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History Show Episode 17

admin July 8, 2013

Episode 17 of the Irish History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode we are joined by Irish American historian, author and poet, John Kearns, to discuss the Molly Maguires. The Molly Maguires were a…

The History Show Episode 16

admin May 27, 2013

Episode 16 of the History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode we are joined by Dr. Shane Kenna to discuss the Irish National Invincibles and the Fenian Dynamite Campaign of the 1880s.

The History Show Episode 15

admin April 25, 2013

Episode 15 of the History Show on Near FM. The Irish Revolution as a backdrop for historical fiction. On this episode of the History Show, Cathal Brennan and John Dorney talk to Irish – American novelist Kevin McCarthy about his novel Peeler…

The History Show Episode Fourteen

admin April 7, 2013

Episode Fourteen of the History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode John interviews Fionnuala Walsh of Trinity College Dublin about Irish Women and the First World War. In Ireland, the First World War saw…

The History Show Episode Thirteen

admin March 25, 2013

Episode thirteen of the History Show on Near FM presented by John Dorney and Cathal Brennan. On today’s episode we’re joined by Dr. Brian Hanley of University College Dublin. Dr. Brian Hanley is the author of The IRA – A documentary History,…

The History Show Episode Twelve

admin March 4, 2013

Episode Twelve of the History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. In this episode we are joined by Aidan Beatty, a PhD student from the University of Chicago to talk about his research on the links between Irish…

The History Show Episode Eleven

admin January 14, 2013

Episode Eleven of the History Show on Near FM presented by John Dorney and Cathal Brennan. In this episode, John Dorney speaks to Dr. John M. Regan of the University of Dundee about Revisionism, Peter Hart and the History Wars in Ireland.…

The History Show Episode Ten

admin November 16, 2012

Episode 10 of the History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this epsiode we talk to Dr. Conor McCabe of the UCD School of Social Justice about the southern Irish economy since partition. http://dublinopinion.com/ …

The History Show Episode Nine

admin November 16, 2012

Episode 9 of the History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. In the first part of the show, Alex O’Fhailghigh talks about radicalism in the Irish community in Scotland. In the second part of the show,…

The History Show Episode Eight

admin August 14, 2012

Episode 8 of the History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode we look at the 1913 Lockout in Dublin. We’re joined by author and historian Pádraig Yeates. Pádraig is the author of Lockout:…

The History Show Episode Seven

admin May 21, 2012

Episode 7 of the History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode, we discuss Fascism and Anti – Fascism in Ireland, in particular the Blueshirts and Fine Gael. We were joined by Dr. Fearghal McGarry…

The History Show Episode Six

admin May 21, 2012

Episode 6 of the History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode, we are joined by Professor David Fitzpatrick of Trinity College Dublin. Professor Fitzpatrick has just edited a collection of essays called Terror in…