Climate Change in Medieval Ireland; A Warning From The Past
Climate change is constantly in the news. In the late 13th & early 14th centuries Ireland was also battered by storms and maligned by poor weather. This podcast takes a look at some of the ways it imp...
20 Helmi 201425min
A Real Medieval Mile - A Walk Through Dublin in 1320
What did Dublin sound like in 1320? What was the news of the day? Who were the people who lived there? In this episode you will experience the world of late medieval Dublin. The podcast takes the form...
12 Helmi 201418min
From Carpenter's Son to King - The Lambert Simnel Conspiracy of 1487.
Lambert Simnel's life must be one of the most unusual stories from medieval history. Born the son of a carpenter he became embroiled in a conspiracy to overthrow Henry VII and before he knew what was ...
5 Helmi 201421min
Prostitution in Medieval Ireland - The Story of Cristiana la Sadelhackere
This podcast is based on this article I wrote on my blog (irishhistorypodcast.ie) about Cristiana la Sadelhackere, a woman who worked as a prostitute in medieval Ireland. Her story is an intriguing ac...
23 Tammi 201413min
Drogheda 1310 - Murder and Solidarity in a Medieval Crisis
The year is 1310. Ireland was gripped by a severe economic, military and political crisis - pretty much everything that could go wrong had gone wrong for the Norman colonists. In October, a man called...
5 Joulu 201320min
(1101 - 1103) The Great War of Ulster and Munster (Part II)
This show returns to the story of Gaelic Ireland in the final decades prior to the Norman Invasion. Ireland is being torn apart by long running tensions between the kings of Munster and Ulster. The sh...
11 Marras 201319min
The Top 5 Turning Points in Medieval Ireland: (Part II ) The Battle of Athenry
This podcast concludes our journey through the Top 5 turning points of Medieval Ireland. This show focuses on one of the most intriguing events of our medieval past, the Battle of Athenry in 1316. Thi...
14 Loka 201324min
The Top 5 Turning Points in Medieval Ireland (Part I)
This episode is a whistlestop tour through medieval Ireland stopping off at battlefields along the way, taking a look at the top five turning points as I see them. This podcast will introduce some of ...
8 Loka 201330min
