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

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, and has also been a sports broadcaster on

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. Since October 2010 he has been the presenter of "The History Show" on RTÉ Radio One. Dungan was educated at

St Patrick's College, Cavan Saint Patrick's College ( ga, Coláiste Padraig) is a Roman Catholic all-male secondary school. Located in County Cavan, Ireland. It was founded in 1871 as a minor and major seminary for the Diocese of Kilmore. It was officially opened by the ...

. He began broadcasting in RTÉ in 1977 as a continuity announcer. He has worked as a reporter for

and

. He has presented programmes such as ''

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'', ''The Arts Show'' and ''Rattlebag'' on

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. He was a regular stand-in presenter on ''

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'' on

, when

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was absent or on holiday. In 1988, he won a

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for his radio series, ''Vietnam''. Dungan also became known to Irish television audiences during the 1980s and 1990s as the regular presenter of RTÉ's televised golf coverage, and as host of an

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American football highlights show. In May 2006, Dungan received a Fulbright Scholar Award for academic study in the United States. He undertook a research project at the

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on Irish-

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. In 2008, he was key-figure in

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's coverage of the ''1918 Ireland and The Great War'', remembering 90 years since the end of

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. Dungan has also written many books, mainly biographies and history. He attends and participates at a number of Summer Schools relating to Irish History, and delivers a course in history at City Colleges in Dublin. Raised in Kells in the north of

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, he attended secondary school at St. Patrick's College in

Cavan Town Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Bally ...

. Raised as a

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, he is a convert to the

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. In May 2011, he fronted RTÉ radio coverage of

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. He is the maternal uncle of fellow RTÉ radio broadcaster

Philip Boucher-Hayes :''This is an article about an Irish person of note. For the similar-sounding French Canadian ice-hockey player, see Philippe Boucher.'' Philip Boucher-Hayes (born 1971) is a journalist at RTÉ. He is a news reporter, television and radio presen ...

Books

*''How the Irish won the West' ' *''The Captain and the King'' *''The Stealing of the Irish Crown Jewels'' *''Irish Voices from the Great War'' *''They Shall Grow Not Old: Irish Soldiers and the Great War'' *''Good Walk Spoiled: Book of Golf Quotes'' *''Speaking Ill of the Dead'' (ed.) *''Distant Drums'' *''Conspiracy'' *Conspiracy was published in parallel with the broadcast of a radio programme of the same name on RTÉ 1. It was presented by Myles Dungan, and produced by Peter Moooney. Streams of the full radio series are available on the RTÉ Website. *''On This Day'' New Island Books, 2015

References

External links

Online streams of the Conspiracy Radio series
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dungan, Myles 1954 births Living people Irish writers Jacob's Award winners People educated at St Patrick's College, Cavan RTÉ Radio 1 presenters Irish Anglicans