The History Show
Episodes
Full Show Podcast - 24th May 2026
24 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Conflict and coexistence in County Donegal; The life and career of Harry Ferguson; and The Giotto Mission to Halley’s Comet.See omnystudio.com/liste...
Conflict and Coexistence in County Donegal
24 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marc McMenamin reports. He talks to historian Edward Burke about a violent incident in south Donegal in 1920, and its connection to the family history...
Harry Ferguson
24 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Colm Flynn speaks to John Barron, author of the new book ‘Harry Ferguson: From Birth To The Black Tractor’, about Ferguson’s life and career.See...
The Giotto Mission to Halley’s Comet
24 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
40 years after the Giotto mission reached Halley’s Comet, astrophysicist Professor Susan McKenna-Lawlor recalls Ireland’s role in one of the great...
75th Anniversary of The Goon Show
10 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Myles Dungan revisits his 1988 interview with Spike Milligan, about his work on the influential BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show.See omnystudio.c...
Fianna Fáil Centenary
10 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Myles and guests discuss Fianna Fáil's origins, and open up two recently published books on Seán Lemass and Charles Haughey. With Donnacha Ó Beachá...
Full Show Podcast - 10th May 2026
10 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Fianna Fáil History; and Spike Milligan’s influential radio comedy series The Goon Show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Full Show Podcast - 3rd May 2026
03 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Exploring the 1926 census; and broadcaster Iain Dale on political leadership.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Exploring the 1926 Census
03 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Iain Dale on Political Leadership
03 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Iain Dale speaks about leaders across different systems of government, as explored in the publications he's edited - most recently 'The Taoiseach: A C...
Full Show Podcast - 26th April 2026
26 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Parsons on her family memoir 'People Like Us'; The first Irish-language newspaper; and Irish Conflict in ComicsSee omnystudio.com/listener for p...
Irish Conflict in Comics
26 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
James Bacon joins Myles to discuss how Irish conflicts were portrayed in comic books in the 20th century.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...
The First Irish-Language Newspaper
26 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Deirdre Ní Chonghaile joins Myles to discuss An Gaodhal, the Irish-language newspaper first published in New York in 1881, now available online from ...
Julie Parsons on her family memoir 'People Like Us'
26 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by writer Julie Parsons, whose new book 'People Like Us' tells the story of her extended family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...
Full Show Podcast - 19th April 2026
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Catalpa Rescue; and When Fitness Went Global.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
When Fitness Went Global
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Conor Heffernan joins Myles to discuss the rise of physical culture in the 19th century.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Catalpa Rescue
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The story of the 1876 rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia. With Brenda Malone and Frank MacGabhann.See omnystudi...
100 Years of Irish Radio
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Myles Dungan and guests preview the upcoming release of the 1926 Irish census from the National Archives. With Orlaith McBride, Ida Milne, Gregory Wal...
Full Show Podcast - 15th March 2026
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The history and culture of the Irish pub; and the origins of the Academy Awards.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Irish Pub
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Academy Awards
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A short history of the Oscars, with Harvey O'Brien of UCD.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Full Show Podcast - 28th December 2025
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Irish revolution in County Meath; The Donegal woman who helped launch the computer age; and Roger Casement is honoured in San Francisco.See omnyst...
Meath: The Irish Revolution, 1912-23
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ciaran Wallace joins Myles to talk about events in Meath during the revolutionary period.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robert Casement honoured in San Francisco
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yvonne Judge reports from San Francisco, where Roger Casement was honoured with a plaque on the city's Rainbow Honour Walk.See omnystudio.com/listener...
Kay McNulty: Irish pioneer of computer programming
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marc McMenamin reports, he talks to Turlough O'Riordan and Jane Grimson about the life of Irish-born tech pioneer Kay McNulty.See omnystudio.com/liste...
Full Show Podcast - 21st December 2025
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David McCullagh on how the Anglo-Irish Treaty was undone; and Terry Prone on the art of communication in public life.See omnystudio.com/listener for p...
From Crown To Harp: How The Anglo-Irish Treaty Was Undone 1920-49
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David McCullagh on how Ireland quietly dismantled the Anglo-Irish Treaty - a peaceful revolution that transformed the Irish Free State into the Republ...
Terry Prone on her career in political communication
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Terry Prone joins Myles to discuss her recently published memoir "I'm Glad You Asked Me That: The Political Years"See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...
Full Show Podcast - 2nd November 2025
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Irish-Americans in the Union military; and the collapse of the Boundary Commission a century agoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Boundary Commission
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marc McMenamin investigates who owns Lough Foyle; then Cormac Moore and Samuel Beckton join Myles to discuss the collapse of the Boundary Commission.S...
Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the West Cork History Festival, Myles speaks to Professor Sara Lodge about the real and imagined women who pioneered the detective story.See omnyst...
The Igoe Gang: The Secret War In Dublin 1920-21
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ultan Courtney joins Myles to discuss the shadowy police unit that hunted Michael Collins and his men during the Irish War of Independence.See omnystu...
Compassion and Care in 19th-Century Dublin
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Ordnance Survey in Ireland
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Myles Dungan and guests explore the origins and legacy of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland. Featuring Finnian O’Cionnaith, Aengus Ó Fionnagáin, Padd...
Full Show Podcast - 12th October 2025
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Jews who tried to escape to Northern Ireland on the eve of World War Two; and a forgotten history of the occult.See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Raphael Cormack joins Myles to discuss the mystics, miracle-workers, and spiritual showmen of the interwar years.See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
Northern Ireland, Vienna and the Holocaust
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The untold story of a brutal murder in Donegal; and Pirates, power, and the seas around Medieval Ireland.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...
Pirates, Power, and the Seas Around Medieval Ireland
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Simon Egan of Queen’s University Belfast explores how piracy, foreign fleets, and climate change transformed Ireland’s coasts in the 14th and 1...
Finding Mary: The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1844
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Historian Dr Angela Byrne joins Myles with the untold story of a brutal murder in Donegal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Full Show Podcast - 28th September 2025
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Great Irish Wives; The Irish Priest Who Unearthed Rome's Past; and Irish links to professional American footballSee omnystudio.com/listener for privac...
Joseph Mullooly: The Irish Priest Who Unearthed Rome's Past
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Colm Flynn reports, he talks to Father Paul Lawlor at the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Great Irish Wives
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Nicola Pierce, author of the new book 'Great Irish Wives: Remarkable Lives from History'See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
Ireland and the NFL
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Kenneally joins Myles to discuss some of the Irish and Irish-American figures who helped shape professional American football.See omnystudio.com/l...
Full Show Podcast - 21st September 2025
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Irish Civil War as a case study in counterinsurgency; Woodrow Wilson's Sheep; and the markets and lost industries of Dublins Northside.See omnystu...
How the Free State Won The Irish Civil War
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Dr Gareth Prendergast, whose new book examines The Irish Civil War as a case study in counterinsurgency.See omnystudio.com/listener...
Dublin Festival of History
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Mary Muldowney, Dublin City Council Historian in Residence, who’ll be giving a number of talks as part of the upcoming festival.S...
Woodrow Wilson's Sheep
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Colm Flynn reports from Washington DC, he talks to Stewart McLaurin about a flock of visitors to The White House in 1918.See omnystudio.com/listener f...
The Imirce Collection of Irish Emigrant Letters
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Myles Dungan and guests discuss the Irish emigrant letters in the Imirce Collection at the University of Galway. With Breandán Mac Suibhne, Daniel Ca...
Full Show Podcast - 4th May 2025
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leaving Certificate History; and Testimony at the Border in 1925See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Leaving Certificate History
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Deirdre Mac Mathúna and Sean Delap join Myles to talk about the history exam paper, and the past, present and future of history education.See omnystu...
Testimony at the Border, 1925
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Cormac Moore, author of the new book 'The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
Full Show Podcast - 27th April 2025
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Papal Conclave; The Fenian Invasion of Canada; and Padraig Yeates on The Truth Recovery ProcessSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...
The Truth Recovery Process
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Padraig Yeates joins Myles to discuss the Truth Recovery Process, a proposal to address the legacy of The Troubles.See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...
The Fenian Invasion of Canada, 1866
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to historians David Doolin and John Gibney about the Fenian Invasion of Canada in 1866.See omnystudio.com/listener for...
The Papal Conclave
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jessica Wärnberg joins Myles to discuss the origins of the Papal Conclave.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Irish Nationalism in Britain, 1912-1922
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Dr Darragh Gannon, author of 'Conflict, Diaspora, and Empire: Irish Nationalism in Britain, 1912-1922'See omnystudio.com/listener f...
Full Show Podcast - 20th April 2025
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Louise Ryan on migration, oral history and the Irish in Britain; plus Darragh Gannon on Irish Nationalism in Britain in the revolutionary de...
Professor Louise Ryan on migration, oral history and the Irish in Britain
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Louise Ryan talks about her research into migrant groups in Britain and her oral history interviews with Irish migrants in Britain.See omnystudio.com/...
The Irish Expedition to Everest, 1993
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to mountaineer Frank Nugent about the historical background to the Irish Expedition to Everest in 1993.See omnystudio....
Full Show Podcast - 13th April 2025
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Making of Eamon De Valera; The first Irish team to summit Everest; and the Great Irish Fossil HuntSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...
The Making of Eamon De Valera
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Colum Kenny, author of the recently published book 'Dangerous Ambition: The Making of Eamon De Valera'See omnystudio.com/listener f...
The Great Irish Fossil Hunt
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Maria McNamara of UCC on Ireland’s fossil heritage, and the campaign to create a new fossil map of Ireland.See omnystudio.com/listener for...
Reading Espionage Fiction
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Martin Griffin, author of 'Reading Espionage Fiction: Narrative, Conflict and Commitment from World War I to the Contemporary Era'S...
Full Show Podcast - 6th April 2025
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Little Rock Nine; The Grangegorman Histories Project; and how Espionage Fiction can reflect real life historySee omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
The Grangegorman Histories Project
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Creasy reports, he talks to Dr Brendan Kelly and poet Lianne O'Hara about how poetry can reveal the hidden history of the Psychiatric Hospita...
The Little Rock Nine
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Melba Pattillo Beals of the Little Rock Nine talks to reporter Colm Flynn; and Myles is joined by historian Cecelia Hartsell.See omnystudio.com/listen...
Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ciaran O'Neill joins Myles to discuss his recently published book, 'Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland: Life in a Palliative State'See omnystudi...
Cottage Industry in Post Medieval Ireland
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liam Downey joins Myles to discuss poteen, lace, leather, and the other small-scale industries that sustained rural Ireland.See omnystudio.com/listene...
Full Show Podcast - 30th March 2025
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cottage industry in post-medieval Ireland; how women made and sold butter in centuries gone by; and Power and powerlessness in Union IrelandSee omnyst...
Joined in Butter: Irish home butter-makers
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Conor Sweetman reports, he talks to Claudia Kinmonth about this skilled, shared tradition that brought women together.See omnystudio.com/listener for ...
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy 1969-1973
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Kennedy, John Gibney and Melissa Baird join Myles to discuss how politicians and diplomats responded to The Troubles, the Cold War and Ireland...
Full Show Podcast - 16th March 2025
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The life of Donegal Storyteller Seumas MacManus; The Lough Ree Monster; and the legacy of T. K. Whitaker.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...
T.K. Whitaker: Irishman of the 20th Century
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anne Chambers joins Myles to discuss the many aspects of T.K. Whitaker’s work that have particular resonance for Ireland and the world today.See omn...
The Lough Ree Monster
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Kenneally shares the saga of the strange creature spotted by three priests, in Lough Ree back in 1960.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...
Seumas MacManus
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marc McMenamin reports on the life and work of the Donegal storyteller and his popularity in the USA.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...
Full Show Podcast - 9th March 2025
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A short history of beer in Ireland; And how students, graduates and staff of the National University of Ireland responded to World War OneSee omnystud...
The National University of Ireland and the First World War
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NUI students, graduates and staff's involvement in WW1 is discussed by Ronan McGreevy, Emer Purcell and Fionnuala Walsh.See omnystudio.com/listener fo...
Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Christina Wade to talk about Irish beer history and the role of women in the trade.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...
Full Show Podcast - 2nd March 2025
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of The Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movement known as An Ghluaiseacht; and the untold story of Republican women in the north during the Irish revo...
Rebel Women: Cumann na mBan in Belfast and the Glens of Antrim 1914-1924
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Margaret Ward joins Myles to talk about the untold story of republican women in the north.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movement
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Myles speaks to Rónán Mac Con Iomaire, author of the book 'An Ghluaiseacht: Scéal Chearta Sibhialta na Gaeltachta'See omnystudio.com/listener for p...
Jonathan Swift: Savage Indignation
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gerry Mullins, Jim Lucey and Brendan Twomey join Myles to discuss Jonathan Swift.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Full Show Podcast - 10th November 2024
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The myriad legacies of Jonathan Swift; and the mass hunger strike of 1923.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Mass Hunger Strike of 1923
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Kenneally reports. He speaks to Dr Helene O’Keeffe, co-editor of the 'Atlas of the Irish Civil War'See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...
The Nastiest Presidential Elections in US History
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles Dungan looks at some of the most bitterly fought Presidential elections, with the help of Professor Glen Gendzel, Dr Sandra Scanlon, and selecti...
The Irish in Multicultural Britain
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Dr Kieran Connell, author of 'Multicultural Britain: A People's History'See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Full Show Podcast - 27th October 2024
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Irish in Multicultural Britain; Dracula, Frankenstein and Ballyshannon; and the convening of the Irish Boundary Commission a century agoSee omnyst...
The Convening of the Irish Boundary Commission
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Dr Cormac Moore, to mark the anniversary of the Irish Boundary Commission's first meeting a century ago.See omnystudio.com/listener...
Dracula, Frankenstein and Ballyshannon
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marc McMenamin reports, he talks to Professor Jarlath Killeen of TCD, and local historian Brian Drummond.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...
Full Show Podcast - 20th October 2024
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Language learning in 19th century Ireland; The shooting of Richard Bertles during the Irish Civil War; and Thomas Keneally on his new novel about John...
Thomas Keneally on John Mitchel
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles speaks to Australian writer Thomas Keneally about John Mitchel, the focus of his latest historical novel 'Fanatic Heart'.See omnystudio.com/list...
Foreign Tongues: Victorian Language Learning and the Shaping of Modern Ireland
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Phyllis Gaffney to talk about how Ireland became a leader in modern language education in the 19th century.See omnystudio.com/liste...
The Shooting of Richard Bertles
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Kenneally reports on the civil war killing of Richard Bertles, and two songs about him composed a century apart.See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
Full Show Podcast - 13th October 2024
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The rich history of Irish food; Remembering our community midwives; and the racial transformation of the Irish in America.See omnystudio.com/listener ...
Race, Politics, and Irish America
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles talks to Professor Mary Burke, author of 'Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...
Remembering our Community Midwives
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Emma Laffey, curator of the exhibition 'Mary Anne Fanning: Remembering our Community Midwives' at the National Museum of Ireland - ...