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Closing Plenary at the 2026 Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference by Bernadette Cunningham. 'Biography as microhistory - telling the story of Frances, countess of Clanricard, 1567-1632'.

'Me and My Research' is a new podcast series from History Hub which sees UCD MA in Public History student Josh Clarke sit down with researchers from UCD School of History to explore their work, and the ideas that inspire them. Epsiode 4 sees Josh in conversation with UCD historian Dr Andrew McDiarmid.

'Me and My Research' is a new podcast series from History Hub which sees UCD MA in Public History student Josh Clarke sit down with researchers from UCD School of History to explore their work, and the ideas that inspire them. Epsiode 3 sees Josh in conversation with UCD historian Dr Irial Glynn.

'Me and My Research' is a new podcast series from History Hub which sees UCD MA in Public History student Josh Clarke sit down with researchers from UCD School of History to explore their work, and the ideas that inspire them. Epsiode 2 sees Josh in conversation with UCD historian Prof Robert Gerwarth.

'Me and My Research' is a brand new podcast series from History Hub which sees UCD MA in Public History student Josh Clarke sit down with researchers from UCD School of History to explore their work, and the ideas that inspire them. Epsiode 1 sees Josh in conversation with UCD historian Dr Frances Nolan.

This episode features a Military Welfare History Network conference keynote lecture by Professor Jessica Meyer. This paper was recorded at the Military Welfare History Network's 2025/26 Military Communities' Medical Welfare and Care History Conference Series. A series of three symposiums which were kindly supported by the Wellcome Trust through the Society for the Social History of Medicine and hosted by both the UCD Centre for War Studies and the University of Birmingham.

This episode features a Military Welfare History Network conference keynote lecture by Professor Jennifer Mittelstadt. This paper was recorded at the Military Welfare History Network’s 2025/26 Military Communities' Medical Welfare and Care History Conference Series. A series of three symposiums which were kindly supported by the Wellcome Trust through the Society for the Social History of Medicine and hosted by both the UCD Centre for War Studies and the University of Birmingham.

This episode features the renowned playwright and poet Frank McGuinness who gave a paper entitled "Living With Mortality - A Short Stay in Switzerland" on February 25th 2010 in the UCD Humanities Institute. Frank spoke about the issue of mortality as treated in drama from Greek theatre to contemporary work, including his adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts and his screenplay for the widely acclaimed and BAFTA nominated BBC drama "A Short Stay in Switzerland" which tells the story of Dr Anne Turner who chose to end her life in a Dignitas clinic in Switzerland in January 2006.

John Coakley's (UCD) keynote at Partitions and Borders - a comparative and interdisciplinary conference jointly organised by UCD and JNU which took place in UCD in 2018.

'The Origins and Importance of the GAA', episode 6 of 'Sport and Ireland: A History', with Prof. Paul Rouse. First recorded for Newstalk and published on History Hub in 2022.