The History Show

The History Show

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.

Episodes

May 4, 2025 45 mins
Leaving Certificate History; and Testimony at the Border in 1925
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Myles is joined by Cormac Moore, author of the new book 'The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission'.
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May 4, 2025 34 mins
Deirdre Mac Mathúna and Sean Delap join Myles to talk about the history exam paper, and the past, present and future of history education.
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April 27, 2025 49 mins
The Papal Conclave; The Fenian Invasion of Canada; and Padraig Yeates on The Truth Recovery Process
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April 27, 2025 21 mins
Padraig Yeates joins Myles to discuss the Truth Recovery Process, a proposal to address the legacy of The Troubles.
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April 27, 2025 15 mins
Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to historians David Doolin and John Gibney about the Fenian Invasion of Canada in 1866.
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April 27, 2025 11 mins
Dr Jessica Wärnberg joins Myles to discuss the origins of the Papal Conclave.
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April 20, 2025 20 mins
Myles is joined by Dr Darragh Gannon, author of 'Conflict, Diaspora, and Empire: Irish Nationalism in Britain, 1912-1922'
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Louise Ryan talks about her research into migrant groups in Britain and her oral history interviews with Irish migrants in Britain.
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April 20, 2025 46 mins
Professor Louise Ryan on migration, oral history and the Irish in Britain; plus Darragh Gannon on Irish Nationalism in Britain in the revolutionary decade.
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April 13, 2025 47 mins
The Making of Eamon De Valera; The first Irish team to summit Everest; and the Great Irish Fossil Hunt
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April 13, 2025 13 mins
Professor Maria McNamara of UCC on Ireland’s fossil heritage, and the campaign to create a new fossil map of Ireland.
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April 13, 2025 10 mins
Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to mountaineer Frank Nugent about the historical background to the Irish Expedition to Everest in 1993.
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April 13, 2025 23 mins
Myles is joined by Colum Kenny, author of the recently published book 'Dangerous Ambition: The Making of Eamon De Valera'
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April 6, 2025 48 mins
The Little Rock Nine; The Grangegorman Histories Project; and how Espionage Fiction can reflect real life history
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April 6, 2025 16 mins
Myles is joined by Martin Griffin, author of 'Reading Espionage Fiction: Narrative, Conflict and Commitment from World War I to the Contemporary Era'
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April 6, 2025 10 mins
Jonathan Creasy reports, he talks to Dr Brendan Kelly and poet Lianne O'Hara about how poetry can reveal the hidden history of the Psychiatric Hospital at Grangegorman.
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April 6, 2025 19 mins
Melba Pattillo Beals of the Little Rock Nine talks to reporter Colm Flynn; and Myles is joined by historian Cecelia Hartsell.
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March 30, 2025 46 mins
Cottage industry in post-medieval Ireland; how women made and sold butter in centuries gone by; and Power and powerlessness in Union Ireland
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Ciaran O'Neill joins Myles to discuss his recently published book, 'Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland: Life in a Palliative State'
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