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The magazine style show explores social, political and cultural events from the beginning of time to the modern age with expert panellists, reports and discussion.

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    The Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 22:26


    Myles speaks to Rónán Mac Con Iomaire, author of the book 'An Ghluaiseacht: Scéal Chearta Sibhialta na Gaeltachta'

    Rebel Women: Cumann na mBan in Belfast and the Glens of Antrim 1914-1924

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 26:48


    Dr Margaret Ward joins Myles to talk about the untold story of republican women in the north.

    Full Show Podcast - 2nd March 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 50:21


    The story of The Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movement known as An Ghluaiseacht; and the untold story of Republican women in the north during the Irish revolutionary period.

    Jonathan Swift: Savage Indignation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 31:38


    Gerry Mullins, Jim Lucey and Brendan Twomey join Myles to discuss Jonathan Swift.

    The Mass Hunger Strike of 1923

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 11:42


    Ian Kenneally reports. He speaks to Dr Helene O'Keeffe, co-editor of the 'Atlas of the Irish Civil War'

    Full Show Podcast - 10th November 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 44:58


    The myriad legacies of Jonathan Swift; and the mass hunger strike of 1923.

    The Nastiest Presidential Elections in US History

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 64:50


    Myles Dungan looks at some of the most bitterly fought Presidential elections, with the help of Professor Glen Gendzel, Dr Sandra Scanlon, and selections from the RTÉ Radio Archives.

    The Irish in Multicultural Britain

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 18:09


    Myles is joined by Dr Kieran Connell, author of 'Multicultural Britain: A People's History'

    Dracula, Frankenstein and Ballyshannon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 6:22


    Marc McMenamin reports, he talks to Professor Jarlath Killeen of TCD, and local historian Brian Drummond.

    The Convening of the Irish Boundary Commission

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 19:32


    Myles is joined by Dr Cormac Moore, to mark the anniversary of the Irish Boundary Commission's first meeting a century ago.

    Full Show Podcast - 27th October 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 45:23


    The Irish in Multicultural Britain; Dracula, Frankenstein and Ballyshannon; and the convening of the Irish Boundary Commission a century ago

    Foreign Tongues: Victorian Language Learning and the Shaping of Modern Ireland

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 19:37


    Myles is joined by Phyllis Gaffney to talk about how Ireland became a leader in modern language education in the 19th century.

    The Shooting of Richard Bertles

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 13:22


    Ian Kenneally reports on the civil war killing of Richard Bertles, and two songs about him composed a century apart.

    Thomas Keneally on John Mitchel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 17:49


    Myles speaks to Australian writer Thomas Keneally about John Mitchel, the focus of his latest historical novel 'Fanatic Heart'.

    Full Show Podcast - 20th October 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 52:31


    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

    Irish Food History

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 20:48


    Myles is joined by Dr Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, who is co-editor of the book 'Irish Food History: A Companion'

    Remembering our Community Midwives

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 12:45


    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.

    Race, Politics, and Irish America

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 19:07


    Myles talks to Professor Mary Burke, author of 'Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History'.

    Full Show Podcast - 13th October 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 54:25


    The rich history of Irish food; Remembering our community midwives; and the racial transformation of the Irish in America.

    The Irish Jacobite Army

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 20:50


    Myles is joined by Dr Harman Murtagh, author of a new book telling the story of Ireland's largest pre-modern army.

    U.S. First Ladies: Making History and Leaving Legacies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 14:04


    Colm Flynn reports, he speaks to Anita McBride, who was Chief of Staff to First Lady Laura Bush.

    Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 18:28


    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.

    Full Show Podcast - 6th October 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 55:08


    The Irish Jacobite Army; The role of America's First Ladies; and the history of sex and Christianity.

    Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radicals

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 26:41


    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.

    Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 35:44


    Myles is joined by Roland Philipps, author of a new biography of Roger Casement.

    Full Show Podcast - 29th September 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 63:15


    The story of Wexford-born communist May O'Callaghan; and The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement.

    Niall Quinn on the life of Oscar Traynor

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 62:30


    Niall Quinn speaks to Myles Dungan about the life of Oscar Traynor, in a public interview recorded at the Hinterland Festival in Kells.

    The Irish in the Resistance

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 24:56


    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'

    On Board Air Force One on 9/11

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 12:20


    Colm Flynn talks to Mark Tillman, the pilot of Air Force One on September 11th 2001.

    John Steinbeck's Irish Heritage

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 7:15


    Marc McMenamin reports, he talks to local historians Douglas Bartlett and Brian Drummond.

    Full Show Podcast - 15th September 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 45:59


    The Irish in the Resistance; On Board Air Force One on 9/11; and John Steinbeck's Irish Heritage

    Saint Brigid at 1500

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 20:40


    Myles is joined by Dr Niamh Wycherley, medieval historian at Maynooth University.

    Laurel and Hardy in Ireland

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 12:20


    Colm Flynn reports on the comedy team's visit in 1953.

    Blood And Thunder: Rugby and Irish Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 14:57


    Myles is joined by Liam O'Callaghan, author of the book 'Blood & Thunder: Rugby and Irish Life: A History'

    Full Show Podcast - 8th September 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 49:17


    Saint Brigid at 1500; Laurel and Hardy in Ireland; and a history of rugby and Irish life.

    The Tailteann Games

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 11:59


    Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to Dr Siobhán Doyle about this immense sporting and cultural event in the 1920s and 1930s.

    The Quest for the Irish Celt

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 18:12


    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.

    The Avignon Papacy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 10:19


    Colm Flynn reports on the period in the 14th century when the papacy was based in Avignon in modern France.

    Two Wives

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 8:13


    Ronan Kelly with twin stories that demonstrate the invaluable role of a good partner, in trying times.

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    Full Show Podcast - 26th May 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 49:57


    The Tailteann Games; The Quest for the Irish Celt; The Avignon Papacy; and Ronan Kelly's essay ‘Two Wives'

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    Floyd Patterson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 7:56


    Marc McMenamin reports on the enigmatic "Gentleman of Boxing" Floyd Patterson, and his Irish connections.

    Jimmy Elliott

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 13:06


    Ian Kenneally joins Myles to discuss the life and death of 19th century Irish-American boxer Jimmy Elliott.

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