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
April Books Special
5 days ago - 49 mins
Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan
Abba: 50 Years Since Eurovision
12 days ago - 45 mins
Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan
The Creation of the Irish Courts
19 days ago - 52 mins
Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan
March Books Special: WWII
a month ago - 53 mins
Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan
The Taoisigh Visits To White House For St Patrick's Day
a month ago - 54 mins
Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan
The Oscars: The Trailblazers and Terrors
a month ago - 54 mins
Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan
WB Yeats
100 years ago, WB Yeats won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Dr Patrick Geoghegan looks at his life and legacy, his politics and his love of the occult, joined by esteemed panel Dr Adrian Paterson, Lecturer in English at the School of English and the Creative Arts at the University of Galway; Dr Lucy Collins, Associate Professor of Modern Poetry, at University College Dublin; Professor Roy Foster, University of Oxford, and the author of the authorized two-volume biography of Yeats; Professor Margaret Harper, Glucksman Professor in Contemporary Writing in English, University of Limerick, and formerly Director of the Yeats International Summer School and the President of the International Yeats Society; and Susan O'Keeffe, Director of Yeats Society Sligo.