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
April 28, 2024 • 49 mins
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.
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April 28, 2024 • 4 mins
Ronan Kelly has been island-hopping – and he encountered two men with an eye for potential that's hiding in plain sight.
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April 28, 2024 • 8 mins
Flor MacCarthy reports from Monaco, speaking to Prince Albert II about an oasis of Irish culture, inspired by Grace Kelly’s connection to Ireland.
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April 28, 2024 • 34 mins
Myles is joined by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc, author of the book "The Disappeared: Forced Disappearances in Ireland 1798-1998"
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April 14, 2024 • 41 mins
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.
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April 14, 2024 • 21 mins
Cathy Scuffil on the local history tales revealed in a photograph taken over a century ago in south Dublin city.
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April 14, 2024 • 19 mins
Cathal Póirtéir on the 19th century Donegal landlord who set out to improve Gweedore, County Donegal.
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April 7, 2024 • 48 mins
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.
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April 7, 2024 • 15 mins
Niamh Howlin and Donal Coffey join Myles to discuss how our courts system began, 100 years ago.
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April 7, 2024 • 13 mins
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.
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April 7, 2024 • 19 mins
Marc McMenamin on the life and death of mountaineer George Mallory, and the disputed fate of the 1924 Mount Everest Expedition.
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March 24, 2024 • 46 mins
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.
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March 17, 2024 • 45 mins
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.
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March 10, 2024 • 46 mins
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.
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March 10, 2024 • 6 mins
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.
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March 10, 2024 • 15 mins
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.
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March 10, 2024 • 18 mins
Myles is joined by Eoin Kinsella and Frances Nolan, authors of 'The Irish Dental Association: A Centenary History'
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March 3, 2024 • 47 mins
The Diaries of Dr Kathleen Lynn; The Founding Father of Artificial Intelligence; and using AI to digitise the first Irish language newspaper.
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March 3, 2024 • 7 mins
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.
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March 3, 2024 • 15 mins
Andy O'Donoghue on the life and career of Professor John McCarthy, the computer scientist who coined the term "Artificial Intelligence"
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