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(944 – 980) The Pursuit of Power (part II): The Rise of Brian Boru and the Dál Cais

Posted in 10th century, Annals, Archaeology, Brian Boru, Christianity, Civil war, Dal Cais, Dublin, Dublin history, early medieval, Economy, Episode 8, Irish history, Medieval Europe, Medieval history, Podcast, Vikings, tagged , , , , , , , on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Episode 8 sees medieval Ireland stand of the edge of a precipice. A rootless struggle for control of the O Neill kingdom breaks out in the North,  while in Munster a new comer to the podcast – the Dal Cais challengthe King of Munster for power in the South. While Ireland is on the verge of chaos we look at these wars and how people struggled through a very tough period of not only war but famine, hard winters and an out break of leprosy and dysentery. By the end of the show Medieval Ireland will have changed and Brian Boru will have started his rise to power……

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The Rise of Brian Boru and the Dál Cais (944 – 980)

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5 Great Film Clips from Irish History

Posted in 20th Century, Bloody Sunday, British Army, Dublin history, fenians, IRA, ireland, Irish history, War of Independence, tagged on May 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Imagine how our understanding of the Norman invasion of Ireland might change if we had footage of Strongbow entering Dublin in 1170 or what we might think of Brian Boru if we had footage of his burial at Armagh in 1014. These comparisons highlight the role that film footage will play as we construct the history of the late 19th and 20th  centuries. While film is as biased as any other source it gives an unique insight into past societies. There are numerous free film clips online about Irish history but here’s five clips i think are really fascinating and informative….. (more…)

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Christmas day in Clifden Workhouse 1847

Posted in 19th century, famine, Irish history, tagged , , , on December 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Clifden Workhouse

I was researching the Great Irish Famine (1845-51) when I came across this bleak report written in Clifden workhouse on Christmas day 1847. The situation in Ireland was desperate by 1847 when famine related diseases started to ravage an already weakened population. The workhouse was what the 19th century offered up as state welfare. Orphans, the old and the destitute were admitted and in return for food they were subjected to a horrendous regime. The desperate situation in Ireland during the famine meant that these institutions were completely overwhelmed leading to massive levels of disease and mortality in the workhouses. Needless to say Christmas day 1847 was just another day of misery, disease and death for the people in Clifden workhouse.

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A history of bah humbug. When Christmas was cancelled…..

Posted in 17th century, christmas, cromwell, english civil war, Irish history, tagged , , , , , on December 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Seperated at birth?

Seperated at birth?

A world without Christmas may seem inconceivable, however Christmas wasn’t always the festive public holiday it is today.  Its popularity has wax and waned over the centuries being celebrated to varying degrees in different places and periods. In England in the late medieval era it was first officially declared a public holiday by royal decree of 1448. However in 1645 it was banned when radical Protestants – Puritans among them Oliver Cromwell, came to power in England.

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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 , , , , on September 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »

The Annals of the Four MastersOne 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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Barbarians

Posted in 5th century, 6th century, 7th century, Christianity, Early Christian Ireland, early medieval, Economy, Episode 1, Episodes, Gaelic Ireland, Irish history, Medieval history, Podcast, tagged , , , , , , , on March 19, 2010 | 7 Comments »

Have you ever been puzzled by history? Did people really only live to 40? What was it like to go to a medieval dentist? Maybe you’ve been puzzled how people survived before email, phones, cars or even proper roads? Well if you have the Irish history podcast is for you! The series tracks Irish history and archaeology trying to understand what daily life was like for normal people whilst also tracking the big picture of war, politics and needless to say invasions.

The first episode looks at early medieval Ireland, a world called Barbarian by the Romans. What did Ireland look like to the first missionaries from Rome and see how the Gaelic Irish lived. It also examines how people dealt with low life expectancy and constant death.

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