Full Show Podcast - 14th April 2024

Cathal Póirtéir on the 19th century Donegal landlord who set out to improve Gweedore, County Donegal.

Cathy Scuffil on the local history tales revealed in a photograph taken over a century ago in south Dublin city.

The 19th century Donegal landlord who set out to improve Gweedore; and the local history tales revealed in a photograph taken over a century ago in Dublin.

Marc McMenamin on the life and death of mountaineer George Mallory, and the disputed fate of the 1924 Mount Everest Expedition.

Ian Kenneally reports on the lives of the last two men to own Belvedere House in Westmeath. He speaks to Ruth Illingworth and Jonathan Westaway.

Niamh Howlin and Donal Coffey join Myles to discuss how our courts system began, 100 years ago.

George Mallory's pursuit of Everest's Peak; The extraordinary lives of the last men to own Belvedere House in Westmeath; and the origins of the Irish courts system.

Myles Dungan presents the story of the two Irish engineers who changed the history of California, by bringing water to LA and San Francisco - allowing the cities to grow.

Myles visits the Records Branch of the Irish Land Commission in Port Laoise, to hear about the challenge of conserving and cataloguing its 11 million documents.

Myles is joined by Eoin Kinsella and Frances Nolan, authors of 'The Irish Dental Association: A Centenary History'