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 - 26th May 2024
5/26/2024
The Tailteann Games; The Quest for the Irish Celt; The Avignon Papacy; and Ronan Kelly’s essay ‘Two Wives’
Duration:00:49:57
Two Wives
5/26/2024
Ronan Kelly with twin stories that demonstrate the invaluable role of a good partner, in trying times.
Duration:00:08:13
The Avignon Papacy
5/26/2024
Colm Flynn reports on the period in the 14th century when the papacy was based in Avignon in modern France.
Duration:00:10:19
The Quest for the Irish Celt
5/26/2024
Mairéad Carew joins Myles to talk about Harvard's investigation in the 1930s, which sought to determine the racial and cultural heritage of the Irish people.
Duration:00:18:12
The Tailteann Games
5/26/2024
Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to Dr Siobhán Doyle about this immense sporting and cultural event in the 1920s and 1930s.
Duration:00:11:59
Full Show Podcast - 19th May 2024
5/19/2024
Floyd Patterson and Ireland; The life and death of 19th century Irish-American boxer Jimmy Elliott; & the modern architectural history of Dublin
Duration:00:49:55
Dublin's Modern Architectural History
5/19/2024
Myles is joined by Ellen Rowley, editor of 'More Than Concrete Blocks: Dublin City's twentieth century buildings and their stories, Volume 3, 1973-1999'
Duration:00:27:36
Jimmy Elliott
5/19/2024
Ian Kenneally joins Myles to discuss the life and death of 19th century Irish-American boxer Jimmy Elliott.
Duration:00:13:06
Floyd Patterson
5/19/2024
Marc McMenamin reports on the enigmatic "Gentleman of Boxing" Floyd Patterson, and his Irish connections.
Duration:00:07:56
Full Show Podcast - 5th May 2024
5/5/2024
How the Marino community transformed Dublin housing a century ago; and the Irish Civil War Fatalities Project which investigates the death toll of the conflict.
Duration:00:46:17
The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project
5/5/2024
Myles talks to Andy Bielenberg and John Dorney about their project, which investigates the death toll of the Irish Civil War.
Duration:00:23:37
Marino 100
5/5/2024
Myles talks to Ruth McManus about the Marino housing scheme, plus Lorcan Clancy talks to Marino Residents Association members Mark Crowther, Patricia Normanly and Gerry Edgely.
Duration:00:21:39
Full Show Podcast - 28th April 2024
4/28/2024
Two centuries of forced disappearance in Ireland; We visit the Princess Grace Irish Library in Monaco; and Ronan Kelly with twin tales from our island communities.
Duration:00:49:22
Long Island, Coney Island
4/28/2024
Ronan Kelly has been island-hopping – and he encountered two men with an eye for potential that's hiding in plain sight.
Duration:00:04:58
The Princess Grace Irish Library
4/28/2024
Flor MacCarthy reports from Monaco, speaking to Prince Albert II about an oasis of Irish culture, inspired by Grace Kelly’s connection to Ireland.
Duration:00:08:54
Two Centuries of Disappearances in Ireland
4/28/2024
Myles is joined by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc, author of the book "The Disappeared: Forced Disappearances in Ireland 1798-1998"
Duration:00:34:11
Full Show Podcast - 14th April 2024
4/14/2024
The 19th century Donegal landlord who set out to improve Gweedore; and the local history tales revealed in a photograph taken over a century ago in Dublin.
Duration:00:41:31
One Photograph, Many Stories
4/14/2024
Cathy Scuffil on the local history tales revealed in a photograph taken over a century ago in south Dublin city.
Duration:00:21:18
Lord George Hill
4/14/2024
Cathal Póirtéir on the 19th century Donegal landlord who set out to improve Gweedore, County Donegal.
Duration:00:19:27
Full Show Podcast - 7th April 2024
4/7/2024
George Mallory's pursuit of Everest's Peak; The extraordinary lives of the last men to own Belvedere House in Westmeath; and the origins of the Irish courts system.
Duration:00:48:51