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The Norman Invasion of Ireland: Strongbow and the Coming of the Cambro-Normans
In 1169, a small force of Norman knights landed on the coast of Wexford, setting in motion centuries of English involvement in Ireland. This episode tells the story of Diarmait Mac Murchada, the exiled King of Leinster who invited them over, and Richard de Clare, the earl known as Strongbow who seized the opportunity. We follow the invasion through the capture of Waterford and Dublin, Henry II's own arrival to rein in his overmighty subjects, and the Treaty of Windsor that tried to limit Norman expansion. We also look at what the invasion meant for Gaelic Ireland, the castles that…
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