Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

In this episode, we'll be exploring two of the most iconic Irish presidential elections, 1990 and 1997.Featuring Dr John Walsh, School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, and Prof Kevin Rafter, Full Professor of Political Communication at DCU.

In this episode of Talking History, we discuss the life, death and legacy of author and statesman Thomas More, who was beheaded by Henry VIII.Featuring: Dr Joanne Paul, senior lecturer in early modern history at the University of Sussex, and author of ‘Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England'; Prof Lucy Wooding, professor of history at the University of Oxford and author of ‘Tudor England: A History’; Dr Alexandra Gajda, Associate Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Oxford; and Prof Richard Rex, Professor of Reformation History at the University of Cambridge.

Featuring: Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland AD 400-1150, by Dr Patrick Gleeson, Senior Lecturer in Early Medieval Archaeology at Queen's University Belfast; Death to Order: A Modern History of Assassination, by Prof Simon Ball, Professor of International History and Politics at the University of Leeds; and After the Train: Irishwomen United and a Network of Change, by academic Rebecca Pelan and IWU's Evelyn Conlon.

In this episode, we hear about the remarkable life and legacy of Ireland's first female botanist, Ellen Hutchins.Featuring: Madeline Hutchins, who runs the Ellen Hutchins Festival and is Ellen's great-great-grandniece; Clare Heardman, co-founder and co-organiser of the Ellen Hutchins Festival; Virginia Teehan, CEO of The Heritage Council; Dr Colin Kelleher, keeper of the herbarium at the National Botanic Gardens; and Dr Eoin Lettice, lecturer in Plant Science at UCC.

The life and legacy of one of Ireland's most influential historians, with Neasa MacErlean, author of ‘Telling the Truth is Dangerous: How Robert Dudley Edwards changed Irish history forever’; the memoirs of a maverick Republican, with Dr Owen O’Shea, historian and author of 'One Man’s Ireland – Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill'; and the origins of the Limerick Lions, with author Des Ryan.

In this episode of Talking History, we'll discuss the man who helped make Henry VIII, until Henry VIII turned on him - as we bring you the real Thomas Cromwell, on the 485th anniversary of his death.Featuring Gareth Russell, historian and author; Dr Laura Flannigan, Junior Research Fellow in History at St John’s College, Oxford University; Dr Joanne Paul, Honorary Associate Professor in Intellectual History at the University of Sussex; Dr Paul Cavill, senior lecturer in early modern British history at the University of Cambridge; and Professor David Kenny, Head of the School of Law at Trinity College Dublin.

In this episode: Ireland's forgotten film pioneers, the Horgan brothers of Youghal, and how three visionary siblings captured a rapidly changing Ireland.Featuring: Darina Clancy, director and producer, and author of ‘The Horgan Brothers – The Irish Lumieres’; Prof Ruth Barton, Professor In Film Studies at Trinity College Dublin; and Dr Denis Condon, Lecturer in Film at the Departments of English and Media Studies at Maynooth University.

To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell, Newstalk's Talking History debates his life, his legacy and how he should be remembered.Featuring: Prof Christine Kinealy, Professor of History at Quinnipiac University, and author of Daniel O'Connell and Anti-Slavery and an expert on O'Connell, Frederick Douglass, and the Famine; Prof Davide Mazzi, Professor of English Language, Translation and Linguistics and Head of the Department of Studies on Language and Culture at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy; and Prof Maurice Bric, Emeritus Professor of History at UCD, and Director of the Daniel O'Connell Summer School.

In this episode: a profile of Ireland's longest-serving Minister for Justice, Gerald Boland, with Prof Stephen Kelly, Professor of Modern History and British Irish Relations at Liverpool Hope University; counter-insurgency strategies in the Civil War, with author Dr Gareth Prendergast; and how women changed the study of foreign languages in Ireland, with Dr Phyllis Gaffney, French Adjunct Researcher at UCD.

In this episode: Crusader Criminals - the knights who went rogue in the Holy Land, with Dr Steve Tibble, honorary research associate at Royal Holloway, University of London; the forgotten history of the occult, with Raphael Cormack, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages at Durham University; and how Ireland's sea connections brought new ideas, technologies and cultures to this land, with Geraldine Stout, archaeologist.

On the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen, we'll discuss her life and legacy.Featuring: Lizzie Dunford, director of the Jane Austen House museum, John Mullan, author of the book What Matters in Jane Austen?, and Janet Todd of the University of Cambridge.

In this episode of Talking History: a roundup of exciting new exhibitions on the island of Ireland, including: the Irish manuscripts returning to the country for the first time in more than 1,000 years, with curator Matthew Seaver, Assistant Keeper at the National Museum of Ireland; the life, art and legacy of the husband of Constance Markievicz, with Dr Kathryn Milligan, Assistant Librarian at the Edward Murphy Library at the National College of Art & Design; and a new exhibition in Hillsborough Castle which explores the intimate bond between British royal clients and fashion designers, with Claudia Acott Williams, curator.

In this episode: from our earliest ancestors to today's global diaspora, we take a trip through 10,000 years of Ireland's history.Featuring Professor Jane Ohlmeyer, Erasmus Smith's Professor of Modern History, Trinity College Dublin; Professor Bríona Nic Dhiarmada, Thomas J. and Kathleen M. O'Donnell Professor of Irish Studies and Concurrent Professor of Film, Television, and Theatre, at the University of Notre Dame in the United States; and Professor Eileen Murphy from the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen's University Belfast.

In this episode of Talking History, we're debating one of the most dramatic episodes of the Second World War: Operation Dynamo, the incredible evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk in May 1940.Featuring: Prof Eunan O’Halpin, Emeritus Professor of Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College Dublin; Dr David Jordan, Co-Director of the Freeman Air and Space Institute and Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies at King’s College London; and Prof Jonathan Fennell, Professor of the History of War and Society at KCL, and president of the Second World War Research Group.

In this episode of Talking History, we're going back in time 10 years to remember how Ireland became the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote, as we debate what the passing of the marriage equality referendum really meant for Irish history.Featuring: Dr Mary McAuliffe, historian and Director of Gender Studies at UCD, co-editor of ‘The politics of gender and sexuality in modern Ireland’ and co-editor of ‘Sexual Politics in Modern Ireland’; Prof Sonja Tiernan, historian of modern Ireland, based at the Royal Irish Academy, and author of ‘The History of Marriage Equality in Ireland: A Social Revolution Begins’ and co-editor of ‘Sexual Politics in Modern Ireland’; Dr Brian Tobin, Associate Professor at the School of Law at the University of Galway, author of 'The Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships: Emerging Families in Ireland and Beyond'; and Frances Fitzgerald, former Tánaiste and former Minister for Justice, who introduced that legislation to hold the marriage equality referendum and signed its commencement order that November.

In this episode of Talking History:The social history of death and dying, with historian and bereavement counsellor Molly ConisbeeVietdamned: How the World’s Greatest Minds Put America on Trial, with historian Clive WebbAnd Alexander The Great: Lives and Legacies, with Stephen Harrison of Swansea University.

Talking History is searching for white smoke as we explore the history of the most unusual conclaves, including the one that lasted almost three years.Featuring Dr Celeste McNamara, Assistant Professor in Early Modern European History, DCU; Dr Patrick Houlihan, Associate Professor in History at TCD; and Dr Massimo Faggioli, Professor of Historical Theology at Villanova University in Pennsylvania.

In this episode, we bring you a roundup of history books: we explore how New York was invented in the 17th century, with Russell Shorto, director of the New Amsterdam Project at the New York Historical and senior scholar at the New Netherland Institute; we chart the fall of civilisations with Paul Cooper, podcaster and historian; and discuss why Mary MacSwiney opposed the treaty, with Dr Leeann Lane, lecturer in the School of History and Geography, Dublin City University.

This week is the 250th anniversary of the birth of JMW Turner, so we are playing back our show on one of the greatest landscape artists of all time.Joining Patrick is Charlotte Topsfield, Prints & Drawings Curator, National Galleries of Scotland; Anne Hodge, Curator of Prints & Drawings, National Gallery of Ireland; and Niamh McGuinne, Paper Conservator, National Gallery of Ireland.

In this episode, we explore some fascinating new historical exhibitions and curations taking place around the world.The recreation of Anne Frank's annex in New York, with Tom Brink, Head of Collections and Presentations at the Anne Frank House.Bilingual Dublin street signs and what they reveal about our cultural heritage, with Nicole Volmering of TCD.Mudlarking in London, with London Museum curator of Archaeology Kate Sumnall.And the early days of swimwear, with curator Amber Butchart, dress and design historian and broadcaster.