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English, History, 1 season, 195 episodes, 3 days, 15 hours, 38 minutes
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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.
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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
10/20/202452 minutes, 31 seconds
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Thomas Keneally on John Mitchel

Myles speaks to Australian writer Thomas Keneally about John Mitchel, the focus of his latest historical novel 'Fanatic Heart'.
10/20/202417 minutes, 49 seconds
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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.
10/20/202419 minutes, 37 seconds
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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.
10/20/202413 minutes, 22 seconds
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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.
10/13/202454 minutes, 25 seconds
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Race, Politics, and Irish America

Myles talks to Professor Mary Burke, author of 'Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History'.
10/13/202419 minutes, 7 seconds
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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.
10/13/202412 minutes, 45 seconds
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Irish Food History

Myles is joined by Dr Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, who is co-editor of the book 'Irish Food History: A Companion'
10/13/202420 minutes, 48 seconds
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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.
10/6/202414 minutes, 4 seconds
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Full Show Podcast - 6th October 2024

The Irish Jacobite Army; The role of America's First Ladies; and the history of sex and Christianity.
10/6/202455 minutes, 8 seconds
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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.
10/6/202418 minutes, 28 seconds
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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.
10/6/202420 minutes, 50 seconds
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Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement

Myles is joined by Roland Philipps, author of a new biography of Roger Casement.
9/29/202435 minutes, 44 seconds
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Full Show Podcast - 29th September 2024

The story of Wexford-born communist May O'Callaghan; and The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement.
9/29/20241 hour, 3 minutes, 15 seconds
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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.
9/29/202426 minutes, 41 seconds
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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.
9/22/20241 hour, 2 minutes, 30 seconds
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On Board Air Force One on 9/11

Colm Flynn talks to Mark Tillman, the pilot of Air Force One on September 11th 2001.
9/15/202412 minutes, 20 seconds
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John Steinbeck's Irish Heritage

Marc McMenamin reports, he talks to local historians Douglas Bartlett and Brian Drummond.
9/15/20247 minutes, 15 seconds
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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'
9/15/202424 minutes, 56 seconds
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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
9/15/202445 minutes, 59 seconds
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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'
9/8/202414 minutes, 57 seconds
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Full Show Podcast - 8th September 2024

Saint Brigid at 1500; Laurel and Hardy in Ireland; and a history of rugby and Irish life.
9/8/202449 minutes, 17 seconds
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Saint Brigid at 1500

Myles is joined by Dr Niamh Wycherley, medieval historian at Maynooth University.
9/8/202420 minutes, 40 seconds
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Laurel and Hardy in Ireland

Colm Flynn reports on the comedy team's visit in 1953.
9/8/202412 minutes, 20 seconds
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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.
5/26/202418 minutes, 12 seconds
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Two Wives

Ronan Kelly with twin stories that demonstrate the invaluable role of a good partner, in trying times.
5/26/20248 minutes, 13 seconds
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The Avignon Papacy

Colm Flynn reports on the period in the 14th century when the papacy was based in Avignon in modern France.
5/26/202410 minutes, 19 seconds
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The Tailteann Games

Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to Dr Siobhán Doyle about this immense sporting and cultural event in the 1920s and 1930s.
5/26/202411 minutes, 59 seconds
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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’
5/26/202449 minutes, 57 seconds
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Floyd Patterson

Marc McMenamin reports on the enigmatic "Gentleman of Boxing" Floyd Patterson, and his Irish connections.
5/19/20247 minutes, 56 seconds
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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'
5/19/202427 minutes, 36 seconds
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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
5/19/202449 minutes, 55 seconds
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Jimmy Elliott

Ian Kenneally joins Myles to discuss the life and death of 19th century Irish-American boxer Jimmy Elliott.
5/19/202413 minutes, 6 seconds
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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.
5/5/202421 minutes, 39 seconds
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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.
5/5/202423 minutes, 37 seconds
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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.
5/5/202446 minutes, 17 seconds
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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.
4/28/20244 minutes, 58 seconds
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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.
4/28/202449 minutes, 22 seconds
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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"
4/28/202434 minutes, 11 seconds
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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.
4/28/20248 minutes, 54 seconds
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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.
4/14/202441 minutes, 31 seconds
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Lord George Hill

Cathal Póirtéir on the 19th century Donegal landlord who set out to improve Gweedore, County Donegal.
4/14/202419 minutes, 27 seconds
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One Photograph, Many Stories

Cathy Scuffil on the local history tales revealed in a photograph taken over a century ago in south Dublin city.
4/14/202421 minutes, 18 seconds
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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.
4/7/202413 minutes, 14 seconds
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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.
4/7/202419 minutes, 26 seconds
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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.
4/7/202448 minutes, 51 seconds
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The Courts of Justice Act 1924

Niamh Howlin and Donal Coffey join Myles to discuss how our courts system began, 100 years ago.
4/7/202415 minutes, 25 seconds
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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.
3/24/202446 minutes, 45 seconds
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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.
3/17/202445 minutes, 27 seconds
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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.
3/10/20246 minutes, 15 seconds
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Dentistry in Ireland

Myles is joined by Eoin Kinsella and Frances Nolan, authors of 'The Irish Dental Association: A Centenary History'
3/10/202418 minutes, 3 seconds
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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.
3/10/202415 minutes, 40 seconds
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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.
3/10/202446 minutes, 37 seconds
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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"
3/3/202415 minutes, 54 seconds
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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"
3/3/202422 minutes, 37 seconds
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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.
3/3/202447 minutes, 33 seconds
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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.
3/3/20247 minutes, 38 seconds
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Comic Books in 1950s Ireland

Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to comic collector and author David McDonald about the short-lived comic "The Leprechaun"
11/5/202312 minutes, 12 seconds
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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.
11/5/202324 minutes, 57 seconds
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Harry Clarke's Geneva Window

Myles is joined by Zoë Reid, Keeper of Public Services & Collections with the National Archives.
11/5/20237 minutes, 7 seconds
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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
11/5/202346 minutes, 1 second
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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.
10/29/202350 minutes, 1 second
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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.
10/22/202349 minutes, 57 seconds
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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"
10/15/202324 minutes, 16 seconds
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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
10/15/20236 minutes, 39 seconds
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Barristers in Ireland

Niamh Howlin talks to Myles about her book, "Barristers in Ireland: An evolving profession since 1921"
10/15/202321 minutes, 44 seconds
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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.
10/15/202354 minutes, 7 seconds
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The Irish Coroner

Dr Michelle McGoff-McCann on her book 'The Irish Coroner: Death, murder and politics in Co. Monaghan, 1846-78'
10/8/202323 minutes, 13 seconds
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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.
10/8/202346 minutes, 42 seconds
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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.
10/8/202322 minutes, 9 seconds
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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.
10/1/202353 minutes, 36 seconds
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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.
9/24/202349 minutes, 24 seconds
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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.
9/17/202346 minutes, 44 seconds
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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.
9/17/202321 minutes, 33 seconds
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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.
9/17/202323 minutes, 49 seconds
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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.
9/10/202322 minutes, 19 seconds
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Athlone's Nuclear Bunker

Ian Kenneally reports on how the Irish government planned to respond to a nuclear war in the 1950s and 60s.
9/10/202314 minutes
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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.
9/10/202346 minutes, 46 seconds
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Funmi and Augustine

Ronan Kelly on the death of an African woman in Dublin in 1965, who is buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery.
9/10/20238 minutes, 34 seconds
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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.
9/3/202324 minutes, 15 seconds
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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.
9/3/202310 minutes, 40 seconds
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Killester Garden Village

Lorcan Clancy reports from the Dublin suburb which began in the early 1920s as a housing scheme for ex-British Servicemen.
9/3/202311 minutes, 28 seconds
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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
9/3/202347 minutes, 47 seconds
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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.
4/30/202358 minutes, 6 seconds
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The Irish Defence Forces, 1922–2022

Eoin Kinsella on his new book which covers a century of The Irish Defence Forces.
4/30/202331 minutes, 55 seconds
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Robert Tressell

Mary Muldowney talks about the writer Robert Tressell, and the upcoming Tressell Festival on Saturday 6th of May at Liberty Hall.
4/30/202314 minutes, 17 seconds
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The Silent Civil War

Liz Gillis on the new RTÉ TV series, which explores inherited memories and unheard testimony of the Civil War.
4/30/202310 minutes, 47 seconds
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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.
4/23/202353 minutes, 4 seconds
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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'
4/23/202314 minutes, 38 seconds
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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'
4/23/202318 minutes, 34 seconds
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The Yeats Sisters

The life and work of Elizabeth and Susan Yeats is discussed by Dr Angela Griffith and Eunan McKinney.
4/23/202318 minutes, 22 seconds
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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.
4/16/202317 minutes, 2 seconds
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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.
4/16/202346 minutes, 11 seconds
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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.
4/16/202312 minutes, 38 seconds
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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.
4/16/202314 minutes, 48 seconds
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Women and Military Service Pensions

Mary McAuliffe on the challenges facing women applying for military service pensions in the 1920s and 1930s.
4/9/202311 minutes, 50 seconds
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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.
4/9/202347 minutes, 32 seconds
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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.
4/9/20239 minutes, 10 seconds
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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.
4/9/202313 minutes, 5 seconds
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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.
4/9/202312 minutes, 21 seconds
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Greenmount Mill

Cathy Scuffil joins Myles to talk about 800 years of industry in Harold's Cross in Dublin.
3/26/202318 minutes, 32 seconds
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Liam Lynch: To Declare a Republic

Gerard Shannon joins Myles to talk about the life and death of the republican leader Liam Lynch.
3/26/202329 minutes, 46 seconds
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Full Show Podcast - 26th March 2023

The life and death of republican leader Liam Lynch; and 800 years of industry in Harold's Cross.
3/26/202349 minutes, 10 seconds
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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'
3/19/202324 minutes, 39 seconds
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Contraception and Modern Ireland

Dr Laura Kelly joins Myles to discuss her new book 'Contraception and Modern Ireland A Social History, c. 1922–92'
3/19/202324 minutes, 40 seconds
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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.
3/19/202349 minutes, 56 seconds
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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.
3/12/202343 minutes, 35 seconds
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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.
3/12/20236 minutes, 31 seconds
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Kate Kennedy's Fight for Equal Pay

Ken Murray and Pat Kennedy discuss the achievements of Irish emigrant Kate Kennedy.
3/12/202318 minutes, 14 seconds
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The Golden Age of Irish Cinemagoing

Ruth McManus joins Myles to talk about the social outlet of cinemas in 20th century Ireland.
3/12/202317 minutes, 38 seconds
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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.
3/5/202346 minutes, 27 seconds
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A History of Ireland's Military Archives

Commandant Daniel Ayiotis joins Myles to talk about his book 'The Military Archives: A History'.
3/5/202321 minutes, 39 seconds
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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.
3/5/202323 minutes, 43 seconds
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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'
2/26/202325 minutes, 52 seconds
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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.
2/26/202310 minutes, 51 seconds
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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.
2/26/20237 minutes, 20 seconds
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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.
2/26/202345 minutes, 9 seconds
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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.
12/25/202243 minutes, 33 seconds
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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.
12/18/20229 minutes, 15 seconds
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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.
12/18/202246 minutes, 33 seconds
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Joseph MacDonagh

Gerard Shannon on his book 'Alderman Joseph MacDonagh, TD – Tipperary's Forgotten Revolutionary Politician'
12/18/202226 minutes, 19 seconds
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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'
12/18/20229 minutes, 29 seconds
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Stories of the Revolution

Flor MacCarthy reports on a new publication and archive that collects thousands of previously unrecorded stories from West Cork.
12/11/20228 minutes, 12 seconds
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Spiritual Wounds: Trauma, Testimony and the Irish Civil War

Síobhra Aiken on her book which examines the overlooked testimonies of civil war veterans.
12/11/202225 minutes, 32 seconds
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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.
12/11/202246 minutes, 33 seconds
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Richmond War Hospital

Eamon Delaney on the groundbreaking initiative to treat traumatized World War One soldiers, at Richmond War Hospital in Dublin.
12/11/202212 minutes, 1 second
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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.
12/4/202246 minutes, 17 seconds
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Persecution of Irish Speakers

Pádraig Óg Ó’Ruairc on how the use of the Irish language was discouraged and curtailed over the centuries.
11/27/202217 minutes, 30 seconds
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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.
11/27/202248 minutes, 32 seconds
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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.
11/27/20227 minutes, 24 seconds
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Elizabeth Shaw

The life of the Irish-born artist, illustrator, and committed communist is discussed by Dr Sabine Egger and Dr Fergal Lenehan.
11/27/202222 minutes, 6 seconds
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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.
11/13/202249 minutes, 33 seconds
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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.
11/6/202213 minutes, 58 seconds
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Culture and Citizenship: Tomás Ó Máille

Deirdre Ní Chonghaile on the wax cylinder Collection of pioneering sound recordist Tomás Ó Máille.
11/6/202223 minutes
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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.
11/6/202221 minutes, 52 seconds
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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.
11/6/20221 hour, 3 seconds
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Halloween Traditions

Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh shares memories of Halloween traditions from Ireland's National Folklore Collection.
10/30/202218 minutes, 15 seconds
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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.
10/30/20227 minutes, 10 seconds
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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.
10/30/202246 minutes, 59 seconds
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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.
10/30/202219 minutes, 21 seconds
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Kathleen Clarke

Liz Gillis talks about the life and work of the first woman to serve as Lord Mayor of Dublin.
10/23/202221 minutes, 21 seconds
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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.
10/23/202246 minutes, 47 seconds
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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.
10/23/202224 minutes, 23 seconds
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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.
4/24/202246 minutes, 5 seconds
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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.
4/24/202225 minutes, 55 seconds
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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)
4/17/202253 minutes, 51 seconds
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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.
4/3/202220 minutes, 7 seconds
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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.
4/3/20229 minutes, 37 seconds
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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.
4/3/202248 minutes, 32 seconds
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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.
4/3/202217 minutes, 21 seconds
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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.
3/20/202247 minutes, 22 seconds
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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.
3/20/202216 minutes, 10 seconds
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Máire Comerford

Myles is joined by Hilary Dully, editor of Máire Comerford’s memoir ‘On Dangerous Ground – A Memoir of the Irish Revolution’
3/20/202222 minutes, 17 seconds
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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.
3/20/20226 minutes, 58 seconds
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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.
3/13/20226 minutes, 6 seconds
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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.
3/13/202222 minutes, 31 seconds
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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
3/13/202249 minutes, 1 second
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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.
3/13/202218 minutes, 58 seconds
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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.
3/6/20229 minutes, 22 seconds
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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.
3/6/202249 minutes, 9 seconds
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The Irish All Around Us

Cathy Scuffil shares what she's learned about words and place names that are derived from the Irish language.
3/6/202212 minutes, 14 seconds
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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.
3/6/202226 minutes, 41 seconds
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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.
2/27/202219 minutes, 30 seconds
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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.
2/27/202210 minutes, 25 seconds
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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.
2/27/202247 minutes, 59 seconds
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The First National Museum

Sherra Murphy joins Myles to talk about the origins of Dublin’s Natural History Museum.
2/27/202216 minutes, 34 seconds
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Cumann na mBan Convention 1922

Mary McAuliffe on how Irish republican women split over the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
2/20/202215 minutes, 55 seconds
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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.
2/20/202248 minutes, 16 seconds
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Bardcore Music

Colm Flynn talks to Youtube sensation Hildegard von Blingin' - who gives modern popular music a medieval makeover.
2/20/20228 minutes, 44 seconds
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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.
2/20/202222 minutes, 6 seconds
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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.
12/19/202116 minutes, 16 seconds
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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.
12/19/20211 hour, 2 minutes, 38 seconds
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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.
12/19/202125 minutes, 47 seconds
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Women of the Treaty

Liz Gillis joins Myles to talk about the lives of the secretaries who accompanied the plenipotentiaries to London.
12/19/202114 minutes, 41 seconds
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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.
12/19/20214 minutes, 56 seconds
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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.
12/12/202156 minutes, 25 seconds
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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.
12/5/202148 minutes, 1 second
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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.
11/21/202115 minutes, 7 seconds
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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.
11/21/20217 minutes, 52 seconds
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The Scariff Martyrs

Tomás Mac Conmara talks to Myles about his book 'The Scariff Martyrs: War, Murder and Memory in East Clare'
11/21/202125 minutes, 42 seconds
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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.
11/21/202150 minutes, 1 second
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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.
10/31/20219 minutes, 54 seconds
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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.
10/31/202119 minutes, 46 seconds
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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.
10/31/202147 minutes, 32 seconds
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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.
10/31/202116 minutes, 37 seconds
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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'.
10/24/202118 minutes, 25 seconds
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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.
10/24/202122 minutes, 12 seconds
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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.
10/24/202151 minutes, 33 seconds
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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.
10/24/20219 minutes, 37 seconds
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Downing Street Diary - Negotiations Begin

Darragh Gannon on the first week of the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations in London, a century ago this week.
10/17/202110 minutes, 46 seconds
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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.
10/17/202148 minutes, 38 seconds
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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.
10/17/202136 minutes, 48 seconds
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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.
5/9/202126 minutes, 25 seconds
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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.
5/9/202112 minutes, 6 seconds
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Granagh Ambush

Kay Sheehy reports on an engagement in Granagh, County Limerick, which took place a century ago on the 10th of May 1921.
5/9/202110 minutes, 15 seconds