Myles Dungan

Myles Dungan
Born	1954 (age 56–57)[1]
Residence	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Alma mater	University College Dublin
Occupation	Broadcaster, Author
Employer	Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Known for	Presenting on RTÉ Radio

Myles Dungan is an Irish broadcaster and author. He has presented many arts programmes on RTÉ Radio.

Dungan began broadcasting in RTÉ in 1977 as a continuity announcer. He has worked as a reporter for RTÉ Television and RTÉ Radio.^[2] He has presented programmes such as Five Seven Live, The Arts Show and Rattlebag on RTÉ Radio 1.^[3] He is a regular stand-in presenter on Today with Pat Kenny, when Pat Kenny is absent or on holiday.^[4] In 1988, he won a Jacob's Award for his radio series, Vietnam.

In May 2006, Dungan received a Fulbright Scholar Award for academic study in the United States. He undertook a research project at the University of California in Berkeley, California on Irish-Native American history.^[5]

In 2008, he was key-figure in RTÉ's coverage of the 1918 Ireland and The Great War, remembering 90 years since the end of World War I.

Dungan has also written many books, mainly biographies and history.^[6]

In May 2011, he fronted RTÉ radio coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the Republic of Ireland.^[7]

Books

• How the Irish won the West' '^[8]
• The Captain and the King ^[6]
• The Stealing of the Irish Crown Jewels ^[9]
• Irish Voices from the Great War ^[10]
• They Shall Grow Not Old: Irish Soldiers and the Great War ^[11]
• Good Walk Spoiled: Book of Golf Quotes ^[12]
• Speaking Ill of the Dead (ed.) ^[13]
• Distant Drums ^[14]
• Conspiracy ^[15]

*Conspiracy was published in parallel with the broadcast of a radio programme of the same name on RTE 1. It was presented by Myles Dungan, and produced by Peter Moooney. Streams of the full radio series are available on the RTE Website.

References

1. ^ "Five Seven Live Team". RTÉ Libraries and Archives. https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/result.html?_IXFIRST_=14&_IXSS_=_IXFIRST_%3d1%26_IXINITSR_%3dy%26%2524%253dtheskeys%3dy%26_IXACTION_%3dquery%26%253cphoto_taken_date_earliest%3d%26%2524%253dsort%253d%2524%3dsort%2bdescending%2b%2524relevance%26%2524%253dkv2%253d%2524%3d%26_IXMAXHITS_%3d10%26%253did_ref%3d%26%252asform%3d%252fweb%252fsearch_forms%252fadvanced%26%257bSINGLE%257drte_programme%3d%26%2524%253dkv3%253d%2524%3d%26%2524%253dkf1%253d%2524%3d%26%257bSIMPLE%257d%257bSINGLE%257dcollection%3d%26%257bSINGLE%257dcontent_people%3dDungan%252c%2bMyles%2b%25281954%2b%252d%2b%2529%26%253ephoto_taken_date_latest%3d%26_IXSESSION_%3d9q2hneKRkeh%26%2524%253dkf2%253d%2524%3d%26%252aiexe%2bSECURITY_filter%3d%252e%26%2524%253dkf3%253d%2524%3d%26%2524%253dkv1%253d%2524%3d%26%2524%253ds%3d%26%257bUPPER%257drte_programmetype%3d%26_IXFPFX_%3dtemplates%252ft%26%2524%253dsi%3dtext&_IXACTION_=query&_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXSR_=XFKjyFWvYVE&_IXSPFX_=templates%2ft&_IXFPFX_=templates%2ft. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
2. ^ "RTÉ broadcaster Myles Dungan". RTÉ Libraries and Archives. https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/result.html?_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXACTION_=query&_IXFIRST_=9&_IXSR_=b_wqSR6PRo9&_IXSS_=_IXMAXHITS_%3d10%26_IXFPFX_%3dtemplates%252ft%26_IXFIRST_%3d1%26%252asform%3d%252fweb%252fsearch_forms%252fadvanced%26%2524%253dsi%3dtext%26_IXACTION_%3dquery%26_IXSESSION_%3dMFOpZQTT0kk%26_IXINITSR_%3dy%26%2524%253dsort%3dsort%2bdescending%2bsortexpr%2bimage_sort%26search%3dsearch%26%252aiexe%2bSECURITY_filter%3d%252e%26%2524%253ds%3dmyles%2bdungan%26text_search_context%3dMyles%2bDungan%26%253cphoto_taken_date_earliest%3d&_IXSPFX_=templates%2ft&_IXFPFX_=templates%2ft. Retrieved 20 February 2010. 
3. ^ "Rattlebag". RTÉ. http://www.rte.ie/about/pressreleases/2006/0531/mylesdungan.html. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
4. ^ "'Joke' of presenters' summer holiday exodus comes to an end". The Sunday Trbuune. May 31, 2009. http://www.tribune.ie/news/home-news/article/2009/may/31/joke-of-presenters-summer-holiday-exodus-comes-to-/. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
5. ^ "RTÉ Radio's Myles Dungan receives Fulbright Scholarship for study in U.S.". RTÉ. 31 May 2006. http://www.rte.ie/about/pressreleases/2006/0531/mylesdungan.html. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "The Captain and the King". Waterstones. 06/03/2009. http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=6301916. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
7. ^ Keane, Kevin (14 May 2011). "Broadcasters roll out big guns for visit". Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/queen-visit/broadcasters-roll-out-big-guns-for-visit-2647071.html. Retrieved 14 May 2011. 
8. ^ "Irish cowboys who tamed the West". The Irish Independent. November 25, 2006. http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/irish-cowboys-who-tamed-the-west-70343.html. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
9. ^ "The Stealing of the Irish Crown Jewels". Townhouse Dublin. http://www.townhouse.ie/ecom2/Library3.nsf/CatalogByCategory/35889621141F957480256E2300448088!OpenDocument. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
10. ^ "Irish voices from the Great War". Open Library. http://openlibrary.org/b/OL545099M/Irish-voices-from-the-Great-War. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
11. ^ "They Shall Grow Not Old". Four Courts Press. http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/product.php?intProductID=317. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
12. ^ "A good walk spoiled: a book of golf quotes". Open Library. http://openlibrary.org/b/OL16601718M/good-walk-spoiled. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
13. ^ "Speaking Ill Of The Dead". RTÉ. http://www.rte.ie/radio1/speakingillofthedead/. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
14. ^ "Distant Drums Irish Soldiers in Foreign Armies". Library Thing. http://www.librarything.com/work/369041. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
15. ^ "Conspiracy: Irish Political Trials". Royal Irish Academy. http://shop.ria.ie/shop/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=14&cat=General/. Retrieved 2009-11-17. 

External links

• Online streams of the Conspiracy Radio series

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