The History Show

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.

Colm Flynn reports from Washington DC, he talks to Stewart McLaurin about a flock of visitors to The White House in 1918.

Myles is joined by Dr Gareth Prendergast, whose new book examines The Irish Civil War as a case study in counterinsurgency.

Myles Dungan and guests discuss the Irish emigrant letters in the Imirce Collection at the University of Galway. With Breandán Mac Suibhne, Daniel Carey, Marie-Louise Rouget and Helen Hayes Sweeney.

Leaving Certificate History; and Testimony at the Border in 1925

Myles is joined by Cormac Moore, author of the new book 'The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission'.

Deirdre Mac Mathúna and Sean Delap join Myles to talk about the history exam paper, and the past, present and future of history education.

The Papal Conclave; The Fenian Invasion of Canada; and Padraig Yeates on The Truth Recovery Process

Padraig Yeates joins Myles to discuss the Truth Recovery Process, a proposal to address the legacy of The Troubles.

Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to historians David Doolin and John Gibney about the Fenian Invasion of Canada in 1866.

Dr Jessica Wärnberg joins Myles to discuss the origins of the Papal Conclave.

Myles is joined by Dr Darragh Gannon, author of 'Conflict, Diaspora, and Empire: Irish Nationalism in Britain, 1912-1922'

Louise Ryan talks about her research into migrant groups in Britain and her oral history interviews with Irish migrants in Britain.

Professor Louise Ryan on migration, oral history and the Irish in Britain; plus Darragh Gannon on Irish Nationalism in Britain in the revolutionary decade.

The Making of Eamon De Valera; The first Irish team to summit Everest; and the Great Irish Fossil Hunt

Professor Maria McNamara of UCC on Ireland’s fossil heritage, and the campaign to create a new fossil map of Ireland.

Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to mountaineer Frank Nugent about the historical background to the Irish Expedition to Everest in 1993.

Myles is joined by Colum Kenny, author of the recently published book 'Dangerous Ambition: The Making of Eamon De Valera'

The Little Rock Nine; The Grangegorman Histories Project; and how Espionage Fiction can reflect real life history

Myles is joined by Martin Griffin, author of 'Reading Espionage Fiction: Narrative, Conflict and Commitment from World War I to the Contemporary Era'

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 Hospital at Grangegorman.

Melba Pattillo Beals of the Little Rock Nine talks to reporter Colm Flynn; and Myles is joined by historian Cecelia Hartsell.

Cottage industry in post-medieval Ireland; how women made and sold butter in centuries gone by; and Power and powerlessness in Union Ireland

Ciaran O'Neill joins Myles to discuss his recently published book, 'Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland: Life in a Palliative State'

Conor Sweetman reports, he talks to Claudia Kinmonth about this skilled, shared tradition that brought women together.