Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

In this episode of Talking History, Patrick Geoghegan explores the story of the Roman statesman Crassus and his relationship with Julius Caesar. We also hear the latest on the release of the 1926 Census from the National Archives, and chart the social history of the early 20th century through the new RTÉ series Beyond the Bullets with UL’s Dr Ciara Breathnach.

Joining Dr. Patrick Geoghegan to discuss the life and death of Lord Castlereagh is: - Prof. Thomas Bartlett, Emeritus Professor of Irish History at Aberdeen University and recently general editor of the four-volume 'Cambridge History of Ireland'. - Dr. Georgina Laragy, Lecturer in History at Trinity College Dublin - Dr. Tim Murtagh by phone. Archival Research Fellow, with the Beyond 2022 project, based in Trinity College Dublin’. - Dr. Maeve Ryan, Senior Lecturer in History and Grand Strategy at Kings College London.

The No. 1 podcast series hosted by Newstalk’s Court Correspondent, Frank Greaney returns for a second series. ‘Inside the Crime’ investigates the unsolved murder of RTÉ set designer, Charles Self. The new series of Inside The Crime tells the story of Charles Self, a young gay man who was murdered in Dublin 40 years ago. Subscribe now at newstalk.com/insidethecrime or wherever you get your podcasts.

Joining Dr Patrick Geoghegan to discuss "Il Duce" Benito Mussolini and also the life of his daughter Edda Mussolini is Paul Corner, Emeritus Professor of European History and former Director of the Centre for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes at the University of Siena and author of Mussolini in Myth and Memory, and biographer Caroline Moorehead, the author of Edda Mussolini: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe.

On this episode of Talking History: Dr Patrick Geoghegan meets Dr Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Associate Professor, School of Art History and Cultural Policy at UCD; Brian Crowley, Curator of Collections at Kilmainham Gaol Museum; and Ciarán McCabe, social historian of Ireland and Britain in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, with particular interest in the history of poverty and welfare, women’s history and urban history.