The new TV Series 'The Silent Civil War'; a new comprehensive history of The Irish Defence Forces; and the life of Irish writer Robert Tressell.

Full Show Podcast - 30th April 2023

Mary Muldowney talks about the writer Robert Tressell, and the upcoming Tressell Festival on Saturday 6th of May at Liberty Hall.

Robert Tressell

Eoin Kinsella on his new book which covers a century of The Irish Defence Forces.

The Irish Defence Forces, 1922–2022

Liz Gillis on the new RTÉ TV series, which explores inherited memories and unheard testimony of the Civil War.

The Silent Civil War

The life and work of Elizabeth and Susan Yeats is discussed by Dr Angela Griffith and Eunan McKinney.

The Yeats Sisters

Myles talks to Isadore Ryan, author of 'Roman Imbroglio: Italy and the Irish During World War Two'

Italy and the Irish During World War Two

Colm Flynn speaks to Katherine MacInnes, author of the book 'Snow Widows: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition Through the Eyes of the Women They Left Behind'

Snow Widows

The women left behind after Robert Falcon Scott's fatal expedition to the South Pole; The life and work of the Yeats sisters; and stories of the Irish in Italy during WW2.

Full Show Podcast - 23rd April 2023

Sandra Scanlon of UCD on the United States Presidents who ran afoul of the law, from Ulysses S. Grant to Donald J. Trump.

A Short History of Presidential Criminality

Mairéad Carew on the extraordinary story of the British-Israelites, their strange excavations, and the campaign to save the Hill of Tara.

Tara and the Ark of the Covenant

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.

Tara and the Ark of the Covenant; A short history of Presidential criminality; and Westmeath woman Mary McCann's heroic response to the tragic General Slocum disaster.

Full Show Podcast - 16th April 2023

Mary McCann

Ian Kenneally on the Westmeath woman who became a national hero in the USA for her brave response to a steamboat fire.

Send us another Mary McCann

Mary McAuliffe on the challenges facing women applying for military service pensions in the 1920s and 1930s.

Women and Military Service Pensions

Paul Huddie joins Myles to discuss two court battles in 1920s Ireland, which illustrate the legal and economic complexity of dissolving the union between Ireland and Great Britain.

Fighting over the scraps of the Union

Jonathan C. Creasy reports from the Woodbury Poetry Room at Harvard University, home of a rich collection of literary audio recordings - and the life of one of its most important curators, John “Jack” Lincoln Sweeney.

Harvard's Library of Voices

Conor Sweetman reports on the tale of an important artefact from the Irish Civil War. He talks to Kenneth L.Smith-Christmas, Lar Joye and Brenda Malone from the National Museum of Ireland.

Rediscovery of a Four Courts Field Gun

The rediscovery of a field gun used to shell the Four Courts; Court battles over military charity assets in 1920s Ireland; women who applied for Military Service Pensions in the 1920s and '30s; and the 'Library of Voices' at Harvard University.

Full Show Podcast - 9th April 2023

The life and death of republican leader Liam Lynch; and 800 years of industry in Harold's Cross.

Full Show Podcast - 26th March 2023

Cathy Scuffil joins Myles to talk about 800 years of industry in Harold's Cross in Dublin.

Greenmount Mill

Liam Lynch

Gerard Shannon joins Myles to talk about the life and death of the republican leader Liam Lynch.

Liam Lynch: To Declare a Republic

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