The History Show

by RTÉ Radio 1
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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 on RTÉ Radio 1.

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Recent Episodes
  • Full Show Podcast - 20th April 2025
    Apr 20, 2025 – 0:46:59
  • Professor Louise Ryan on migration, oral history and the Irish in Britain
    Apr 20, 2025 – 0:24:40
  • Irish Nationalism in Britain, 1912-1922
    Apr 20, 2025 – 0:20:17
  • The Making of Eamon De Valera
    Apr 13, 2025 – 0:23:00
  • The Irish Expedition to Everest, 1993
    Apr 13, 2025 – 0:10:20
  • The Great Irish Fossil Hunt
    Apr 13, 2025 – 0:13:04
  • Full Show Podcast - 13th April 2025
    Apr 13, 2025 – 0:47:47
  • The Little Rock Nine
    Apr 6, 2025 – 0:19:41
  • The Grangegorman Histories Project
    Apr 6, 2025 – 0:10:47
  • Reading Espionage Fiction
    Apr 6, 2025 – 0:16:31
  • Full Show Podcast - 6th April 2025
    Apr 6, 2025 – 0:48:44
  • Cottage Industry in Post Medieval Ireland
    Mar 30, 2025 – 0:16:58
  • Joined in Butter: Irish home butter-makers
    Mar 30, 2025 – 0:08:43
  • Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland
    Mar 30, 2025 – 0:19:30
  • Full Show Podcast - 30th March 2025
    Mar 30, 2025 – 0:46:35
  • Documents on Irish Foreign Policy 1969-1973
    Mar 23, 2025 – 0:48:38
  • Seumas MacManus
    Mar 16, 2025 – 0:17:19
  • The Lough Ree Monster
    Mar 16, 2025 – 0:14:44
  • T.K. Whitaker: Irishman of the 20th Century
    Mar 16, 2025 – 0:17:30
  • Full Show Podcast - 16th March 2025
    Mar 16, 2025 – 0:51:15
  • Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland
    Mar 9, 2025 – 0:19:58
  • The National University of Ireland and the First World War
    Mar 9, 2025 – 0:25:01
  • Full Show Podcast - 9th March 2025
    Mar 9, 2025 – 0:45:55
  • The Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movement
    Mar 2, 2025 – 0:22:26
  • Rebel Women: Cumann na mBan in Belfast and the Glens of Antrim 1914-1924
    Mar 2, 2025 – 0:26:48
  • Full Show Podcast - 2nd March 2025
    Mar 2, 2025 – 0:50:21
  • Jonathan Swift: Savage Indignation
    Nov 10, 2024 – 0:31:38
  • The Mass Hunger Strike of 1923
    Nov 10, 2024 – 0:11:42
  • Full Show Podcast - 10th November 2024
    Nov 10, 2024 – 0:44:58
  • The Nastiest Presidential Elections in US History
    Nov 3, 2024 – 01:04:50
  • The Irish in Multicultural Britain
    Oct 27, 2024 – 0:18:09
  • Dracula, Frankenstein and Ballyshannon
    Oct 27, 2024 – 0:06:22
  • The Convening of the Irish Boundary Commission
    Oct 27, 2024 – 0:19:32
  • Full Show Podcast - 27th October 2024
    Oct 27, 2024 – 0:45:23
  • Foreign Tongues: Victorian Language Learning and the Shaping of Modern Ireland
    Oct 20, 2024 – 0:19:37
  • The Shooting of Richard Bertles
    Oct 20, 2024 – 0:13:22
  • Thomas Keneally on John Mitchel
    Oct 20, 2024 – 0:17:49
  • Full Show Podcast - 20th October 2024
    Oct 20, 2024 – 0:52:31
  • Irish Food History
    Oct 13, 2024 – 0:20:48
  • Remembering our Community Midwives
    Oct 13, 2024 – 0:12:45
  • Race, Politics, and Irish America
    Oct 13, 2024 – 0:19:07
  • Full Show Podcast - 13th October 2024
    Oct 13, 2024 – 0:54:25
  • The Irish Jacobite Army
    Oct 6, 2024 – 0:20:50
  • U.S. First Ladies: Making History and Leaving Legacies
    Oct 6, 2024 – 0:14:04
  • Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity
    Oct 6, 2024 – 0:18:28
  • Full Show Podcast - 6th October 2024
    Oct 6, 2024 – 0:55:08
  • Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radicals
    Sep 29, 2024 – 0:26:41
  • Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement
    Sep 29, 2024 – 0:35:44
  • Full Show Podcast - 29th September 2024
    Sep 29, 2024 – 01:03:15
  • Niall Quinn on the life of Oscar Traynor
    Sep 22, 2024 – 01:02:30
Recent Reviews
  • Mac an tSionnaigh
    Bad Start to New Series
    I have been looking forward to the new series and this is the topic-The Gaeltacht Civil Rights. Seriously? What is the production team thinking??
  • Winston Mandolin
    Fascinating History Podcast
    I’ve been listening to this gem of a show for years. The show focuses on Irish history and the stories of Irish people both at home and abroad, but does a wonderful job showing the connections to European, American, and world history. As an American, I was surprised by how interesting and relevant these stories are to me. Myles and team always bring fascinating stories to the table, covering both large historical events but also personal, local, and little known stories. Always intriguing and high quality.
  • Always an accountant
    Excellent quality
    I just love this podcast. Stories are detailed. Information is fresh. As an American the stories I hear a different history than I have been used to learning. Myles is a great host. He is always engaging
  • Grateful History Buff
    Fascinating collections of relevant stories
    One of my favorite history podcasts. Miles and team always deliver with varied, interesting, and relevant stories that shed a new light on modern Irish and world history. Each episode is entertaining and unique, and I have found them to be largely focused on the experience of individuals and communities, which I find to be captivating listening.
  • Tipi i'hpaya
    Important Cultural Connection
    As the granddaughter of Irish immigrants, this show has been a lovely and important connection to the land, people, culture, and history of my ancestors. Unable to travel to Dublin now, this satisfies a homesickness and I’m grateful for it.
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