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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.

This podcast was recorded at workshop 1 of LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023 - Looking Back, Going Forward. The project comprised of two workshops which were organised by Mary McAuliffe (Director, UCD Gender Studies), in partnership with the National LGBT Federation (NXF), and funded by Research Ireland New Foundations award. This podcast on the early years of LGBT Activism in Ireland featured poet Mary Dorcey (ISLM), psychologist and activist Ger Moane, Tonie Walsh (Irish Queer Archive), activists Ailbhe Smyth and Patricia Prendiville (ILGA-Europe), and Mary McAuliffe (UCD Gender Studies).

This podcast was recorded at workshop 1 of LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023 - Looking Back, Going Forward. The project comprised of two workshops which were organised by Mary McAuliffe (Director, UCD Gender Studies), in partnership with the National LGBT Federation (NXF), and funded by Research Ireland New Foundations award. Panel 3 was on 'Documenting the Movement. Queer Histories, Public and Personal Archives, Collective Memory' and featured: Paraic Kerrigan (UCD), Orla Egan (Cork LGBT Archive), Sara Phillips (Irish Trans Archive), Mary McAuliffe (UCD) and, Tonie Walsh (Irish Queer Archive). The panel was chaired by Ruth Baldacchino from UCD.

This podcast was recorded at workshop 1 of LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023 - Looking Back, Going Forward. The project comprised of two workshops which were organised by Mary McAuliffe (Director, UCD Gender Studies), in partnership with the National LGBT Federation (NXF), and funded by Research Ireland New Foundations award. Panel 2 was on 'Writing our Histories' and featured: Paraic Kerrigan (UCD), Sonja Tiernan (Irish Humanities Alliance) Orla Egan (Cork LGBT Archive) Sara Phillips (Irish Trans Archive). The panel was chaired by Morgan Wait from UCD.

This podcast was recorded at workshop 1 of LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023 - Looking Back, Going Forward. The project comprised of two workshops which were organised by Mary McAuliffe (Director, UCD Gender Studies), in partnership with the National LGBT Federation (NXF), and funded by Research Ireland New Foundations award. This podcast on the History of LGBT Activism in Ireland featured poet Mary Dorcey (ISLM), Tonie Walsh (Irish Queer Archive), activist Ailbhe Smyth and Mary McAuliffe (UCD Gender Studies).

In the final episode of 'Recording the Revolution', Conor and Harlan return back to the archive and pluck their final tape, which is Harlan's interview with Irish politician and managing director of the Abbey Theatre, Ernest Blythe. Ernest Blythe reflects on his early years in the IRB, the role he played in the Free State's execution of Anti-treaty IRA members and his views on the partition of Ireland. Ernest Blythe was interviewed on 13 March 1972.