The history of Motor Racing in Ireland; The earliest Armistice commemorations; details of an online database of Irish servicemen who died in WWI; and a Downing Street Diary on the ongoing Treaty negotiations a century ago.

Motor Racing in Ireland

Cars first arrived on this island in the mid 1890s, and it didn't take long for people to start racing them – testing the limits of this new technology in open competition. In the early decades of the 20th century, Ireland’s love affair with motorsport flourished.

Our reporter, Conor Sweetman has been finding out more. He speaks to historian Leanne Blaney, writer Bob Montgomery, historian Mike Cronin, and author Neal Bascomb.

The Earliest Armistice Commemorations

On this Remembrance Sunday, Myles is joined by Heather Jones to talk about the earliest World War One Commemorations. Heather is the author of the recently published book For King and Country: The British Monarchy and the First World War which is published by Cambridge University Press.

The Irish Great War Dead Archive

We're going to stay now with the topic of World War One remembrance, and hear about a brand new public database, that provides a wealth of detail about Irish servicemen and women, who died between 1914 and 1921. It’s called The Irish Great War Dead Archive.

It’s online, it’s searchable and it has a huge amount of information on individuals who served in some capacity in the war, and who have a connection to Ireland. This database is the product of twenty years of work by military historian Tom Burnell. Myles is joined by Tom and Pat Bracken, Executive Librarian at Tipperary County Council Library Service - it’s Tipperary Libraries that are hosting this database.

Downing Street Diary - November 1921

To talk about the ongoing Treaty negotiations in London a century ago, Myles is joined by Dr Darragh Gannon of University College Dublin.