The History Show
RTE Ireland
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
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
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
Joined in Butter: Irish home butter-makers
3/30/2025
Conor Sweetman reports, he talks to Claudia Kinmonth about this skilled, shared tradition that brought women together.
Duration:00:08:43
Cottage Industry in Post Medieval Ireland
3/30/2025
Liam Downey joins Myles to discuss poteen, lace, leather, and the other small-scale industries that sustained rural Ireland.
Duration:00:16:58
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy 1969-1973
3/23/2025
Michael Kennedy, John Gibney and Melissa Baird join Myles to discuss how politicians and diplomats responded to The Troubles, the Cold War and Ireland's accession to the EEC.
Duration:00:48:38
Full Show Podcast - 16th March 2025
3/16/2025
The life of Donegal Storyteller Seumas MacManus; The Lough Ree Monster; and the legacy of T. K. Whitaker.
Duration:00:51:15
T.K. Whitaker: Irishman of the 20th Century
3/16/2025
Anne Chambers joins Myles to discuss the many aspects of T.K. Whitaker’s work that have particular resonance for Ireland and the world today.
Duration:00:17:30
The Lough Ree Monster
3/16/2025
Ian Kenneally shares the saga of the strange creature spotted by three priests, in Lough Ree back in 1960.
Duration:00:14:44
Seumas MacManus
3/16/2025
Marc McMenamin reports on the life and work of the Donegal storyteller and his popularity in the USA.
Duration:00:17:19
Full Show Podcast - 9th March 2025
3/9/2025
A short history of beer in Ireland; And how students, graduates and staff of the National University of Ireland responded to World War One
Duration:00:45:55
The National University of Ireland and the First World War
3/9/2025
NUI students, graduates and staff's involvement in WW1 is discussed by Ronan McGreevy, Emer Purcell and Fionnuala Walsh.
Duration:00:25:01
Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland
3/9/2025
Myles is joined by Christina Wade to talk about Irish beer history and the role of women in the trade.
Duration:00:19:58
Full Show Podcast - 2nd March 2025
3/2/2025
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.
Duration:00:50:21
Rebel Women: Cumann na mBan in Belfast and the Glens of Antrim 1914-1924
3/2/2025
Dr Margaret Ward joins Myles to talk about the untold story of republican women in the north.
Duration:00:26:48
The Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movement
3/2/2025
Myles speaks to Rónán Mac Con Iomaire, author of the book 'An Ghluaiseacht: Scéal Chearta Sibhialta na Gaeltachta'
Duration:00:22:26
Full Show Podcast - 10th November 2024
11/10/2024
The myriad legacies of Jonathan Swift; and the mass hunger strike of 1923.
Duration:00:44:58
The Mass Hunger Strike of 1923
11/10/2024
Ian Kenneally reports. He speaks to Dr Helene O’Keeffe, co-editor of the 'Atlas of the Irish Civil War'
Duration:00:11:42
Jonathan Swift: Savage Indignation
11/10/2024
Gerry Mullins, Jim Lucey and Brendan Twomey join Myles to discuss Jonathan Swift.
Duration:00:31:38
The Nastiest Presidential Elections in US History
11/3/2024
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.
Duration:01:04:50
Full Show Podcast - 27th October 2024
10/27/2024
The Irish in Multicultural Britain; Dracula, Frankenstein and Ballyshannon; and the convening of the Irish Boundary Commission a century ago
Duration:00:45:23