RTÉ Radio 1

The History Show

History EN ↓ 100 episodes

Bringing the past to life! Discover how Ireland and our world was shaped as Myles Dungan and guests explore events ranging from medieval times to the recent past. Listen live Sundays at 6pm on RTÉ Radio 1.

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RTÉ Radio 1

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History

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www.rte.ie

Latest episode

Jun 7, 2026

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Episodes

Roger Casement honoured in San Francisco 28.12.2025

Yvonne Judge reports from San Francisco, where Roger Casement was honoured with a plaque on the city's Rainbow Honour Walk.

Kay McNulty: Irish pioneer of computer programming 28.12.2025

Marc McMenamin reports, he talks to Turlough O'Riordan and Jane Grimson about the life of Irish-born tech pioneer Kay McNulty.

Meath: The Irish Revolution, 1912-23 28.12.2025

Ciaran Wallace joins Myles to talk about events in Meath during the revolutionary period.

Full Show Podcast - 21st December 2025 21.12.2025

David McCullagh on how the Anglo-Irish Treaty was undone; and Terry Prone on the art of communication in public life.

Terry Prone on her career in political communication 21.12.2025

Terry Prone joins Myles to discuss her recently published memoir "I'm Glad You Asked Me That: The Political Years"

From Crown To Harp: How The Anglo-Irish Treaty Was Undone 1920-49 21.12.2025

David McCullagh on how Ireland quietly dismantled the Anglo-Irish Treaty - a peaceful revolution that transformed the Irish Free State into the Republic of Ireland.

Full Show Podcast - 2nd November 2025 02.11.2025

Irish-Americans in the Union military; and the collapse of the Boundary Commission a century ago

The Boundary Commission 02.11.2025

Marc McMenamin investigates who owns Lough Foyle; then Cormac Moore and Samuel Beckton join Myles to discuss the collapse of the Boundary Commission.

Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865 02.11.2025

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. pension files.

Full Show Podcast - 26th October 2025 26.10.2025

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 Victorian female detective

The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective 26.10.2025

At the West Cork History Festival, Myles speaks to Professor Sara Lodge about the real and imagined women who pioneered the detective story.

Compassion and Care in 19th-Century Dublin 26.10.2025

Ian Kenneally reports on the lives of sisters Sarah Atkinson and Anna Gaynor ('Sister Mary John), and their work helping the most vulnerable in Victorian Dublin.

The Igoe Gang: The Secret War In Dublin 1920-21 26.10.2025

Ultan Courtney joins Myles to discuss the shadowy police unit that hunted Michael Collins and his men during the Irish War of Independence.

The Ordnance Survey in Ireland 19.10.2025

Myles Dungan and guests explore the origins and legacy of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland. Featuring Finnian O’Cionnaith, Aengus Ó Fionnagáin, Paddy Prendergast and Catherine Porter.

Full Show Podcast - 12th October 2025 12.10.2025

The Jews who tried to escape to Northern Ireland on the eve of World War Two; and a forgotten history of the occult.

Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult 12.10.2025

Raphael Cormack joins Myles to discuss the mystics, miracle-workers, and spiritual showmen of the interwar years.

Northern Ireland, Vienna and the Holocaust 12.10.2025

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 Ireland just before WW2.

Full Show Podcast - 5th October 2025 05.10.2025

The untold story of a brutal murder in Donegal; and Pirates, power, and the seas around Medieval Ireland.

Pirates, Power, and the Seas Around Medieval Ireland 05.10.2025

Dr Simon Egan of Queen’s University Belfast explores how piracy, foreign fleets, and climate change transformed Ireland’s coasts in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Finding Mary: The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1844 05.10.2025

Historian Dr Angela Byrne joins Myles with the untold story of a brutal murder in Donegal.

Full Show Podcast - 28th September 2025 28.09.2025

Great Irish Wives; The Irish Priest Who Unearthed Rome's Past; and Irish links to professional American football

Ireland and the NFL 28.09.2025

Ian Kenneally joins Myles to discuss some of the Irish and Irish-American figures who helped shape professional American football.

Joseph Mullooly: The Irish Priest Who Unearthed Rome's Past 28.09.2025

Colm Flynn reports, he talks to Father Paul Lawlor at the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome.

Great Irish Wives 28.09.2025

Myles is joined by Nicola Pierce, author of the new book 'Great Irish Wives: Remarkable Lives from History'

Full Show Podcast - 21st September 2025 21.09.2025

The Irish Civil War as a case study in counterinsurgency; Woodrow Wilson's Sheep; and the markets and lost industries of Dublins Northside.

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