The History Show

By RTÉ Radio 1

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 Rad... more

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The podcast currently has 791 episodes available.

The History Show episodes:

October 26, 2025 Full Show Podcast - 26th October 2025
The Igoe Gang’s pursuit of Michael Collins; The Gaynor sisters’ legacy of compassion and care in 19th-century Ireland; and the mysterious case of the Victorian female detective
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59min
October 26, 2025 The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective
At the West Cork History Festival, Myles speaks to Professor Sara Lodge about the real and imagined women who pioneered the detective story.
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24min
October 26, 2025 The Igoe Gang: The Secret War In Dublin 1920-21
Ultan Courtney joins Myles to discuss the shadowy police unit that hunted Michael Collins and his men during the Irish War of Independence.
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22min
October 26, 2025 Compassion and Care in 19th-Century Dublin
Ian Kenneally reports on the lives of sisters Sarah Atkinson and Anna Gaynor ('Sister Mary John), and their work helping the most vulnerable in Victorian Dublin.
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12min
October 19, 2025 The Ordnance Survey in Ireland
Myles Dungan and guests explore the origins and legacy of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland. Featuring Finnian O’Cionnaith, Aengus Ó Fionnagáin, Paddy Prendergast and Catherine Porter.
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54min
October 12, 2025 Full Show Podcast - 12th October 2025
The Jews who tried to escape to Northern Ireland on the eve of World War Two; and a forgotten history of the occult.
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48min
October 12, 2025 Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult
Raphael Cormack joins Myles to discuss the mystics, miracle-workers, and spiritual showmen of the interwar years.
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22min
October 12, 2025 Northern Ireland, Vienna and the Holocaust
Noel Russell joins Myles to discuss his book 'The Saved and the Spurned', which tells the story of Jews in Vienna who tried to escape to Northern Ireland just before WW2.
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25min
October 05, 2025 Full Show Podcast - 5th October 2025
The untold story of a brutal murder in Donegal; and Pirates, power, and the seas around Medieval Ireland.
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46min
October 05, 2025 Pirates, Power, and the Seas Around Medieval Ireland
Dr Simon Egan of Queen’s University Belfast explores how piracy, foreign fleets, and climate change transformed Ireland’s coasts in the 14th and 15th centuries.
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22min

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How many episodes does The History Show have?

The podcast currently has 791 episodes available.

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