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The Irish History Podcast: Ancient Ireland, Celtic Culture, Vikings, Kings, Rebellions, Famine, Revolution, Independence, and the History of Ireland
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Art mac Cuinn: Between Legend and Historic Kingship
13/09/2026 | 9 mins.In this episode we unpack Art mac Cuinn—his name appears in early Irish king lists, annals, and genealogies, but what can we reliably say about a ruler who may lie on the edge of myth? We examine the manuscript sources, archaeological hints, and modern scholarly debate to separate contemporary evidence from later legendary embellishment. The episode clarifies how this figure illustrates the complexities of early Gaelic kingship and the politics of memory in Ireland.
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13/09/2026 | 12 mins.In the late eighteenth century, Irish merchants waged an economic campaign against the Navigation Acts that tethered their trade to Britain. The episode explores how this grievance evolved into a political push—'Free Trade or Else'—and the role of the Volunteer movement in confronting Westminster.
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13/09/2026 | 14 mins.This episode examines how Confederate Ireland wrestled with whether to side with Charles I, who was losing the civil war, or turn to the rising Parliamentary power after his fall in 1649. We explore the diplomatic manoeuvrings, internal divisions among Catholic leaders, and the broader political context that forced a choice between monarchy‑aligned resistance and survival under a republican government.
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13/09/2026 | 11 mins.We explore the legendary figure Amergin Glúingel, chief poet and judge whose 11th‑century manuscript song claims the land of Ireland for the Milesians. By tracing the poem’s language, manuscript tradition and legal context we ask how words were used as law in a pre‑written society and how later myth has reshaped our sense of early Irish sovereignty.
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13/09/2026 | 10 mins.High stone crosses across medieval Ireland were not just artistic monuments; they served as visual scripture, markers of patronage, and symbols of power. In this episode we examine the Muiredach Cross at Monasterboice, its iconography, construction techniques, and the social‑political context that gave rise to these carvings.
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About The Irish History Podcast: Ancient Ireland, Celtic Culture, Vikings, Kings, Rebellions, Famine, Revolution, Independence, and the History of Ireland
The Irish History Podcast explores the extraordinary people, battles, kingdoms, invasions, rebellions, political struggles, cultural movements, and turning points that shaped Ireland across thousands of years. From ancient Ireland, Celtic society, mythology, early Christianity, and the age of Saint Patrick to Viking invasions, Gaelic kings, Norman conquest, and centuries of conflict with English rule, each episode examines the events and personalities that created Ireland’s unique historical identity.
Episodes explore the great dynasties and clans of Ireland, the rise and fall of powerful kings, the Tudor conquest, plantations, religious conflict, the Williamite wars, penal laws, revolutionary movements, the Great Famine, mass emigration, Irish nationalism, and the long struggle for independence. The podcast also examines figures and movements including Brian Boru, Hugh O’Neill, Wolfe Tone, Daniel O’Connell, Charles Stewart Parnell, Michael Collins, Éamon de Valera, the Easter Rising, the Irish Republican Army, the War of Independence, the Irish Civil War, and the creation of the modern Irish state.
The Irish History Podcast goes beyond wars and politics to explore Irish culture, religion, language, literature, music, migration, economics, folklore, everyday life, and Ireland’s enormous influence around the world. From ancient settlements and medieval monasteries to British rule, revolution, partition, Northern Ireland, the Troubles, peace, and modern Ireland, the show provides an engaging and detailed journey through the history of Ireland and the generations of people who shaped the island and its global legacy.
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