<p>In this episode: the unhappy early life and dangerous ambition of Eamon De Valera, with Colum Kenny; power and change in Rural Ireland, with editor Tomás Finn; and The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age, with Steven Mithen.</p>

In this episode: the unhappy early life and dangerous ambition of Eamon De Valera, with Colum Kenny; power and change in Rural Ireland, with editor Tomás Finn; and The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age, with Steven Mithen.

Best of January Books

This unique and lively history show delves into some of the world's most important political, social and cultural events and the intriguing personalities behind them.

Presented by Dr Patrick Geoghegan of Trinity College Dublin, Talking History unravels the gritty, sometimes uncomfortable, side of our past, and what we can learn from it.

History

This unique and lively history show delves into some of the world's most important political, social and cultural events and the intriguing personalities behind them. Presented by Dr Patrick Geoghegan of Trinity College Dublin, Talking History unravels the gritty, sometimes uncomfortable, side of our past, and what we can learn from it.

This unique and lively&nbsp;history&nbsp;show delves into some of the world's most important political, social and cultural events and the intriguing&nbsp;personalities behind them.

Presented by Dr Patrick Geoghegan of Trinity College Dublin,&nbsp;Talking History&nbsp;unravels the gritty, sometimes uncomfortable, side of our past, and what we can learn from it.

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