… will broadcast on Friday, December 19th at 7pm. Produced by Berni Dwan, with audio production by Declan McGlade, Rebel Parish: Rebel Bus, is a combination of nostalgia firmly backed up by history, capturing personal experiences about growing up in one Dublin’s most historic neighbourhoods, Rathfarnham, between the 1940s and[Read More…]
History
Trinity Talks: Dublin’s Hidden Histories
Broadcasting Thursdays at 6pm – April 24th, May 1st, May 8th, May 15th, May 29th and June 5th Listen back to previously broadcast programmes here Dublin’s Hidden Histories is the latest series of ‘Trinity Talks’ from the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute and Near FM. In[Read More…]
Life After Stalin – A Dubliner’s Diary
Starts Friday September 6th around 12 noon Life after Stalin – A Dubliner’s Diary is a new 12 part series written and presented by Paul Harrison. In the series Paul reflects on how he was born in 1953, the day before Joseph Stalin died. Paul take’s a light-hearted look at[Read More…]
Hedge Schools Beyond the Shrubbery
The Full Series is now available online. Welcome to Hedge Schools Beyond the Shrubbery – an eight-part history lesson concentrating on a unique aspect of Irish culture, heritage, and experience – the Hedge School. With the participation of educational historians and practitioners, actors, and researchers from the community, we will[Read More…]
Dublin Punk Untold
Near FM presents Dublin Punk Untold. Beginning on Friday May 20th at 7pm! Dublin Punk Untold is a new three-part radio documentary charting the explosion of the punk music genre in the 1970s. It was one of the most exciting times in music, an era where parents quaked at the[Read More…]
Fleeing the war: Basques refugees in Ireland
Feature documentary, broadcasting on Good Friday, April 10th at 12 noon Gallastegi is not a particularly Irish sounding surname but on the 8th November 1962, Joseph Barron, Clann na Poblachta TD for Dublin South Central, put a question to the Taoiseach Seán Lemass in relation to an Irish citizen by that surname who[Read More…]
Dublin during the Tan War
Broadcasting on Thursday Dec 5th, 12th & 19th at 3.30pm. Near FM presents Dublin during the Tan War, a new series of exciting historical talks recorded in local libraries, as part of the Dublin Festival of History 2019. These programmes will broadcast on Thursday Dec 5th, 12th & 19th at[Read More…]
The Indignant Muse
History comes alive through the songs and poems of Ireland’s modern revolutionary period (1887- 1926) Broadcasting every Friday at 6.30pm from Jan 18th until March 22nd The Indignant Muse is a ten part radio series adapted from the landmark book of the same name published by Lilliput Press. Join[Read More…]
Dublin in 1918
Dublin in 1918 looks back at our capital city 100 years ago. Join our presenters Ciarán Murray and Donie Tarrant in the company of historians Maeve Casserly, Ida Milne, Cormac Moore, Richard McElligott, Donal Fallon and Cathy Scuffil. Promo: Episode one – Recorded in Coolock Library, presented by Ciaran[Read More…]
From Byway to Highway
From Byway to Highway is a 4 part historical radio documentary series focusing on the lives of people living in the area of the Hole in the Wall Road, North East Dublin. ** Broadcasting weekly on Near FM (90.3) from Thursday March 22nd until Thursday April 12th at 5pm! **[Read More…]
