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Oldfilibuster’s Rhyme & Reason – E08 – A tandem of post-modernism on the R827

Paul January 6, 2021

A tandem of post-modernism on the R827 – the young James Joyce and Flann O’Brien gadding about Blackrock If you were a municipal historian you might take a passing interest in what de Selby has to say on the subject of roads,…

Oldfilibuster’s Rhyme & Reason – E07 – Coming Home

Paul December 17, 2020

We’ve all been spending a whole lot more time at home in recent months. In many ways, our homes may have become our own small country. When we look at the big world picture, we are probably grateful if we have a…

Oldfilibuster’s Rhyme & Reason – E06 – Bold Botanists

Paul December 15, 2020

It’s a dull early summer evening in suburban Dublin. I’m in my favourite room – the back garden; having just emerged from my second favourite room – the greenhouse. The flowers on the apple, pear and plum trees have been replaced with…

Oldfilibuster’s Rhyme & Reason – E05 – The Birds

Paul December 15, 2020

Did you know that Charles Darwin had a go at eating owl? While at Cambridge University he was a member of the “Gourmet Club,” which met once a week to eat animals not often found on menus. He found the old brown owl ‘indescribable’.…

Oldfilibuster’s Rhyme & Reason – E04 – Gentlemen Dredgers

Paul December 15, 2020

Next time you visit that fine institution that never succumbed to the vagaries of fashion: the Natural History Museum on Dublin’s Merrion Square – and please do so very soon – take a look at the display cabinets that contain the marine…

History and Community: Episode 19

admin October 16, 2020

History and tourism with Denis McIntyre, Dublin North Bay Tourism, This week Denis brings us to Howth.

Oldfilibuster’s Rhyme & Reason – E03 – The Seven Ages – Like it or Not

admin July 17, 2020

Oldfilibuster’s Rhyme & Reason We can’t separate literature and music from history; they go hand in hand. History is memoir, history records the mistakes. History is in our back yards, our photo albums, and our personal memories. Some say that the…

Women in Dublin during the Tan War

Paul December 19, 2019

Programme 3 – WOMEN IN DUBLIN IN THE ERA OF THE TAN WAR Presented by Berni Dwane with guests Maeve Casserly and Mary Muldowney Recorded at Raheny Library 16/10/2019 With music by The Rattling Kind This Near FM production was recorded in…

The Tan War Era and the Border and The Democratic Programme

Paul December 12, 2019

The Border and The Democratic Programme – Recorded in Donaghmede Library – 10/10/201 Presented by Berni Dwane with guests Padraig Yeates and Cormac Moore With music by The Rattling Kind This Near FM production was recorded in local libraries as part of the…

Jews and Protestants in the era of the Tan War.

Paul December 5, 2019

Near FM present a new series of exciting historical talks recorded in local libraries, as part of the Dublin Festival of History 2019. Jews and Protestants – Recorded in Ballymun Library 2/10/2019 Presented by Berni Dwan with guests Melanie Browne and Ida…

The Indignant Muse – Episode 10 – Civil War

Paul March 22, 2019

History comes alive through the songs and poems of Ireland’s modern revolutionary period (1887- 1926) The Indignant Muse is a ten part radio series adapted from the landmark book of the same name published by Lilliput Press. Join Terry Moylan as he brings listeners…

The Indignant Muse – Episode 9 – War of Independence

Paul March 21, 2019

History comes alive through the songs and poems of Ireland’s modern revolutionary period (1887- 1926) The Indignant Muse is a ten part radio series adapted from the landmark book of the same name published by Lilliput Press. Join Terry Moylan as he brings listeners…