Lindy Taylor joins Donie in the studio to update us on her progress in finding the missing details of her Grandaunt who died as a result of a gas attack on the front lines,while nursing, during WW1.
Noel McGuinness talks to Ciarán Murray about the anniversary of the end of WW1 and how it is commemorated. They talk about the Dublin Fusiliers, the British Legion Hall in Killester and the meaning of the Poppy and the legacy of the…
Episode 28 of the Irish History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode, we look at the differences between the Irish and Scottish routes to independence and we compare the creation of new states in…
Episode 26 of the Irish History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode, we discuss the landing of arms for the Irish Volunteers in Howth in 1914. We also discuss the Bachelor’s Walk Massacre that…
Episode 25 of the Irish History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode, John talks about his new book, ‘Peace After The Final Battle – The Story of The Irish Revolution 1912 – 1924.’
Episode 23 of the Irish History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode the presenters are joined by Pádraig Yeates and John Borgonovo to discuss the effects of the First World War on Dublin and…
Episode 19 of the Irish History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode, John Dorney talks to Dr. Conor Mulvagh about the history of the Irish Parliamentary Party. Conor Mulvagh is a lecturer in UCD…
Episode 4 of the History Show presented by John Dorney and Cathal Brennan. In this episode, Dr. Aoife MacCormac of the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute talks about the Spanish Flu and the Bubonic Plague and their effect on Ireland. Dr. MacCormac is working…