One of the main sources for medieval Irish history, The Annals of the Four Masters, has an entry for the year 887 which talks about a mermaid 195 feet tall. So can you trust sources with such claims – How could a mermaid be so tall?
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An ABC of Irish Annals
Posted in 14th century, 16th century, 17th century, Annals, Bibliography, Episode 1, Episode 2, episode 3, Episode 4, Gaelic Ireland, Irish history, Medieval history, tagged annals of the four masters, annals of Ulster, Framentary annals, Irish annals, Irish history on September 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Vikings (part I)
Posted in 8th Century, 9th Century, Christianity, early medieval, Episode 2, Episodes, Irish history, Lindisfarne, Medieval history, Medieval Monasticism, O Neills, Vikings on May 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Episode 2 sees the Vikings enter Irish History. Were the Vikings really blood thirsty? In this show we hear what it was like to experience a Viking attack, why the attacks started, what did the Gaelic Irish make of these people when they first appeared and how they dealt with these raids.
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