(1072 -1090) The Return of the O Briains
In 1072 the aging King of Leinster Diarmait Mc Mael na mBó died. His death saw the descendents of Brian Boru try to follow in the footsteps of their famous ancestor and dominate Ireland but there was ...
19 Mar 201331min
Life in Ireland in the 11th Century
The year is 1067. Godwin Godwinson the son and heir to the dead Saxon king Harold Godwinson fled to Ireland after the Norman Invasion of England. This podcast looks at the world he found in Ireland. H...
19 Mar 201328min
Special: The Assassination of the Land Agent John Ellis
Episode 15 is a story of murder and injustice, set in 19th century Ireland. In a country struggling to recover from the famine tenants despised landlords and their agents who had treated them brutally...
19 Mar 201316min
(1022-1072) The Man Who Would be King
Episode 14 sees Gaelic Ireland struggle to deal with the crisis and chaos that followed the death of the high king Maelseachnaill Mac Domnaill. In a highly uncertain world where war was frequent and l...
19 Mar 20131h 5min
Special: The Nine Years War and the Great Dublin Explosion of 1597
In 1597 Dublin was ripped apart by a massive explosion which killed over 1% of the city’s population. This podcast looks at the background to the incredible events of March 1597. The 9 Years War was r...
19 Mar 201320min
(1000 -1022) Brian Boru, The Battle of Clontarf and Its Aftermath
Brian Boru is without doubt Ireland’s most well known medieval king, while a battle he fought in 1014, the Battle of Contarf, is Irelands most famous medieval conflict. In this podcast we look at the ...
19 Mar 201354min
(980 -1000) The Pursuit of Power: (Part III) A New Millennium and A New King
Episode 10 sees a titantic struggle between the two most powerful Iirsh Kings of the early medieval Ireland - the O Neill High King, Maelseachnaill II and Brian Boru, the King of Munster.In a story fu...
19 Mar 201344min
(944 – 980) The Pursuit of Power: (Part II) The Rise of Brian Boru and the Dál Cais
Medieval Ireland stands on 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 challenge...
19 Mar 201354min
