Happy St Patrick's Day! In this episode, we chart the history of Taoisigh visiting the White House, how the tradition started and evolved, and why Ireland is the only country that gets this special treatment in the United States. Joining Patrick's panel is Marion R. Casey, Clinical Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies and historian at New York University. She is the author of ‘The Green Space: The Transformation of the Irish Image’ and co-editor of ‘Making The Irish American: History and Heritage of Irish in the United States’; Dr Catherine Healy, Historian-in-Residence, EPIC Irish Emigration Museum; Ted Smyth, president of the Advisory Board of Glucksman Ireland House NYU, Chair of the Clinton Institute for American Studies in University College Dublin, and former Irish diplomat; Dr Daniel Geary, Mark Pigott Associate Professor in American History, Trinity College Dublin; and Cian T. McMahon, Associate Professor at the Department of History & Honors College at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The Life & Death of Lord Castlereagh
Inside the Crime: The Charles Self Murder
Mussolini and Fascist Italy
The Great Irish Famine
Agatha Christie: Her Life and Legacy, featuring Lucy Worsley
Pioneering Dublin Women and The History of Mapping Ireland
The GPO
The Irish Civil War: How It Impacted Kerry
Oliver Cromwell
The Forgotten Radical Irish Theatre Entrepreneur, The Celts, and How Russia Views Its History
9/11: A History
Queen Elizabeth II Special
Best of September Books
The Four Courts Fire
Michael Collins: 100th Anniversary
Best of August Books: The Assassination of Henry Wilson, and Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress
The History of the CIA
Peig Sayers: The Untold Story
Classical Music and Art: Bach, Schumann and Van Gogh
Irish Artefacts
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