Hidden Histories

The story of Saint Patrick is truly international – he was, afterall, a Welsh missionary, bringing the word of Rome to the people of Ireland. Saint Patrick’s Day will be celebrated globally today, but it is a little known  fact that Saint Patrick is also the patron saint of another nation – Nigeria. Bound to Ireland today by migration, and historically by colonial pasts, just how did Patrick become the Patron Saint of that nation?

Donal Fallon has been looking into it for another episode of Hidden Histories

The story of Saint Patrick is truly international – he was, afterall, a Welsh missionary, bringing the word of Rome to the people of Ireland. Saint Patrick’s Day will be celebrated globally today, but it is a little known  fact that Saint Patrick is also the patron saint of another nation – Nigeria. Bound to Ireland today by migration, and historically by colonial pasts, just how did Patrick become the Patron Saint of that nation?

Donal Fallon has been looking into it for another episode of Hidden Histories

Architects, on occasion, become household names – Engineers generally don’t. Yet without engineers, a building can not become a reality, making the leap from a design on paper to a standing structure. It is remarkable how few of us have heard the name Peter Rice – the Irish engineer behind many of the twentieth centuries most stunning global buildings, including the Sydney Opera House and the Pompidou Centre in Paris. Dying at only 57 in 1992, he is undoubtedly one of the most important Irish figures of architectural history.

Donal Fallon has more with another episode of Hidden Histories.

Architects, on occasion, become household names – Engineers generally don’t. Yet without engineers, a building can not become a reality, making the leap from a design on paper to a standing structure. It is remarkable how few of us have heard the name Peter Rice – the Irish engineer behind many of the twentieth centuries most stunning global buildings, including the Sydney Opera House and the Pompidou Centre in Paris. Dying at only 57 in 1992, he is undoubtedly one of the most important Irish figures of architectural history.

Donal Fallon has more with another episode of Hidden Histories.

Donal Fallon author of the "Come Here To Me Blog" joins Gavan to discuss the Phoenix Park Murders in another episode of Hidden Histories.

 

Donal Fallon author of the "Come Here To Me Blog" joins Gavan to discuss the Phoenix Park Murders in another episode of Hidden Histories.

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