of Irish republican Máire Comerford.
3/20/2022 • 47 minutes, 22 seconds
The Crimean War
Dr Paul Huddie joins Myles to discuss the Crimean War in the 1850s, its effect on Irish society, and parallels with what’s happening today.
3/20/2022 • 16 minutes, 10 seconds
Máire Comerford
Myles is joined by Hilary Dully, editor of Máire Comerford’s memoir ‘On Dangerous Ground – A Memoir of the Irish Revolution’
3/20/2022 • 22 minutes, 17 seconds
The Sinking of HMS Wasp
Marc McMenamin reports. He talks to writer Tom Sigafoos about a local legend that grew around the sinking of a Royal Navy ship, off Tory Island in 1884.
3/20/2022 • 6 minutes, 58 seconds
Saint Patrick’s Day Riots in Toronto
Marc McMenamin reports, he talks to historians Mark McGowan and Jared Ross about religious tensions among the Irish community in 19th century Canada.
3/13/2022 • 6 minutes, 6 seconds
Family Histories of World War II
Myles is joined by Dr Róisín Healy and Dr Gearóid Barry, editors of a new anthology collecting family wartime stories of staff members at NUI Galway.
3/13/2022 • 22 minutes, 31 seconds
Full Show Podcast – 13th March 2022
The Irish men who died at Andersonville during the American Civil War; Saint Patrick’s Day riots in Toronto; and Family Histories of World War II
3/13/2022 • 49 minutes, 1 second
The Andersonville Irish Project
Damian Shiels on his project to identify Irish men who fought and died in the American Civil War, who are buried in Andersonville National Cemetery in Georgia.
3/13/2022 • 18 minutes, 58 seconds
Death on Ireland's Eye
Colm Flynn speaks to Dean Ruxton about a historical murder mystery that divided the public and media 170 years ago.
3/6/2022 • 9 minutes, 22 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 6th March 2022
A murder mystery on Ireland's Eye; American soldiers in Northern Ireland during World War 2; and the words and place names we use every day, that are derived from the Irish language.
3/6/2022 • 49 minutes, 9 seconds
The Irish All Around Us
Cathy Scuffil shares what she's learned about words and place names that are derived from the Irish language.
3/6/2022 • 12 minutes, 14 seconds
American Presence in Northern Ireland During World War 2
Simon Topping talks to Myles about his research into an overlooked aspect of World War 2.
3/6/2022 • 26 minutes, 41 seconds
The Garda Mutiny
Liam McNiffe talks about the early history of an Garda Síochana, and how a mutiny in 1922 shaped our police service into what it is today.
2/27/2022 • 19 minutes, 30 seconds
Frongoch – A Welsh Perspective
Conor Sweetman reports on the movement to build a museum in Frongoch, Wales to commemorate the Irish prisoners held there in 1916. He speaks to Mabon Ap Gwynfor and Alwyn Jones.
2/27/2022 • 10 minutes, 25 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 27th Feb 2022
The Garda Mutiny in 1922; a Welsh perspective on Frongoch internment camp; and the origins of Dublin's Natural History Museum.
2/27/2022 • 47 minutes, 59 seconds
The First National Museum
Sherra Murphy joins Myles to talk about the origins of Dublin’s Natural History Museum.
2/27/2022 • 16 minutes, 34 seconds
Cumann na mBan Convention 1922
Mary McAuliffe on how Irish republican women split over the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
2/20/2022 • 15 minutes, 55 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 20th February 2022
The Irishman who mapped Mount Everest; Modern music with a medieval makeover; and how Irish republican women split over the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
2/20/2022 • 48 minutes, 16 seconds
Bardcore Music
Colm Flynn talks to Youtube sensation Hildegard von Blingin' - who gives modern popular music a medieval makeover.
2/20/2022 • 8 minutes, 44 seconds
The Irish Man Who Mapped Mount Everest
Ian Kenneally and Frank Nugent on The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition - led by Irishman Charles Howard-Bury in 1921 - which created the first map of the mountain.
2/20/2022 • 22 minutes, 6 seconds
Fake News and the Irish War of Independence
Michael B. Barry talks to Myles about his new book 'Fake News and the Irish War of Independence'. This is an extended version of the interview that went out on air.
12/19/2021 • 16 minutes, 16 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 19th December 2021
Women of the Treaty; Irish Famine Emigrants in Canada; The life of Ernie O'Malley as told by his son Cormac O'Malley; plus Fake News and the Irish War of Independence.
12/19/2021 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 38 seconds
Ernie O'Malley: A Life
Cormac O'Malley on the life of his father, Ernie O'Malley. The book 'Ernie O'Malley: A Life' by Harry F. Martin & Cormac O'Malley is published by Irish Academic Press.
12/19/2021 • 25 minutes, 47 seconds
Women of the Treaty
Liz Gillis joins Myles to talk about the lives of the secretaries who accompanied the plenipotentiaries to London.
12/19/2021 • 14 minutes, 41 seconds
Irish Famine Emigrants in Canada
Marc McMenamin reports from Toronto on how Canada remembers the Irish Famine. He speaks to historian Jared Ross and University lecturer Pa Sheehan.
12/19/2021 • 4 minutes, 56 seconds
History Books for Christmas
Myles and guests discuss some recently published books that might make good Christmas presents. Mark Duncan, Sinead McCoole and Cathy Scuffil share their picks.
12/12/2021 • 56 minutes, 25 seconds
The Anglo-Irish Treaty
Myles Dungan and guests explore how this fateful document was finalised, and the highly charged Dáil debates that followed. We hear from Darragh Gannon, Leann Lane, Diarmaid Ferriter, John Gibney, Zoe Reid and Dara Lynne Lenehan.
12/5/2021 • 48 minutes, 1 second
Charlotte Brontë
Colm Flynn reports on the famous author's real-life courtship, marriage, and honeymoon in Ireland. He talks to Pauline Clooney and Michael O'Dowd about their new books on the subject.
11/21/2021 • 15 minutes, 7 seconds
From Suir to Jarama
Liam Cahill on the life of Mossie Quinlan, a young man from Waterford who joined the International Brigades and fought in the Spanish Civil War.
11/21/2021 • 7 minutes, 52 seconds
The Scariff Martyrs
Tomás Mac Conmara talks to Myles about his book 'The Scariff Martyrs: War, Murder and Memory in East Clare'
11/21/2021 • 25 minutes, 42 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 21st November 2021
On this week's programme - War, murder and memory in East Clare; the courtship and marriage of Charlotte Brontë; and one young man from Waterford's experience in the Spanish Civil War.
11/21/2021 • 50 minutes, 1 second
Downing Street Diary - The First Irish Proposals
Dr Darragh Gannon joins Myles for an update on the ongoing Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations, a century ago this week.
10/31/2021 • 9 minutes, 54 seconds
For King and Country
Heather Jones talks to Myles about her new book on cultural perceptions of the British monarchy during the First World War.
10/31/2021 • 19 minutes, 46 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 31st Oct 2021
Grave robbing in 18th and 19th century Dublin; The first Irish proposals in the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations; and cultural attitudes to the British monarchy during World War One.
10/31/2021 • 47 minutes, 32 seconds
Grave Robbing
Historian Mícheál Ó Doibhilín talks about the grisly practice of grave robbing in the 18th and 19th centuries, and why Dublin became the bodysnatching capital of Europe.
10/31/2021 • 16 minutes, 37 seconds
Kenmare - History and Survival
Dr Colum Kenny joins Myles to talk about his book about the town of Kenmare, Co. Kerry during the Famine. It's called 'Kenmare: History and Survival - Father John O'Sullivan and the Famine Poor'.
10/24/2021 • 18 minutes, 25 seconds
Anna Parnell
Dr Margaret Ward and Lucy Keaveney join Myles to talk about Anna Parnell, the founder of the Ladies Land League, and her extraordinary life and legacy.
10/24/2021 • 22 minutes, 12 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 24th October 2021
The life and legacy of Anna Parnell; how Harriet Tubman's faith inspired her to seek liberation for her people; and the town of Kenmare, County Kerry during the Famine years.
10/24/2021 • 51 minutes, 33 seconds
Harriet Tubman
Colm Flynn talks to Dr Eric Lewis Williams about Harriet Tubman, and how her Christian faith inspired her to seek liberation for her people.
10/24/2021 • 9 minutes, 37 seconds
Downing Street Diary - Negotiations Begin
Darragh Gannon on the first week of the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations in London, a century ago this week.
10/17/2021 • 10 minutes, 46 seconds
Full Show Podcast - 17th October 2021
Myles and guests discuss the lead up to Truce in July 1921 and what happened afterwards; and Darragh Gannon joins Myles to talk about the first week of the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.
10/17/2021 • 48 minutes, 38 seconds
An Uneasy Truce
How did both sides react to the Truce that officially concluded the Irish War of Independence? Myles is joined by Lisa Dolan, Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc and Liz Gillis.
10/17/2021 • 36 minutes, 48 seconds
The Irish Women's Liberation Movement
Rosita Sweetman joins Myles to look back on the Irish Women's Liberation Movement she co-founded in the early 1970s.
5/9/2021 • 26 minutes, 25 seconds
Dan Breen's Wedding
Conor Sweetman reports. He talks to historian Sean Hogan about the romance between Dan Breen and Brigid Malone during the Irish War of Independence.
5/9/2021 • 12 minutes, 6 seconds
Granagh Ambush
Kay Sheehy reports on an engagement in Granagh, County Limerick, which took place a century ago on the 10th of May 1921.