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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.

Location:

Dublin, Ireland

Networks:

RTE Ireland

Description:

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.

Language:

English


Episodes
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Full Show Podcast - 4th May 2025

5/4/2025
Leaving Certificate History; and Testimony at the Border in 1925

Duration:00:45:10

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Testimony at the Border, 1925

5/4/2025
Myles is joined by Cormac Moore, author of the new book 'The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission'.

Duration:00:09:31

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Leaving Certificate History

5/4/2025
Deirdre Mac Mathúna and Sean Delap join Myles to talk about the history exam paper, and the past, present and future of history education.

Duration:00:34:10

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Full Show Podcast - 27th April 2025

4/27/2025
The Papal Conclave; The Fenian Invasion of Canada; and Padraig Yeates on The Truth Recovery Process

Duration:00:49:02

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The Truth Recovery Process

4/27/2025
Padraig Yeates joins Myles to discuss the Truth Recovery Process, a proposal to address the legacy of The Troubles.

Duration:00:21:39

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The Fenian Invasion of Canada, 1866

4/27/2025
Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to historians David Doolin and John Gibney about the Fenian Invasion of Canada in 1866.

Duration:00:15:15

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The Papal Conclave

4/27/2025
Dr Jessica Wärnberg joins Myles to discuss the origins of the Papal Conclave.

Duration:00:11:11

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Irish Nationalism in Britain, 1912-1922

4/20/2025
Myles is joined by Dr Darragh Gannon, author of 'Conflict, Diaspora, and Empire: Irish Nationalism in Britain, 1912-1922'

Duration:00:20:17

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Professor Louise Ryan on migration, oral history and the Irish in Britain

4/20/2025
Louise Ryan talks about her research into migrant groups in Britain and her oral history interviews with Irish migrants in Britain.

Duration:00:24:40

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Full Show Podcast - 20th April 2025

4/20/2025
Professor Louise Ryan on migration, oral history and the Irish in Britain; plus Darragh Gannon on Irish Nationalism in Britain in the revolutionary decade.

Duration:00:46:59

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Full Show Podcast - 13th April 2025

4/13/2025
The Making of Eamon De Valera; The first Irish team to summit Everest; and the Great Irish Fossil Hunt

Duration:00:47:47

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The Great Irish Fossil Hunt

4/13/2025
Professor Maria McNamara of UCC on Ireland’s fossil heritage, and the campaign to create a new fossil map of Ireland.

Duration:00:13:04

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The Irish Expedition to Everest, 1993

4/13/2025
Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to mountaineer Frank Nugent about the historical background to the Irish Expedition to Everest in 1993.

Duration:00:10:20

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The Making of Eamon De Valera

4/13/2025
Myles is joined by Colum Kenny, author of the recently published book 'Dangerous Ambition: The Making of Eamon De Valera'

Duration:00:23:00

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Full Show Podcast - 6th April 2025

4/6/2025
The Little Rock Nine; The Grangegorman Histories Project; and how Espionage Fiction can reflect real life history

Duration:00:48:44

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Reading Espionage Fiction

4/6/2025
Myles is joined by Martin Griffin, author of 'Reading Espionage Fiction: Narrative, Conflict and Commitment from World War I to the Contemporary Era'

Duration:00:16:31

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The Grangegorman Histories Project

4/6/2025
Jonathan Creasy reports, he talks to Dr Brendan Kelly and poet Lianne O'Hara about how poetry can reveal the hidden history of the Psychiatric Hospital at Grangegorman.

Duration:00:10:47

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The Little Rock Nine

4/6/2025
Melba Pattillo Beals of the Little Rock Nine talks to reporter Colm Flynn; and Myles is joined by historian Cecelia Hartsell.

Duration:00:19:41

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Full Show Podcast - 30th March 2025

3/30/2025
Cottage industry in post-medieval Ireland; how women made and sold butter in centuries gone by; and Power and powerlessness in Union Ireland

Duration:00:46:35

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Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland

3/30/2025
Ciaran O'Neill joins Myles to discuss his recently published book, 'Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland: Life in a Palliative State'

Duration:00:19:30