Full Show Podcast - 3rd May 2026
Exploring the 1926 census; and broadcaster Iain Dale on political leadership.
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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...
Exploring the 1926 census; and broadcaster Iain Dale on political leadership.
Iain Dale speaks about leaders across different systems of government, as explored in the publications he's edited - most recently 'The Taoi...
Myles is joined by four historians who have been going through the 1926 census returns. With Liz Gillis, Mary McAuliffe, Cormac Moore and Ma...
Julie Parsons on her family memoir 'People Like Us'; The first Irish-language newspaper; and Irish Conflict in Comics
James Bacon joins Myles to discuss how Irish conflicts were portrayed in comic books in the 20th century.
Deirdre Ní Chonghaile joins Myles to discuss An Gaodhal, the Irish-language newspaper first published in New York in 1881, now available onl...
Myles is joined by writer Julie Parsons, whose new book 'People Like Us' tells the story of her extended family.
The Catalpa Rescue; and When Fitness Went Global.
Conor Heffernan joins Myles to discuss the rise of physical culture in the 19th century.
The story of the 1876 rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia. With Brenda Malone and Frank MacGabhann.
Myles Dungan and guests explore how Irish radio began; how pirate stations thrived in the 1970s and 1980s; and the story of Irish language b...
Myles Dungan and guests preview the upcoming release of the 1926 Irish census from the National Archives. With Orlaith McBride, Ida Milne, G...
The history and culture of the Irish pub; and the origins of the Academy Awards.
A short history of the Oscars, with Harvey O'Brien of UCD.
To discuss the social and cultural history of the pub, Myles talks to Donal Fallon, author of 'The Dublin Pub'; and Perry Share and MoonYoun...
The Irish revolution in County Meath; The Donegal woman who helped launch the computer age; and Roger Casement is honoured in San Francisco.
Yvonne Judge reports from San Francisco, where Roger Casement was honoured with a plaque on the city's Rainbow Honour Walk.
Marc McMenamin reports, he talks to Turlough O'Riordan and Jane Grimson about the life of Irish-born tech pioneer Kay McNulty.
Ciaran Wallace joins Myles to talk about events in Meath during the revolutionary period.
David McCullagh on how the Anglo-Irish Treaty was undone; and Terry Prone on the art of communication in public life.
Terry Prone joins Myles to discuss her recently published memoir "I'm Glad You Asked Me That: The Political Years"
David McCullagh on how Ireland quietly dismantled the Anglo-Irish Treaty - a peaceful revolution that transformed the Irish Free State into...
Irish-Americans in the Union military; and the collapse of the Boundary Commission a century ago
Marc McMenamin investigates who owns Lough Foyle; then Cormac Moore and Samuel Beckton join Myles to discuss the collapse of the Boundary Co...
Damian Shiels joins Myles to discuss the Irishmen who fought for the Union in the American Civil War; and whose stories are revealed in forg...
The Igoe Gang’s pursuit of Michael Collins; The Gaynor sisters’ legacy of compassion and care in 19th-century Ireland; and the mysterious ca...
At the West Cork History Festival, Myles speaks to Professor Sara Lodge about the real and imagined women who pioneered the detective story.
Ian Kenneally reports on the lives of sisters Sarah Atkinson and Anna Gaynor ('Sister Mary John), and their work helping the most vulnerable...
Ultan Courtney joins Myles to discuss the shadowy police unit that hunted Michael Collins and his men during the Irish War of Independence.
Myles Dungan and guests explore the origins and legacy of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland. Featuring Finnian O’Cionnaith, Aengus Ó Fionnagáin...
The Jews who tried to escape to Northern Ireland on the eve of World War Two; and a forgotten history of the occult.
Raphael Cormack joins Myles to discuss the mystics, miracle-workers, and spiritual showmen of the interwar years.
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 Nor...
The untold story of a brutal murder in Donegal; and Pirates, power, and the seas around Medieval Ireland.
Dr Simon Egan of Queen’s University Belfast explores how piracy, foreign fleets, and climate change transformed Ireland’s coasts in the 14th...
Historian Dr Angela Byrne joins Myles with the untold story of a brutal murder in Donegal.
Great Irish Wives; The Irish Priest Who Unearthed Rome's Past; and Irish links to professional American football
Ian Kenneally joins Myles to discuss some of the Irish and Irish-American figures who helped shape professional American football.
Colm Flynn reports, he talks to Father Paul Lawlor at the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome.
Myles is joined by Nicola Pierce, author of the new book 'Great Irish Wives: Remarkable Lives from History'
The Irish Civil War as a case study in counterinsurgency; Woodrow Wilson's Sheep; and the markets and lost industries of Dublins Northside.
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 fe...
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,...
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.