Episodes
Flor MacCarthy reports from Monaco, speaking to Prince Albert II about an oasis of Irish culture, inspired by Grace Kelly’s connection to Ireland.
Published 04/28/24
Ronan Kelly has been island-hopping – and he encountered two men with an eye for potential that's hiding in plain sight.
Published 04/28/24
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 communities.
Published 04/28/24
Cathy Scuffil on the local history tales revealed in a photograph taken over a century ago in south Dublin city.
Published 04/14/24
Cathal Póirtéir on the 19th century Donegal landlord who set out to improve Gweedore, County Donegal.
Published 04/14/24
The 19th century Donegal landlord who set out to improve Gweedore; and the local history tales revealed in a photograph taken over a century ago in Dublin.
Published 04/14/24
Niamh Howlin and Donal Coffey join Myles to discuss how our courts system began, 100 years ago.
Published 04/07/24
Marc McMenamin on the life and death of mountaineer George Mallory, and the disputed fate of the 1924 Mount Everest Expedition.
Published 04/07/24
George Mallory's pursuit of Everest's Peak; The extraordinary lives of the last men to own Belvedere House in Westmeath; and the origins of the Irish courts system.
Published 04/07/24
Ian Kenneally reports on the lives of the last two men to own Belvedere House in Westmeath. He speaks to Ruth Illingworth and Jonathan Westaway.
Published 04/07/24
Myles Dungan presents the story of the two Irish engineers who changed the history of California, by bringing water to LA and San Francisco - allowing the cities to grow.
Published 03/24/24
Myles visits the Records Branch of the Irish Land Commission in Port Laoise, to hear about the challenge of conserving and cataloguing its 11 million documents.
Published 03/17/24
Ronan Kelly tells the stories of two men separated by centuries, but connected by their power within the Catholic Church - and, by their love of art.
Published 03/10/24
The historian and author joins Myles to talk about the Anglo-Irish Treaty, The 1922 Constitution, and how life changed for ordinary citizens in the new Irish Free State.
Published 03/10/24
A century of dentistry in Ireland; Joseph EA Connell on the transition to the new Irish Free State; and a story of two powerful men separated by centuries but connected by their love of art.
Published 03/10/24
Myles is joined by Eoin Kinsella and Frances Nolan, authors of 'The Irish Dental Association: A Centenary History'
Published 03/10/24
Myles is joined by Mary McAuliffe and Harriet Wheelock, authors of "The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn: a Life Revealed Through Personal Writing"
Published 03/03/24
Lorcan Clancy talks to Deirdre Ní Chonghaile, who is working on a project that utilises AI to digitise the world's first Irish-language newspaper.
Published 03/03/24
The Diaries of Dr Kathleen Lynn; The Founding Father of Artificial Intelligence; and using AI to digitise the first Irish language newspaper.
Published 03/03/24
Andy O'Donoghue on the life and career of Professor John McCarthy, the computer scientist who coined the term "Artificial Intelligence"
Published 03/03/24
Michael Vaughn and Padraig Óg O’Ruairc on the complex and unusual case of 15-year old Francis Murphy, who was killed in 1919.
Published 11/05/23
Myles is joined by Zoë Reid, Keeper of Public Services & Collections with the National Archives.
Published 11/05/23
The killing of 15-year-old Francis Murphy in 1919; The moral panic over comic books in 1950s Ireland; and Harry Clarke's Geneva Window
Published 11/05/23
Ian Kenneally reports, he talks to comic collector and author David McDonald about the short-lived comic "The Leprechaun"
Published 11/05/23
To talk about the Irish Land Commission and its archives, Myles is joined by Terence Dooley, Catriona Crowe, Fiona Fitzsimons and Anne Murphy.
Published 10/29/23