Podcasts

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

This unique and lively history show delves into some of the world's most important political, social and cultural events and the intriguing personalities behind them. Presented by Dr Patrick Geoghegan of Trinity College Dublin, Talking History unravels the gritty, sometimes uncomfortable, side of our past, and what we can learn from it.

Latest episodes

Limerick and the British & Irish Lions

14 days ago - 54 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

Thomas Cromwell: His Final Years

21 days ago - 53 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

The Irish Lumières

a month ago - 50 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

Daniel O'Connell: 250 Years On

a month ago - 52 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

How The Free State Won The Irish Civil War

2 months ago - 52 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

Best of June Books

2 months ago - 48 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

The Armada

On this episode of Talking History, Dr Patrick Geoghegan speaks to: Dr Colin Martin, co-author of 'Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England's Deliverance in 1588'; Dr Elizabethanne Boran, editor of 'Botany and Gardens in Early Modern Ireland'; and we delve into the history of nursing with Lisa McGeeney, registered nurse and midwife and author of the book ‘Nursing and midwifery in the poor-law unions of Borrisokane and Nenagh, 1882–1922’.