The History Show Podcast
1) The Silent Civil War
Liz Gillis on the new RTÉ TV series, which explores inherited memories and unheard testimony of the Civil War.
2) The Irish Defence Forces, 1922–2022
Eoin Kinsella on his new book which covers a century of The Irish Defence Forces.
3) Robert Tressell
Mary Muldowney talks about the writer Robert Tressell, and the upcoming Tressell Festival on Saturday 6th of May at Liberty Hall.
4) Full Show Podcast - 30th April 2023
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.
5) Italy and the Irish During World War Two
Myles talks to Isadore Ryan, author of 'Roman Imbroglio: Italy and the Irish During World War Two'
6) Snow Widows
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'
7) Full Show Podcast - 23rd April 2023
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.
8) The Yeats Sisters
The life and work of Elizabeth and Susan Yeats is discussed by Dr Angela Griffith and Eunan McKinney.
9) Full Show Podcast - 16th April 2023
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.
10) A Short History of Presidential Criminality
Sandra Scanlon of UCD on the United States Presidents who ran afoul of the law, from Ulysses S. Grant to Donald J. Trump.