Towards a Just Society
As part of the History Hub.ie podcast series Dr Ciara Meehan (UCD) discusses Fine Gael’s Declan Costello and the reasons why he formulated his Just Society document in the mid 1960s.
What actually happened at the founding meeting of the GAA?
In a podcast for the History Hub.ie podcast series Dr Paul Rouse (UCD) examines a key moment in the development of modern Ireland which took place in the billiards room of Lizzy Hayes’ Commercial Hotel in Thurles, Co Tipperary on November 1st 1884 – the founding of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
The Crusades
Professor Jonathan Phillips (Royal Holloway, University of London) visited UCD early in 2012 where he participated in a discussion on The Crusades with Dr Edward Coleman. As part of the History Hub.ie podcast series that discussion was recorded and edited into 4 separate individual podcasts.
Credit and Constitution-Making, Irish Style
An inquiry into the role of the credit system in the making of the 1937 Constitution’s economic provisions by Thomas Murray, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Politics and International Relations in University College Dublin.
Áras an Uachtaráin Telephone Log 27/1/82
This log book (courtesy of the Patrick Hillery Papers, UCD Archives) contains details of calls made to the President on the night when Garret FitzGerald’s Fine Gael-Labour coalition lost a Budget vote. The leader of the opposition, Charles Haughey, sought to contact Patrick Hillery to ask him not to dissolve the Dáil, but instead to ask Mr. Haughey to form a government.
