The History Show
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The History Show
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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Full Show Podcast - 10th May 2026
Fianna Fáil History; and Spike Milligan’s influential radio comedy series The Goon Show.
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Fianna Fáil Centenary
Myles and guests discuss Fianna Fáil's origins, and open up two recently published books on Seán Lemass and Charles Haughey. With Donnacha Ó Beacháin,...
75th Anniversary of The Goon Show
Myles Dungan revisits his 1988 interview with Spike Milligan, about his work on the influential BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show.
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Iain Dale on Political Leadership
Iain Dale speaks about leaders across different systems of government, as explored in the publications he's edited - most recently 'The Taoiseach: A C...
Exploring the 1926 Census
Myles is joined by four historians who have been going through the 1926 census returns. With Liz Gillis, Mary McAuliffe, Cormac Moore and Marc McMenam...
Full Show Podcast - 3rd May 2026
Exploring the 1926 census; and broadcaster Iain Dale on political leadership.
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Julie Parsons on her family memoir 'People Like Us'
Myles is joined by writer Julie Parsons, whose new book 'People Like Us' tells the story of her extended family.
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The First Irish-Language Newspaper
Deirdre Ní Chonghaile joins Myles to discuss An Gaodhal, the Irish-language newspaper first published in New York in 1881, now available online from T...
Irish Conflict in Comics
James Bacon joins Myles to discuss how Irish conflicts were portrayed in comic books in the 20th century.
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Full Show Podcast - 26th April 2026
Julie Parsons on her family memoir 'People Like Us'; The first Irish-language newspaper; and Irish Conflict in Comics
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The Catalpa Rescue
The story of the 1876 rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia. With Brenda Malone and Frank MacGabhann.
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When Fitness Went Global
Conor Heffernan joins Myles to discuss the rise of physical culture in the 19th century.
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Full Show Podcast - 19th April 2026
The Catalpa Rescue; and When Fitness Went Global.
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100 Years of Irish Radio
Myles Dungan and guests explore how Irish radio began; how pirate stations thrived in the 1970s and 1980s; and the story of Irish language broadcastin...
The 1926 Census of Ireland
Myles Dungan and guests preview the upcoming release of the 1926 Irish census from the National Archives. With Orlaith McBride, Ida Milne, Gregory Wal...
The Academy Awards
A short history of the Oscars, with Harvey O'Brien of UCD.
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The Irish Pub
To discuss the social and cultural history of the pub, Myles talks to Donal Fallon, author of 'The Dublin Pub'; and Perry Share and MoonYoung Hong, ed...
Full Show Podcast - 15th March 2026
The history and culture of the Irish pub; and the origins of the Academy Awards.
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Kay McNulty: Irish pioneer of computer programming
Marc McMenamin reports, he talks to Turlough O'Riordan and Jane Grimson about the life of Irish-born tech pioneer Kay McNulty.
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Robert Casement honoured in San Francisco
Yvonne Judge reports from San Francisco, where Roger Casement was honoured with a plaque on the city's Rainbow Honour Walk.
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Meath: The Irish Revolution, 1912-23
Ciaran Wallace joins Myles to talk about events in Meath during the revolutionary period.
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Full Show Podcast - 28th December 2025
The Irish revolution in County Meath; The Donegal woman who helped launch the computer age; and Roger Casement is honoured in San Francisco.
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Terry Prone on her career in political communication
Terry Prone joins Myles to discuss her recently published memoir "I'm Glad You Asked Me That: The Political Years"
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From Crown To Harp: How The Anglo-Irish Treaty Was Undone 1920-49
David McCullagh on how Ireland quietly dismantled the Anglo-Irish Treaty - a peaceful revolution that transformed the Irish Free State into the Republ...
Full Show Podcast - 21st December 2025
David McCullagh on how the Anglo-Irish Treaty was undone; and Terry Prone on the art of communication in public life.
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Full Show Podcast - 2nd November 2025
Irish-Americans in the Union military; and the collapse of the Boundary Commission a century ago
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The Boundary Commission
Marc McMenamin investigates who owns Lough Foyle; then Cormac Moore and Samuel Beckton join Myles to discuss the collapse of the Boundary Commission.<...
Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865
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....
Full Show Podcast - 26th October 2025
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...
The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective
At the West Cork History Festival, Myles speaks to Professor Sara Lodge about the real and imagined women who pioneered the detective story.
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Compassion and Care in 19th-Century Dublin
Ian Kenneally reports on the lives of sisters Sarah Atkinson and Anna Gaynor ('Sister Mary John), and their work helping the most vulnerable in Victor...
The Igoe Gang: The Secret War In Dublin 1920-21
Ultan Courtney joins Myles to discuss the shadowy police unit that hunted Michael Collins and his men during the Irish War of Independence.
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The Ordnance Survey in Ireland
Myles Dungan and guests explore the origins and legacy of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland. Featuring Finnian O’Cionnaith, Aengus Ó Fionnagáin, Paddy Pr...
Full Show Podcast - 12th October 2025
The Jews who tried to escape to Northern Ireland on the eve of World War Two; and a forgotten history of the occult.
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Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult
Raphael Cormack joins Myles to discuss the mystics, miracle-workers, and spiritual showmen of the interwar years.
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Northern Ireland, Vienna and the Holocaust
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 Irel...
Full Show Podcast - 5th October 2025
The untold story of a brutal murder in Donegal; and Pirates, power, and the seas around Medieval Ireland.
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Pirates, Power, and the Seas Around Medieval Ireland
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...
Finding Mary: The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1844
Historian Dr Angela Byrne joins Myles with the untold story of a brutal murder in Donegal.
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Full Show Podcast - 28th September 2025
Great Irish Wives; The Irish Priest Who Unearthed Rome's Past; and Irish links to professional American football
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