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Dublin Festival of History Podcast

Podcasts from the Dublin Festival of History, brought to you by Dublin City Council


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  • 3. Making Empire: Ireland, Imperialism and the Early Modern World

    39:52||Season 2024, Ep. 3
    Welcome to the Dublin Festival of History podcast, brought to you by Dublin City Council.In this episode, from the Dublin Festival of History 2024, Jane Ohlmeyer, Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Modern History (1762) at Trinity College Dublin, examines how Empire and imperial frameworks, policies, practices, and cultures have shaped the history of the world for the last two millennia. Making Empire re-examines empire as a process and Ireland’s role in it through the lens of early modernity. This conversation was chaired by Professor Patrick Geoghegan.This episode was recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle, on 28th September 2024.

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  • 6. The Trouble with Recent History

    45:50||Season 2024, Ep. 6
    Welcome to the Dublin Festival of History podcast, brought to you by Dublin City Council.This episode, from the Dublin Festival of History 2024, discusses the turbulent and troubled history of the last 50 years in Ireland. The country has seen violence in Northern Ireland, the collapse of the economy and bailout of the banks, the exposure of shocking abuse perpetrated by the Catholic Church and numerous referenda which have changed Irish society. So, when do recent events become history?Historians Diarmaid Ferriter, Caelainn Hogan and Mick Clifford in a conversation chaired by Frank McNally.This episode was recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle, on 29th September 2024.
  • 5. Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement

    46:11||Season 2024, Ep. 5
    Welcome to the Dublin Festival of History podcast, brought to you by Dublin City Council.In this episode, from the Dublin Festival of History 2024, author Roland Phillips discusses his book Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement, chronicling the life and legacy of the British diplomat and Irish rebel executed for high treason. This conversation was chaired by author, researcher and lecturer Paraic Kerrigan.This episode was recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle, on 28th September 2024.
  • 4. The Boundary Commission

    49:42||Season 2024, Ep. 4
    Welcome to the Dublin Festival of History podcast, brought to you by Dublin City Council.This episode, from the Dublin Festival of History 2024, is about the Boundary Commission set up in 1924, to determine the boundary between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. Dublin City Historian in Residence, Cormac Moore discusses the effects of the commission with Margaret O’Callaghan and Ed Burke, chaired by Ronan McGreevy.This episode was recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle, on 28th September, 2024.
  • 2. Land Is All That Matters - Myles Dungan

    37:39||Season 2024, Ep. 2
    Welcome to the Dublin Festival of History podcast, brought to you by Dublin City Council.In this episode, from the Dublin Festival of History 2024, Irish broadcaster and author of Land Is All That Matters, Myles Dungan, examines two hundred years of agrarian conflict from the ruinous famine of 1741 to the eve of World War Two.This episode was recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle, on 28th September 2024.
  • 1. New Perspectives on the Irish Civil War

    48:53||Season 2024, Ep. 1
    Welcome to the Dublin Festival of History podcast, brought to you by Dublin City Council.This episode, from the Dublin Festival of History 2024, celebrates the Atlas of the Irish Civil War, the latest volume in the award-winning Atlas Series. It presents fresh perspectives on, and a nuanced understanding of, the history of the Irish Civil War (1922–3). Speakers are Hélène O’Keeffe, Donal Ó Drisceoil, John Borgonovo and Mike Murphy.This episode was recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle, on 27th September, 2024.
  • 12. On Behan, On Dublin - in conversation with Peter Sheridan

    01:00:53||Season 2023, Ep. 12
    In this episode from the Dublin Festival of History 2023, Peter Sheridan marks the centenary of the birth of the writer Brendan Behan. Raised in Dublin’s north inner city and with strong connections to Dublin’s tenements, Behan is regarded as one of the greatest Irish writers and poets of all time.Sheridan discusses his engagement with the work of Behan and his career more broadly.Peter Sheridan, is a playwright, screenwriter and director.This episode was recorded at 14 Henrietta Street, on October 11, 2023.Please note: This broadcast contains strong language and themes throughout.The Dublin Festival of History is brought to you by Dublin City Council, and organised by Dublin City Libraries, in partnership with Dublin City Council Culture Company.