This week Patrick and a panel of esteemed historians, researchers and scholars discuss the lore of the great mythical hunter-warrior Fionn Mac Cumhaill. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Dr Natasha Sumner, Director Fionn Cycle Folklore Project, Harvard, Dr Kevin Murray, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Early and Medieval Irish, University College Cork, Dr Sile Ni Muhurchu, Department of Modern Irish, University College Cork, Brian O' Sullivan, Author and Historian, Dr Jim MacKillop, Editor of  the 'Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology' and Dr Joseph Flahive, Scholar, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for January 2022. Books covered on the show include: 'The Fall of Robespierre' by Colin Jones, 'Stonehouse: Cabinet Minister, Fraudster, Spy' with Julian Hayes, 'The Terror War' with Joe Connell,  'A History of the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry' with Pat Mc Carthy and 'Adomnan, Adhamhnan, Eunan. Life and Afterlife of a Donegal Saint with Brian Lacey.

Join Patrick for the best of Irish and International history publications for December 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'We Are The Legion' with Julie Summers, 'What A Bloody Awful Country: Northern Ireland's Century of Division' with Kevin Meagher, 'Ballymacandy: The Story of a Kerry Ambush' with Owen O' Shea', Napoleon's Plunder: Napoleon's Theft of Veronese's Feast' with Cynthia Saltzman  and 'Your Story, My Story' with Connie Palmen.

This week Patrick and a panel of historians and biographers discuss the life and legacy of the great Prussian King Frederick the Great. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Professor Tim Blanning, Professor of modern European history, University of Cambridge, Professor David Blackbourn, Chair of History, Vanderbilt University, Dr Patricia A. Simpson, Professor of German Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Giles Mc Donogh, author of 'Frederick the Great: A Life in Deed and Letters.

Join Patrick for the best of Irish and International history publications for December 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'The Glory and the Sorrow: A Parisian and His World in the Age of the French Revolution' with Timothy Tackett, 'The Black and Tans, 1920-1921' with Jim Herlihy, 'Ireland 1913 by Richard Arnold Berman' with Florian Krobb, 'The First Irish Cities' with David Dickson and 'A Hare-Marked Moon: From Bhutan to Yorkshire: The Story of an English Stupa' with David Lascelles.

 

This week Patrick and a panel of biographers, historians and classicists discuss the life and legacy of Roman General Scipio Africanus. Joining Patrick on the show are: Author and Historian Adrian Goldsworthy, Dr Catherine Steel, Professor of Classics, University of Glasgow, Dr David Levene, Professor of Classics, Department of Classics, New York University, Professor Federico Santangelo, Professor of Ancient History, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University and Dr John Serrati, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa.

Episode 1 of Inside The Crime - The Whelan Family Story is released on Tuesday 23 November, with a new episode weekly.

This week Patrick explores the best in Irish and International history publications for November 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'France: A Short History' with Jeremy Black, 'Medieval Dublin XV111' with Sean Duffy, 'Irish American Diaspora Nationalism. The Friends of Irish Freedom, 1916-1935' with Michael Doorley, 'The War Lords and The Gallipoli Disaster' with Nicholas Lambert and 'Speaking East: The Strange and Enchanted Life of Isidore Isou' with Andrew Hussey.

This week Patrick and a panel of historians discuss the Centenary of Northern Ireland and Partition. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Professor Michael Laffan, Department of History, UCD, Dr Cormac Moore, Historian in Residence, Dublin City Council, Dr Margaret O'Callaghan, Queens University Belfast, Dr Marie Coleman, Queens University Belfast and Lord Paul Bew, Chair, Northern Ireland Office Centenary Historical Panel.

This evenings music is from Brendan Kerr and Catriona Gribbon.

 

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for November 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'Icebound in the Arctic: The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier and the Franklin Expedition' with Michael Smith, 'A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible' with Kristin Swenson', 'Deciphering Aztec Hieroglyphs' with Gordon Whittaker,  'Ireland's Pirate Trail' with Des Ekin and Evita Burned Down Our Pavilion: A History of Latin America Through Cricket' with James Coyne.