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Barry Sheppard welcomes Conor Doyle to discuss the history of the Irish stage and movie actor Jimmy O’Dea.

History Now with Brian M. Walker, Professor Emeritus of Irish Studies at Queen’s University of Belfast and author of Irish History Matters. While knowledge of history can explain our contemporary situation, an awareness of the …

Short film produced at Aonach Jack, the annual arts, crafts and music festival held in the village of Meenaleck, Co. Donegal. (subtitled)

Barry Sheppard with Diane Urquhart, Professor of Gender History, Queen’s University Belfast discuss divorce in Ireland. Spanning the island of Ireland over three centuries, it places the human experience of marriage breakdown centre stage to …

History Now presented by Barry Sheppard. Guest Conor Curran, Research Fellow in the School of Education at Trinity College Dublin and Cormac Moore Historian-in-Residence Dublin City Council look at the experiences and achievement levels of …

Barry Sheppard is joined by Dr Jennifer Pope and Dr Ian Miller to talk about the underdeveloped part of history of diet and nutrition.

Professor Linda Connolly unearths the sexual violence, a dark secret of the War of Independence and Civil War.