Sheela Na Gig

Sheela Na Gig

Send us Fan Mail What ancient artifacts are there explaining the role of woman in ancient society as opposed to modern society? A Sheela na gig is a figurative stone carving of a naked woman explicitly displaying or pulling open her vulva, commonly found on Romanesque churches, castles, and historical buildings, particularly in Ireland and Britain, dating roughly between the 11th and 16th centuries. These enigmatic figures, often featuring exaggerated, hag-like features, are interpreted as pr...

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Celts and Weather

Celts and Weather

Send us Fan Mail The Irish are all about weather and they describe it and their natural world very poetically and thoroughly. The Irish have words for every sort of wave, tide, shift in weather and t...

16 Huhti 202416min

Irish Celtic society

Irish Celtic society

Send us Fan Mail Celtic culture existed in Ireland from the late prehistoric era until the 17th century and the Anglo-Norman Invasion. For most of its history, Gaelic Ireland was a scattered[hierarc...

12 Huhti 202419min

Cromwell Invasion and the Penal Laws

Cromwell Invasion and the Penal Laws

Send us Fan Mail Cromwell remains a controversial figure due to his use of the army to acquire political power, and the brutality of his 1649 campaign in Ireland. He had men torched taking refuge in ...

9 Huhti 202431min

THE CONFEDERATE WARS

THE CONFEDERATE WARS

Send us Fan Mail The Irish Confederate Wars were a series of clashes between Irish Catholics and British Protestant settlers that lasted from 1641 to 1653. This conflict was profoundly murderous, mass...

8 Huhti 202425min

Anglo-Norman Invasion

Anglo-Norman Invasion

Send us Fan Mail The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the ...

7 Huhti 202432min

Nine Year War & Flight of the Earls

Nine Year War & Flight of the Earls

Send us Fan Mail The Nine Years' War, sometimes called Tyrone's Rebellion, took place in Ireland from 1593 to 1603. It was fought between an Irish alliance led mainly by Hugh O'Neill of Tyrone and Hug...

29 Maalis 202435min

Heroes - The Fizgeralds, Wolfe Tone, Napper Tandy and the Emmet Brothers

Heroes - The Fizgeralds, Wolfe Tone, Napper Tandy and the Emmet Brothers

Send us Fan Mail This episode I cover the 1500s and the 1700s and heroes who led rebellions. Thomas Fitzgerald and the Silken/Kildare rebellion. I then Move the heroes of 1798 and another Fitzgerald...

27 Maalis 202438min

Easter Uprising

Easter Uprising

Send us Fan Mail On Easter Monday 1916, Irish nationalists launched an armed revolt against British rule in Ireland. Although quickly suppressed by the British Army, the rising was a seminal moment in...

20 Maalis 202433min

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