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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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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. pension files.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Marc McMenamin investigates who owns Lough Foyle; then Cormac Moore and Samuel Beckton join Myles to discuss the collapse of the Boundary Commission.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Irish-Americans in the Union military; and the collapse of the Boundary Commission a century agoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ultan Courtney joins Myles to discuss the shadowy police unit that hunted Michael Collins and his men during the Irish War of Independence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ian Kenneally reports on the lives of sisters Sarah Atkinson and Anna Gaynor ('Sister Mary John), and their work helping the most vulnerable in Victorian Dublin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
At the West Cork History Festival, Myles speaks to Professor Sara Lodge about the real and imagined women who pioneered the detective story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 Victorian female detectiveSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Myles Dungan and guests explore the origins and legacy of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland. Featuring Finnian O’Cionnaith, Aengus Ó Fionnagáin, Paddy Prendergast and Catherine Porter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 Ireland just before WW2.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Raphael Cormack joins Myles to discuss the mystics, miracle-workers, and spiritual showmen of the interwar years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Jews who tried to escape to Northern Ireland on the eve of World War Two; and a forgotten history of the occult.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Historian Dr Angela Byrne joins Myles with the untold story of a brutal murder in Donegal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 centuries.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The untold story of a brutal murder in Donegal; and Pirates, power, and the seas around Medieval Ireland.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Colm Flynn reports, he talks to Father Paul Lawlor at the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ian Kenneally joins Myles to discuss some of the Irish and Irish-American figures who helped shape professional American football.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Myles is joined by Nicola Pierce, author of the new book 'Great Irish Wives: Remarkable Lives from History'See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Great Irish Wives; The Irish Priest Who Unearthed Rome's Past; and Irish links to professional American footballSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Colm Flynn reports from Washington DC, he talks to Stewart McLaurin about a flock of visitors to The White House in 1918.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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