Patrick Geoghegan

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Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan · The Irish Who Served In The British Army · 6 Aug 2026 podcast

And that's one of the greatest 19th century disasters in Ireland.

So what happens there?

Yeah, I was wondering about that, what the passengers thought and whether there was a loss of confidence, whether people felt nervous leaving and coming into these harbours.

The story goes right up to the Second World War and there is the loss of the Irish lights vessel, the Isolde.

And that shows that despite Irish neutrality, this was a dangerous time for ships because of wartime mines and submarines and everything else that was going on.

And archaeology is able to tell us stories that written records simply can't.

And you get all these different types of insights and details and find out really about the circumstances of the losses.

So how are people responding to the exhibition?

Is it shocking them?

Is it surprising them to see that there were so many ships that were wrecked?

And do you think people leaving the exhibition will look at Dublin Bay differently as a result?

Okay, so if people want to find out more, if the people want to go on this, what should they do?

It's running at the Dublin Port substation on East Wall Road until the 18th of September.

What should people do?

And of course, it's absolutely free.

Yes, completely free, Patrick, yes.

Brilliant.

OK, well, my thanks to Lara Joy, the Port Heritage Director at Dublin Port, for talking to me about this wonderful new exhibition.

And it gives us an entirely new insight into Dublin Bay and some of the tragedies beneath us.

We'll be back with more Talking History on Newstalk right after this.

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