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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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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.
Myles is joined by Dr Gareth Prendergast, whose new book examines The Irish Civil War as a case study in counterinsurgency.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Irish Civil War as a case study in counterinsurgency; Woodrow Wilson's Sheep; and the markets and lost industries of Dublins Northside.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Myles Dungan and guests discuss the Irish emigrant letters in the Imirce Collection at the University of Galway. With Breandán Mac Suibhne, Daniel Carey, Marie-Louise Rouget and Helen Hayes Sweeney.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Myles is joined by Cormac Moore, author of the new book 'The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Deirdre Mac Mathúna and Sean Delap join Myles to talk about the history exam paper, and the past, present and future of history education.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Leaving Certificate History; and Testimony at the Border in 1925See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dr Jessica Wärnberg joins Myles to discuss the origins of the Papal Conclave.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Padraig Yeates joins Myles to discuss the Truth Recovery Process, a proposal to address the legacy of The Troubles.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to historians David Doolin and John Gibney about the Fenian Invasion of Canada in 1866.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Papal Conclave; The Fenian Invasion of Canada; and Padraig Yeates on The Truth Recovery ProcessSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Louise Ryan talks about her research into migrant groups in Britain and her oral history interviews with Irish migrants in Britain.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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