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Dr Barry Houlihan Archivist at National University of Ireland, Galway talks about his new book ‘Theatre and Archival Memory: Irish Drama and Marginalised Histories 1951-1977’ which looks at the production and reception of Irish drama, …

Scottish folk singer Eddi Reader discusses her discovery of a trove of material belonging to her great-uncle Seamus Reader, who played a role in the Irish revolutionary period.

Barry Sheppard talks to ex-wrestler Dave Finlay and author of the book ‘Falls Brawls and Townhalls’ Nick Campbell about the history of wrestling in Northern Ireland.

Barry Sheppard talks to co author Chris Tomlinson about the New York Times best selling book ‘Forget The Alamo’.  

Dr Nik Ribianszky, Lecturer in American History at Queen’s University, discusses the tenacious struggles by which free blacks claimed and maintained their freedom until slavery’s demise in Natchez. Author of ‘Generations of Freedom: Gender, Movement …

Crawford Gribben, Professor of History at Queen’s University, discusses his new book ‘Survival and Resistance in Evangelical America: Christian Reconstruction in the Pacific Northwest’, with Barry Sheppard.

Professor John Barry talks to Barry Sheppard on ‘The ecocidal myth of endless economic growth’

History Now: The life and work of Brendan Behan with Donal Fallon

Historian Alan Parkinson talks about the turbulent years of 1920 through to 1925 in the early development of Northern Ireland.