Myles Dungan is a broadcaster and historian. He presents The History Show on RTÉ Radio 1 and is an adjunct lecturer and Fulbright scholar in the School of History and Archives, University College, Dublin. Dungan has compiled and presented award-winning historical documentaries, and is the author of numerous works on Irish and American history, including Four Killings: Land Hunger, Murder and A Family in the Irish Revolution. He holds a PhD from Trinity College, Dublin.
Writing with a sardonic and stylish wit, in this probing work Myles Dungan gets to the heart of the Irish obsession with land. * Paul Bew * Praise for Four Killings: 'Dungan knows his history; he also knows how to tell a story... A gem of a book' David McCullagh, RTÉ Culture; 'A vivid and chilling narrative... Confronts uncomfortable questions that still need answering' Roy Foster; 'Sober and intelligent... Dungan does a fine job of showing that little people can make history too' Andrew Lynch, Business Post; 'Narrative history, told through a unique prism' * Irish Sunday Independent *