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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Michael, I wonder how would you rate Wellington as a politician when you look at his later political career?
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How successful was he there, do you think?
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Well, tonight we are talking about the Duke of Wellington and indeed his connection with Ireland.
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We're going to take our final break now, but when we come back, we'll be exploring the legacy of Wellington.
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Welcome back.
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We're talking history, and tonight we are talking about the Duke of Wellington.
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My wonderful panel of experts, Dr.
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Sheila McGuckian, who's an historian and lawyer, Gareth Glover, a former Royal Navy officer and one of the leading military historians of the Napoleonic Wars, and Professor Michael Brown.
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Browers, Emeritus Professor of Western European History at the University of Oxford.
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Sheila, let's talk maybe about the legacy of Wellington and indeed maybe how he's remembered in this country.
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Do you think we should remember him more and that we should separate the life from the mythology that has that has grown up around him?
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And Sheila, for someone who you've described as a as a taciturn individual and you know s quite serious in the way he approached them his military career and his political career, in terms of his private life, it was certainly much more racy.
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And uh he certainly didn't care about external scrutiny, his famous publish and be damned when uh some extra marital affairs were were being threatened with with being exposed.
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And uh very interesting.
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Interesting to look at at those dynamics as well.
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Gareth, how do you think we should remember Wellington and what do you think his military uh legacy is and and how is he regarded as a military commander today?
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Michael, I'm going to leave the final word to you.
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How would you assess for us the legacy, the reputation, the lasting impact of the Duke of Wellington?
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Well, I think that's a wonderful note on which to end our discussion tonight.
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My thanks to my absolutely brilliant panel of experts, Doctor Sheila McGuckian, and as I say, you'll be able to see her in person at that Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland event on the thirtieth of June.
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