The History Show
Episodes
Irish Food History
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Dr Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, who is co-editor of the book 'Irish Food History: A Companion'See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
Full Show Podcast - 6th October 2024
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Irish Jacobite Army; The role of America's First Ladies; and the history of sex and Christianity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...
Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford, and author of a recently published volume...
U.S. First Ladies: Making History and Leaving Legacies
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Colm Flynn reports, he speaks to Anita McBride, who was Chief of Staff to First Lady Laura Bush.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Irish Jacobite Army
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Dr Harman Murtagh, author of a new book telling the story of Ireland's largest pre-modern army.See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...
Full Show Podcast - 29th September 2024
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Wexford-born communist May O'Callaghan; and The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Roland Philipps, author of a new biography of Roger Casement.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radicals
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Dr Maurice Casey to talk about the life of Wexford-born communist May O'Callaghan, who was once a resident of Moscow's fabled Hotel...
Niall Quinn on the life of Oscar Traynor
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Niall Quinn speaks to Myles Dungan about the life of Oscar Traynor, in a public interview recorded at the Hinterland Festival in Kells.See omnystudio....
Full Show Podcast - 15th September 2024
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Irish in the Resistance; On Board Air Force One on 9/11; and John Steinbeck's Irish HeritageSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
John Steinbeck's Irish Heritage
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marc McMenamin reports, he talks to local historians Douglas Bartlett and Brian Drummond.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On Board Air Force One on 9/11
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Colm Flynn talks to Mark Tillman, the pilot of Air Force One on September 11th 2001.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Irish in the Resistance
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Clodagh Finn and John Morgan, authors of 'The Irish In The Resistance: The Untold Stories of the Ordinary Heroes Who Resisted Hitle...
Full Show Podcast - 8th September 2024
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Saint Brigid at 1500; Laurel and Hardy in Ireland; and a history of rugby and Irish life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Blood And Thunder: Rugby and Irish Life
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Liam O'Callaghan, author of the book 'Blood & Thunder: Rugby and Irish Life: A History'See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...
Laurel and Hardy in Ireland
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Colm Flynn reports on the comedy team's visit in 1953.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Saint Brigid at 1500
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Dr Niamh Wycherley, medieval historian at Maynooth University.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Two Wives
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ronan Kelly with twin stories that demonstrate the invaluable role of a good partner, in trying times.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...
Full Show Podcast - 26th May 2024
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Tailteann Games; The Quest for the Irish Celt; The Avignon Papacy; and Ronan Kelly’s essay ‘Two Wives’See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...
The Quest for the Irish Celt
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mairéad Carew joins Myles to talk about Harvard's investigation in the 1930s, which sought to determine the racial and cultural heritage of the Irish...
The Avignon Papacy
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Colm Flynn reports on the period in the 14th century when the papacy was based in Avignon in modern France.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
The Tailteann Games
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to Dr Siobhán Doyle about this immense sporting and cultural event in the 1920s and 1930s.See omnystudio.com/listener...
Full Show Podcast - 5th May 2024
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How the Marino community transformed Dublin housing a century ago; and the Irish Civil War Fatalities Project which investigates the death toll of the...
The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles talks to Andy Bielenberg and John Dorney about their project, which investigates the death toll of the Irish Civil War.See omnystudio.com/listen...
Marino 100
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles talks to Ruth McManus about the Marino housing scheme, plus Lorcan Clancy talks to Marino Residents Association members Mark Crowther, Patricia ...
Full Show Podcast - 28th April 2024
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two centuries of forced disappearance in Ireland; We visit the Princess Grace Irish Library in Monaco; and Ronan Kelly with twin tales from our island...
Long Island, Coney Island
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ronan Kelly has been island-hopping – and he encountered two men with an eye for potential that's hiding in plain sight.See omnystudio.com/listener ...
The Princess Grace Irish Library
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Flor MacCarthy reports from Monaco, speaking to Prince Albert II about an oasis of Irish culture, inspired by Grace Kelly’s connection to Ireland.Se...
Two Centuries of Disappearances in Ireland
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Myles is joined by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc, author of the book "The Disappeared: Forced Disappearances in Ireland 1798-1998"See omnystudio.com/listener...