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Lifeline: Dublin Port Company has a rich maritime history

gabor December 15, 2025

Dublin Port Company has a rich maritime history from the Vikings sailing up the Liffey to the following centuries of trading ships from the 16th Century up to the present time. Myra Gleeson sparks to Lar Joye & Marta Lopez who are…

Derek Barter of Maynooth University outlines the Idea of a Communiversity, an Adult Way of Learning based in the Local Community.

admin September 28, 2022

Derek Barter speaks about an initiative of Adult Education based in the local community, known as the Communiversity. Derek Barter is a Liaison Person for Undergraduates in Maynooth University who works with Career Guidance Counsellor Paul Hayes at Northside Partnership, in facilitating…

History on your Doorstep

admin October 12, 2021

Cathy Moore from Archaeology and Built Heritage Ltd joins Donie Tarrant to discuss history on our doorsteps and historical items of interest we see and pass every day.

Traditional singer Pádraig Ó Nualláin sings 18th Century Dublin street ballads and talks about the history behind the songs.

admin October 27, 2020

Traditional singer Pádraig Ó Nualláin talks to NearFM’s John Connell about the songs that he sings. Pádraig collects unusual songs from the past. In this interview he speaks about Dublin life in the 18th Century and the street ballads that tell the…

Northside Today 19-02-2020 Noel McGuinness talks to Professor John Cassidy, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, on celebrating 130 years of Kevin Street College.

admin February 19, 2020

Professor John Cassidy, School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, joins Noel to discuss saying goodbye to Kevin Street & hello to Grangegorman TU Dublin, invited to Celebrate 130 years of Kevin Street College.

Noel McGuinness speaks to Brian Crowley of Kilmainham Gaol Museum

admin February 19, 2020

Brian Crowley joins Noel to discuss recycle, re-purpose, re-imagine transforming objects in Kilmainham Gaol 4th February to 3rd may 2020 a new exhibition at Kilmainham Gaol Museum

Dublin in the Era of the Tan Wars

admin December 4, 2019

On this edition of Northside Today: Berni Dwan talks to Noel McGuinness about the three part Near FM History Series ‘Dublin in the Era of the Tan Wars’.

A to Z of Historical Blunders : Episode 23

admin November 5, 2019

The workhouse – an unworkable solution to Irish poverty There is no doubt about it, the workhouse, whose structure was a blot on the Irish landscape, was the most feared and hated institution in the terrified imaginations of the Irish poor. They…

The History of Lemon’s Pure Sweets

admin October 11, 2019

On this edition of Northside Today: Cormac Moore, Historian in Resident with Dublin City Libraries, North Central Area talks to Noel McGuinness about the history of Lemon’s Pure Sweets. Broadcast: 11/10/2019

Lifeline 18 – 02 – 2019 Michael Kenny, Historian

George Mulcahy February 19, 2019

George Mulcahy is joined by Michael Kenny, Historian and former Keeper at the Art and Industry Division, National Museum Ireland where they discuss coin collecting (official name Numismatics) and its relevance to remembering our past and celebrating important historical figures and events…

History Books to buy this Christmas

admin December 10, 2018

Cormac Moore, Historian in Residence with Dublin City Libraries North Central Area, talks to Noel McGuinness about history books that would make good presents this Christmas. First Aired: 07/12/2018

The Partition of Ireland

admin November 23, 2018

Cormac Moore, Historian in Residence, Dublin City Libraries, North Central Area, talks to Noel McGuinness about the Partition of Ireland. First Aired 23/11/2018