Patrick Geoghegan
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1,107 appearances
10 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 7 Aug
Patrick Geoghegan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Good evening and welcome.
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We're Talking History on News Talk 106 108 with me, Patrick Gagan.
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In tonight's show, we're exploring the life and times of the Irish man who defeated Napoleon and became Prime Minister of Britain, the Duke of Wellington, and we'll be debating his complicated relationship with this country.
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You can send us your thoughts and comments to talkinghistory at newstalk.com.
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This year is the one hundred and sixty-fifth anniversary of
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The opening of the Wellington Monument in Dublin, and in tonight's show we want to explore the life, legacy, and relationship with Ireland of the Duke of Wellington.
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Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington, was born in Dublin in 1769 into the Anglo Irish Protestant ascendancy.
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He would go on to become one of the most famous military commanders in European history, defeating Napoleon at Waterloo in 1855.
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And becoming one of the defining figures of 19th century Britain.
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But Ireland never entirely disappeared from his story.
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He served as Chief Secretary for Ireland and as Prime Minister forced through Catholic emancipation in 1829.
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And so in tonight's show, we want to explore the life, legacy, and complicated relationship with Ireland of the Duke of Wellington.
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And to help me do this, I'm delighted to
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To welcome our panel of experts.
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Dr.
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Sheila McGuckian is an historian and lawyer with a D Phil from Oxford and a PhD in history from University College Dublin.
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She's the author of the wonderful new book Anglesey in Ireland, 1828 to 1833.
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Gareth Glover is a former Royal Navy officer and one of the leading military historians of the Napoleonic Wars, with more than 40 years spent studying Wellington and his armies.
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He is the author of numerous acclaimed works, including With Wellington's Cavalry, Waterloo Myth and Reality, and the multi-volume The Waterloo Archive.
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Professor Michael Browers is emeritus professor of Western European history at Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford and is one of the world's leading historians of Napoleonic Europe.
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