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The 1534 Kildare Rebellion: Silken Thomas vs Henry VIII
Lucas and Luna revisit the explosive 1534 rebellion of Thomas FitzGerald, the young Earl of Kildare known as 'Silken Thomas,' who dared to defy Henry VIII. They explore how Thomas's impulsive uprising, sparked by a false rumor of his father's execution, unraveled the mighty House of Kildare and accelerated the Tudor conquest of Ireland. From the dramatic scene at St. Mary's Abbey in Dublin, where Thomas threw down his sword of office, to the brutal siege of Maynooth Castle and the grisly execution of the Geraldine leaders at Tyburn, this episode uncovers a pivotal…
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