Program 737: A History of Modern Ireland; Following Caesar

A columnist for the Irish Times discusses the dramatic recent changes in public opinion and attitude in Republic of Ireland, and how he's seen it become a modern, progressive nation over his lifetime. And a journalist from Utah tells us how to find some of the roadways the ancient Romans built to connect outposts of their empire — all the way to Istanbul.

• Irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole, author of "We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland" (Liveright)
• John Keahey, author of "Following Caesar" (St. Martin's Press)

• Fintan O'Toole has been called "Ireland's leading public intellectual" by his colleagues at the Irish Times.  He teaches at Princeton University in New Jersey as a visiting lecturer in Irish Letters.
• Fintan is the author of "We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland."
• The Rick Steves online guide to Ireland.
• John Keahey writes about following the ancient pathways of the Roman Empire in his book "Following Caesar."
• Rick writes about the Appian Way, which you can walk on, just outside of Rome.