The History Show RTÉ
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Bringing the past to life! Discover how Ireland and our world was shaped as Myles Dungan and guests explore events ranging from medieval times to the recent past. Listen live Sundays at 6pm on RTÉ Radio 1.
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Full Show Podcast - 14th April 2024
The 19th century Donegal landlord who set out to improve Gweedore; and the local history tales revealed in a photograph taken over a century ago in Dublin.
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Lord George Hill
Cathal Póirtéir on the 19th century Donegal landlord who set out to improve Gweedore, County Donegal.
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One Photograph, Many Stories
Cathy Scuffil on the local history tales revealed in a photograph taken over a century ago in south Dublin city.
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Bury, Beaumont and Belvedere House
Ian Kenneally reports on the lives of the last two men to own Belvedere House in Westmeath. He speaks to Ruth Illingworth and Jonathan Westaway.
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Full Show Podcast - 7th April 2024
George Mallory's pursuit of Everest's Peak; The extraordinary lives of the last men to own Belvedere House in Westmeath; and the origins of the Irish courts system.
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George Mallory's Pursuit of Everest's Peak
Marc McMenamin on the life and death of mountaineer George Mallory, and the disputed fate of the 1924 Mount Everest Expedition.