St Patrick and the conversion of Ireland to christianity
Special: A history of St Patrick and the conversion of Ireland to christainity.
The Story of the Spanish Armada in Ireland
Special: The Story of Ireland’s Spanish Armada Shipwrecks (2010)
The Alice Kyteler Witchtrial Kilkenny 1324
The Alice Kyteler Witchtrial, 1324
Iron Age Human Sacrifice
Bog Bodies – Iron Age Human Sacrifice
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Fin,
I love your podcasts. I found them on itunes. I read quite a bit of Irish history and visited Ireland last summer ( I live in Maryland), and I am an uilleann piper. I always learn something new, the more history I hear. I loved the bit on the dental hygiene. I am looking forward to more podcasts. It must be a lot of work.
Erik
Fin,
I am very much enjoying your podcasts. I was first listening to the History of Rome and liked it so much I started looking for similar ones and found yours. I enjoy getting a picture in my head of what Irish life was like back then as well as how it ties differents in history together.
Thank you so much and keep them coming.
Karen
Fin,
I’m really enjoying the pod casts. I appreciate the great detail and you tell a good story. I look forward to each new one!
Sullivan
Hi Fin,
I love the podcasts, I listen to them repeatedly (mostly because there so few and far between! ) I know it must be difficult and time consuming to continue the series, but please keep up the good work, its very educational!!!
PS : I agree with the comment earlier, you are a great storyteller!
Love your show please improve the audio i must listen on max.
Would like to recommended Morgan Llywelyn author superb she brings alive the smells and tastes of Irish History and more..
John.
Love the podcast – I’ve always been fascinated by Irish and Scottish history. Looking forward to the next instalment.
Just one minuscule thing – the music that plays in the breaks, the ragtime jazzy thing, puzzles me. Don’t know, maybe I’d expect….umm….dunno……maybe something more celtic sounding? Celtic harp and uilleann pipes or the like, or Clannadish music….maybe that’s too obvious
Fin,
Just discovered your podcasts on iTunes — they are great. Please keep at it — your efforts are appreciated by this American listener. I’m a serious reader of Irish and British history (and visited Ireland for a month a few years ago), and you are a pleasant companion and accurate guide to the Irish past. I especially enjoy your inclusion of social history, i.e. information on aspects of daily life and the inner world of people who lived long ago. I hope you take us right up to the present day, i.e. the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger. (Fintan O’Toole’s two recent books on this subject helped me understand what happened.) I also hope you find employment suitable to your talents!
Havcing left Ireland after my Leaving Cert in 1957, I would love to renew my interest in Irish history but detest the idea of being locked into Itunes. Can you not allow access to these programmes in an alternative method like the BBC.
In reply to John Murphy on 28 July, there is an RSS feed which allows you to download the shows as an MP3 file. Look up “irish history podcast” on google and it is straightforward enough to find.
thanks for a great podcast
greetings from norway
hi
i realy like your podcasts. thanks for your hard work and efforts.
i loved the viking parts!
greetings from norway
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Add my California kudos to the rest. Enjoy every episode. You mentioned the audiobook and asked for suggestions about our interests concerning medieval life. I am interested in agricultural practices — especially domesticated plants and animals — and the lives of children. Planning a golf tour of Ireland next May and so appreciate these appetite whetters!
Fascinating stuff. It’s so easy hear about English history (especially as I am living in England). It’s great to hear about parts of Irish history I was never taught when I grew up in Letterkenny. I was amused by one of your commentators who did not wholly approve of your choice of music. Is it “Midnight in Moscow” by Acker Bilk. I prefer modern jazz but it’s fine by me.
Growing up with an Irish grandmother and great aunt (Rathkeale, Limerick) in New York City, I heard so many stories (not necessarily historic), especially on the subject of how the English had for so long held their boot on the neck of the Irish (my brothers and I couldn’t even watch reruns of Laurel and Hardy because the former was a Brit).
Fin, you tell a good story in a fine lilt…thanks for bringing back wonderful memories!
I agree with the above that Midnight in Moscow is a bit strange for an Irisher’s show.
Hi Fin! We are enjoying and appreciating your hard work so much, thank you! I’m descended from the Condons of Cork and we even have a castle (pile of rubble, really) Cloghleagh castle. Would love to know more about those Condons, even tho’ they were technically Nasty Normans. Keep up the great work. Christine
Enjoyed the podcasts Finn. Your style and background music are perfect. : )
Keep up the good work Finn, your podcasts are excellent, looking forward to the next batch