The Book of Kells was in the news again this wk so we couldn't resist quickly putting together an ep on this greatest symbol of Medieval Ireland. Splendid chat w/artist & art historian Dr Donncha MacGabhann on what makes this book so special & how it was created. open.spotify.com/episode/0HI6...
Listen to this episode from The Medieval Irish History Podcast on Spotify. In today's episode, Dr Niamh Wycherley and Dr Donncha MacGabhann explore The Book of Kells, one of Ireland's most famous medi...
To mark the 1010th anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf & death of Brian Boru, Ireland's supposed 1st national hero, our new episode with Dr Denis Casey explores whether it really was an epic war of the Irish against the viking invaders or an inter-provincial clash! open.spotify.com/episode/3KWw...
Listen to this episode from The Medieval Irish History Podcast on Spotify. The Battle of Clontarf (1014) was one of those unique and dividing moments in Irish History, but how much do we know about it...
In latest ep of the podcast Prof. Robin Chapman Stacey, one of the leading experts in the field, tells us about medieval Ireland's remarkable legal system & huge range of law texts, covering topics from gender and status to what happens when you get stung by a bee! open.spotify.com/episode/4qjG...
Listen to this episode from The Medieval Irish History Podcast on Spotify. In this episode Prof. Robin Chapman Stacey (University of Washington) chats to Niamh and Tiago about medieval Ireland's uniqu...
🔔 Funded PhD alert! Applications open for an IRC-funded PhD scholarship on the DiAgnostic project ("Tracing Diatopic Variation in a Corpus of Old Irish") at Early Irish @maynoothuni.bsky.socialwww.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
Latest ep of The Medieval Irish History Pod features the greatest periwinkle story ever told, a ‘detailed’ ‘debate’ about whether og(h)am was created by a Kerryman & a beautiful Old Irish poetry recitation at the end. Guest @davidstifter.bsky.socialopen.spotify.com/episode/4joT...
Listen to this episode from The Medieval Irish History Podcast on Spotify. Featuring the greatest periwinkle story ever told, this episode explores the evidence for the language spoken in Ireland in l...
Thanks Kevin!
This series is great. If you want to dip your toe in, then I highly recommend the very first episode, which features an excellent discussion with Elizabeth Boyle about what 'history' is and what it can do. (Thanks to @publicimageltd.bsky.social for reposting and putting me on to it.)
Continuing our tour of Ireland in late antiquity, in our latest episode we visit the historical Patrick via his own writings. Who was the real man behind Ireland's glamorous patron saint? Expert @VoxHib acts as the perfect guide! open.spotify.com/episode/1xYX...
Listen to this episode from The Medieval Irish History Podcast on Spotify. Continuing our tour of Ireland in late antiquity, this episode examines the life of the historical Patrick, the 'poster boy' ...
Continuing our tour of Ireland in late antiquity, in our latest episode we visit the historical Patrick via his own writings. Who was the real man behind Ireland's glamorous patron saint? Expert @VoxHib acts as the perfect guide! open.spotify.com/episode/1xYX...
Listen to this episode from The Medieval Irish History Podcast on Spotify. Continuing our tour of Ireland in late antiquity, this episode examines the life of the historical Patrick, the 'poster boy' ...
What did the Romans ever do for us?? In our new ep, Dr Elva Johnston (UCD) guides us through Ireland in late antiquity, when elites imported wine, fancy earbuds & Christianity, making the key distinction that Irl was not a 'part of' nor 'apart from' the Roman Empire. open.spotify.com/episode/2wAd...
Listen to this episode from The Medieval Irish History Podcast on Spotify. In this episode, host Dr Niamh Wycherley explores the rich world of late antiquity (approx. 3rd to 7th centuries AD) with Dr ...
In our latest episode, 2nd in our series on Irish queens, the gracious @bewattled.bsky.socialopen.spotify.com/episode/0MGf...
Listen to this episode from The Medieval Irish History Podcast on Spotify. In this episode, Dr Niamh Wycherley and Dr Catherine Swift (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick) take a deep dive...