Where the murdering cannons roar’ —the American Civil War correspondence of the McMonagle family
(Recorded live on Tues 29 Sept ’26, National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin) History Ireland editor Tommy Graham, with Sineád McCoole (National Library), Lar Joye (Heritage Director, Dublin Port) and...
16 Okt 1h 3min
Clare and America—from the Famine to Parnell
(Recorded live on 7 Oct ’26, De Valera Library, Ennis)In the 50 years after the Famine, half of those born in Ireland ended up somewhere else, two thirds of them in the USA; more women than men emigra...
16 Okt 1h 21min
Captain Bligh—hero or villain?
Captain Bligh—hero or villain?(Recorded live on Saturday 03 October 2026 at Substation, Distributed Museum, Dublin Port)Captain William Bligh, whose draconian discipline provoked mutiny on HMS Bounty ...
9 Okt 1h 4min
A ‘unique relationship’?—Ireland and the USA 1920–present
A ‘unique relationship’?—Ireland and the USA 1920–present(Recorded live on Fri 28 Aug ’26 @ the Electric Picnic)While the UK claims to have a ‘special relationship’ with the USA, we claim a ‘unique re...
4 Sep 51min
Irish America in the 1950s
Dublin Festival of Books presents one of a series of presentations on this year's One City One Book—John Banville’s Christine Falls. While most of the action takes place in the gloomy streets of 1950s...
17 Apr 54min
Ballyshannon—mapping the old town
Ballyshannon may or may not be the ‘oldest town in Ireland’ but it has certainly been the site of human settlement and activity for thousands of years and has been mapped since the late sixteenth cent...
14 Nov 20251h
Where stands Dev 50 years on?
Recorded live on Saturday 30 August ’25 @ the Electric Picnic Admired and reviled in equal measure, Éamon de Valera was Ireland’s longest-serving taoiseach and a two-term president. Join History Ir...
5 Sep 202555min
Making sense of Trump’s America
Recorded live on Friday 29 August ’25 @ the Electric Picnic History Ireland editor Tommy Graham in conversation with Dan Mulhall, Irish ambassador in Washington during President Trump’s first adminis...
5 Sep 202554min
