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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.
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Full Show Podcast - 2nd November 2025
Irish-Americans in the Union military; and the collapse of the Boundary Commission a century ago
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The Boundary Commission
Marc McMenamin investigates who owns Lough Foyle; then Cormac Moore and Samuel Beckton join Myles to discuss the collapse of the Boundary Commission.<...
Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865
Damian Shiels joins Myles to discuss the Irishmen who fought for the Union in the American Civil War; and whose stories are revealed in forgotten U.S....
Full Show Podcast - 26th October 2025
The Igoe Gang’s pursuit of Michael Collins; The Gaynor sisters’ legacy of compassion and care in 19th-century Ireland; and the mysterious case of the...
The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective
At the West Cork History Festival, Myles speaks to Professor Sara Lodge about the real and imagined women who pioneered the detective story.
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Compassion and Care in 19th-Century Dublin
Ian Kenneally reports on the lives of sisters Sarah Atkinson and Anna Gaynor ('Sister Mary John), and their work helping the most vulnerable in Victor...
The Igoe Gang: The Secret War In Dublin 1920-21
Ultan Courtney joins Myles to discuss the shadowy police unit that hunted Michael Collins and his men during the Irish War of Independence.
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The Ordnance Survey in Ireland
Myles Dungan and guests explore the origins and legacy of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland. Featuring Finnian O’Cionnaith, Aengus Ó Fionnagáin, Paddy Pr...
Full Show Podcast - 12th October 2025
The Jews who tried to escape to Northern Ireland on the eve of World War Two; and a forgotten history of the occult.
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Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult
Raphael Cormack joins Myles to discuss the mystics, miracle-workers, and spiritual showmen of the interwar years.
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Northern Ireland, Vienna and the Holocaust
Noel Russell joins Myles to discuss his book 'The Saved and the Spurned', which tells the story of Jews in Vienna who tried to escape to Northern Irel...
Full Show Podcast - 5th October 2025
The untold story of a brutal murder in Donegal; and Pirates, power, and the seas around Medieval Ireland.
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Pirates, Power, and the Seas Around Medieval Ireland
Dr Simon Egan of Queen’s University Belfast explores how piracy, foreign fleets, and climate change transformed Ireland’s coasts in the 14th and 15th...
Finding Mary: The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1844
Historian Dr Angela Byrne joins Myles with the untold story of a brutal murder in Donegal.
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Full Show Podcast - 28th September 2025
Great Irish Wives; The Irish Priest Who Unearthed Rome's Past; and Irish links to professional American football
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Great Irish Wives
Myles is joined by Nicola Pierce, author of the new book 'Great Irish Wives: Remarkable Lives from History'
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Ireland and the NFL
Ian Kenneally joins Myles to discuss some of the Irish and Irish-American figures who helped shape professional American football.
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Joseph Mullooly: The Irish Priest Who Unearthed Rome's Past
Colm Flynn reports, he talks to Father Paul Lawlor at the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome.
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Full Show Podcast - 21st September 2025
The Irish Civil War as a case study in counterinsurgency; Woodrow Wilson's Sheep; and the markets and lost industries of Dublins Northside.
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How the Free State Won The Irish Civil War
Myles is joined by Dr Gareth Prendergast, whose new book examines The Irish Civil War as a case study in counterinsurgency.
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Woodrow Wilson's Sheep
Colm Flynn reports from Washington DC, he talks to Stewart McLaurin about a flock of visitors to The White House in 1918.
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Dublin Festival of History
Myles is joined by Mary Muldowney, Dublin City Council Historian in Residence, who’ll be giving a number of talks as part of the upcoming festival.
The Imirce Collection of Irish Emigrant Letters
Myles Dungan and guests discuss the Irish emigrant letters in the Imirce Collection at the University of Galway. With Breandán Mac Suibhne, Daniel Car...
Full Show Podcast - 4th May 2025
Leaving Certificate History; and Testimony at the Border in 1925
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Leaving Certificate History
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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Testimony at the Border, 1925
Myles is joined by Cormac Moore, author of the new book 'The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission'.
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Full Show Podcast - 27th April 2025
The Papal Conclave; The Fenian Invasion of Canada; and Padraig Yeates on The Truth Recovery Process
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The Fenian Invasion of Canada, 1866
Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to historians David Doolin and John Gibney about the Fenian Invasion of Canada in 1866.
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The Truth Recovery Process
Padraig Yeates joins Myles to discuss the Truth Recovery Process, a proposal to address the legacy of The Troubles.
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The Papal Conclave
Dr Jessica Wärnberg joins Myles to discuss the origins of the Papal Conclave.
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Irish Nationalism in Britain, 1912-1922
Myles is joined by Dr Darragh Gannon, author of 'Conflict, Diaspora, and Empire: Irish Nationalism in Britain, 1912-1922'
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Full Show Podcast - 20th April 2025
Professor Louise Ryan on migration, oral history and the Irish in Britain; plus Darragh Gannon on Irish Nationalism in Britain in the revolutionary de...
Professor Louise Ryan on migration, oral history and the Irish in Britain
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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The Irish Expedition to Everest, 1993
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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Full Show Podcast - 13th April 2025
The Making of Eamon De Valera; The first Irish team to summit Everest; and the Great Irish Fossil Hunt
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The Great Irish Fossil Hunt
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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The Making of Eamon De Valera
Myles is joined by Colum Kenny, author of the recently published book 'Dangerous Ambition: The Making of Eamon De Valera'
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Full Show Podcast - 6th April 2025
The Little Rock Nine; The Grangegorman Histories Project; and how Espionage Fiction can reflect real life history
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Reading Espionage Fiction
Myles is joined by Martin Griffin, author of 'Reading Espionage Fiction: Narrative, Conflict and Commitment from World War I to the Contemporary Era'<...
The Little Rock Nine
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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