The History Show
RTE Ireland
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.
Location:
Dublin, Ireland
Networks:
RTE Ireland
Description:
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.
Language:
English
Episodes
Irish Nationalism in Britain, 1912-1922
4/20/2025
Myles is joined by Dr Darragh Gannon, author of 'Conflict, Diaspora, and Empire: Irish Nationalism in Britain, 1912-1922'
Duration:00:20:17
Professor Louise Ryan on migration, oral history and the Irish in Britain
4/20/2025
Louise Ryan talks about her research into migrant groups in Britain and her oral history interviews with Irish migrants in Britain.
Duration:00:24:40
Full Show Podcast - 20th April 2025
4/20/2025
Professor Louise Ryan on migration, oral history and the Irish in Britain; plus Darragh Gannon on Irish Nationalism in Britain in the revolutionary decade.
Duration:00:46:59
Full Show Podcast - 13th April 2025
4/13/2025
The Making of Eamon De Valera; The first Irish team to summit Everest; and the Great Irish Fossil Hunt
Duration:00:47:47
The Great Irish Fossil Hunt
4/13/2025
Professor Maria McNamara of UCC on Ireland’s fossil heritage, and the campaign to create a new fossil map of Ireland.
Duration:00:13:04
The Irish Expedition to Everest, 1993
4/13/2025
Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to mountaineer Frank Nugent about the historical background to the Irish Expedition to Everest in 1993.
Duration:00:10:20
The Making of Eamon De Valera
4/13/2025
Myles is joined by Colum Kenny, author of the recently published book 'Dangerous Ambition: The Making of Eamon De Valera'
Duration:00:23:00
Full Show Podcast - 6th April 2025
4/6/2025
The Little Rock Nine; The Grangegorman Histories Project; and how Espionage Fiction can reflect real life history
Duration:00:48:44
Reading Espionage Fiction
4/6/2025
Myles is joined by Martin Griffin, author of 'Reading Espionage Fiction: Narrative, Conflict and Commitment from World War I to the Contemporary Era'
Duration:00:16:31
The Grangegorman Histories Project
4/6/2025
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.
Duration:00:10:47
The Little Rock Nine
4/6/2025
Melba Pattillo Beals of the Little Rock Nine talks to reporter Colm Flynn; and Myles is joined by historian Cecelia Hartsell.
Duration:00:19:41
Full Show Podcast - 30th March 2025
3/30/2025
Cottage industry in post-medieval Ireland; how women made and sold butter in centuries gone by; and Power and powerlessness in Union Ireland
Duration:00:46:35
Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland
3/30/2025
Ciaran O'Neill joins Myles to discuss his recently published book, 'Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland: Life in a Palliative State'
Duration:00:19:30
Joined in Butter: Irish home butter-makers
3/30/2025
Conor Sweetman reports, he talks to Claudia Kinmonth about this skilled, shared tradition that brought women together.
Duration:00:08:43
Cottage Industry in Post Medieval Ireland
3/30/2025
Liam Downey joins Myles to discuss poteen, lace, leather, and the other small-scale industries that sustained rural Ireland.
Duration:00:16:58
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy 1969-1973
3/23/2025
Michael Kennedy, John Gibney and Melissa Baird join Myles to discuss how politicians and diplomats responded to The Troubles, the Cold War and Ireland's accession to the EEC.
Duration:00:48:38
Full Show Podcast - 16th March 2025
3/16/2025
The life of Donegal Storyteller Seumas MacManus; The Lough Ree Monster; and the legacy of T. K. Whitaker.
Duration:00:51:15
T.K. Whitaker: Irishman of the 20th Century
3/16/2025
Anne Chambers joins Myles to discuss the many aspects of T.K. Whitaker’s work that have particular resonance for Ireland and the world today.
Duration:00:17:30
The Lough Ree Monster
3/16/2025
Ian Kenneally shares the saga of the strange creature spotted by three priests, in Lough Ree back in 1960.
Duration:00:14:44
Seumas MacManus
3/16/2025
Marc McMenamin reports on the life and work of the Donegal storyteller and his popularity in the USA.
Duration:00:17:19