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The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
Ireland's history is a tapestry of myth, rebellion, and resilience, stretching from the Neolithic tombs of Newgrange to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Lucas and Luna guide listeners through centuries of struggle, beginning with Celtic chieftains and the arrival of Christianity via Saint Patrick in the 5th century. They explore the Viking invasions, the Anglo-Norman conquest under Strongbow in 1169, and the subsequent centuries of English domination, marked by the brutal Penal Laws and the…
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The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo HistoryGranuaile: Ireland's Pirate Queen and Atlantic Empire
Before she became a folk legend, Gráinne Ní Mháille — known to history as Grace O'Malley, or Granuaile — commanded a fleet and castles along the west…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Annals of Inisfallen: A Monk's Chronicle of Medieval Munster
In this episode of The History of Ireland, Lucas and Luna explore the Annals of Inisfallen, a medieval chronicle written by monks on an island in the Lakes of…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Annals of the Four Masters: Ireland's Epic Chronicle
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the Annals of the Four Masters, the monumental 17th-century chronicle that gathered over three thousand years of…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Rock of Cashel: Where Irish Kings Met Their Fate
Perched on a limestone outcrop above the Golden Vale, the Rock of Cashel is one of Ireland's most storied sites — a place where pagan kings became…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Great Irish Elk: A Giant of the Ice Age
In Episode 213 of The History of Ireland, Lucas and Luna explore the mystery of the Great Irish Elk, a giant deer that once roamed the Irish landscape. They…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Rock of Cashel: Kings, Bishops, and Legend
Perched on a limestone outcrop in County Tipperary, the Rock of Cashel is one of Ireland's most iconic landmarks—a jumble of round towers, Romanesque…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Burren: Ireland's Lunar Landscape of Stone and Story
In this episode of The History of Ireland, Lucas and Luna wander into the Burren, that vast and otherworldly karst landscape in County Clare. They unpick how…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
Dún Aonghasa: The Stone Fort Above the Atlantic
On the edge of a hundred-meter cliff on Inis Mór, the largest of the Aran Islands, stands Dún Aonghasa — a stone fort that has puzzled archaeologists for…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Great Famine's First Blow: The 1740 Ice Famine
Before the potato blight of the 1840s, a deeper and crueler famine struck Ireland in 1740—a famine born of ice, frost, and a collapse in trade. In this…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
Glendalough: Monks, Vikings, and a Valley of Saints
In this episode of The History of Ireland, Lucas and Luna explore Glendalough — the valley of the two lakes founded by St. Kevin in the sixth century. They…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Great Frost of 1740: Ireland's Forgotten Famine
When we speak of famine in Ireland, we speak of the Great Hunger of the 1840s. But sixty years earlier, a deep freeze ripped through the island, killing…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Great Famine's Lasting Scars on Irish Memory
In Episode 206, Lucas and Luna examine the deep and lasting impact of the Great Famine on Irish society, memory, and identity. They discuss the immediate…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Flight of the Earls' Lost Ships: The Spanish Armada in Ireland
In 1588, the Spanish Armada's desperate flight from England ended in shipwreck along Ireland's wild coast. This episode follows the fate of La…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Flight of the Earls: The End of Gaelic Ireland
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the dramatic events of September 1607, when Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, Earl of…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Skelligs: Monks, Atlantic Storms, and a Star Wars Isle
Episode 203 of The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence takes listeners to the jagged Atlantic outcrop of Skellig Michael. Lucas and Luna…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Flight of the Earls' Lost Ships: The Spanish Armada in Ireland
In 1588, the Spanish Armada's scattered ships met disaster on Ireland's coast. This episode tells the story of La Girona, the galleass that wrecked…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Flight of the Earls' Lost Ships: The Spanish Armada in Ireland
In 1588, the Spanish Armada's remnants met their end on Ireland's rocky coast. This episode follows the desperate flight of the surviving Spanish…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
Béal na mBláth: The Last Ride of Michael Collins
On August 22, 1922, Michael Collins — chairman of the provisional government and commander-in-chief of the National Army — was killed in an ambush at Béal na…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
Saint Patrick: The Real Story Behind Ireland's Patron Saint
Who was Saint Patrick really? In this episode, Lucas and Luna peel back centuries of legend to uncover the man behind the myth — a fifth-century British-born…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Penal Laws: Ireland's Catholic Underground
In this episode of The History of Ireland, Lucas and Luna explore the Penal Laws that shaped Irish Catholic life from the late 17th century onward. They start…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Irish Diaspora: How Famine Shaped the World
This episode explores the vast Irish diaspora, born from the catastrophe of An Gorta Mór. Lucas and Luna trace the paths of over a million emigrants who fled…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Wild Geese: Ireland's Exiled Soldiers After 1691
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the fate of the Irish soldiers who left their homeland after the Treaty of Limerick in 1691. Known as the Wild Geese…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
Brian Boru's Women: Gormlaith and the Emain Macha
In this episode, Lucas and Luna step away from the battlefields to explore the women who shaped Ireland's most dramatic centuries. Gormlaith ingen…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Great Irish Elk: Giant Deer, Myth, and Extinction
Lucas and Luna take a walk through Ice Age Ireland to meet the legendary giant deer, Megaloceros giganteus — the so-called Irish Elk. They sort fact from…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
Béal na Bláth: The Ambush That Killed Michael Collins
In August 1922, as the Irish Civil War tore the country apart, Michael Collins — the revolutionary leader who had helped negotiate the Anglo-Irish Treaty — was…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
Ireland's Hedge Schools: Secret Classrooms of the Penal Era
Before the National School system, before Catholic Emancipation, Ireland's rural poor learned to read in secret—in ditches, barns, and by the roadside…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Flight of the Earls: Gaelic Ireland's Vanished Hope
In September 1607, Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell, boarded a ship at Rathmullan on Lough Swilly, bound for the…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
Easter Rising 1916: Poetry, Proclamation, and the Rebellion That Changed Ireland
In 1916, a small band of Irish republicans seized Dublin's General Post Office and proclaimed a republic. This episode walks through the planning, the…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Battle of the Boyne 1690: Two Kings at the River
Two kings. One river. A battle that shaped Ireland for centuries. In this episode of The History of Ireland, Lucas and Luna step back from the familiar tales…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Abbey Theatre and the Irish Literary Revival
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Irish Literary Revival, a cultural movement that reshaped national identity in the decades before independence…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
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…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Battle of the Bogside: Northern Ireland's Civil Rights Uprising
In August 1969, the city of Derry became the crucible of a conflict that would last three decades. The Battle of the Bogside was not just a street fight…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Great Famine: An Gorta Mór 1845-1852
In this episode, we explore the Great Famine (An Gorta Mór) that devastated Ireland from 1845 to 1852. A million people died of starvation and disease, and…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Irish Civil War: Brother Against Brother 1922-23
Just months after the Anglo-Irish Treaty ended the War of Independence, Ireland tore itself apart. This episode explores the Irish Civil War of 1922-23: the…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
Cromwell in Ireland: Conquest, Massacre, and Transplantation
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the brutal Cromwellian conquest of Ireland from 1649 to 1653. They discuss Oliver Cromwell's arrival in Dublin…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Siege of Limerick 1691 and the Wild Geese Treaty
After the Battle of the Boyne, the Williamite War in Ireland wasn't over. This episode follows the final act: the two sieges of Limerick, the daring raid…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921: The Split That Shaped Modern Ireland
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the moment that tore Ireland apart: the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and the civil war that followed. They trace the…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Election That Changed Ireland: 1918 and the Birth of the Dáil
In December 1918, Irish voters went to the polls in an election that would redraw the political map of the island. Sinn Féin, led by Éamon de Valera from…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Squad and the Cairo Gang: Dublin's Intelligence War
In the tense years of the Irish War of Independence, a secret war raged in Dublin's streets. Michael Collins, the IRA's director of intelligence…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Irish Language: From Forbidden Tongue to Living Revival
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the story of the Irish language (Gaeilge) — from its ancient origins in Ogham script and the Brehon law tracts, through…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Penal Laws: How Ireland's Catholics Were Crushed After the Boyne
After the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland enacted a brutal code of laws designed to strip Catholics of land, power…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Battle of Kinsale 1601: Spain, Hugh O'Neill, and Gaelic Ireland's Last Stand
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Battle of Kinsale (1601), the decisive confrontation that shattered Gaelic Ireland's resistance to English…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Battle of Clontarf 1014: Brian Boru and Ireland's Viking Age
In 1014, on the fields outside Dublin, two armies clashed in a battle that would reshape Ireland's political landscape. This episode examines the Battle…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
Grace O'Malley: The Pirate Queen Who Met Elizabeth I
Long before Ireland's more famous rebellions, one woman commanded a fleet of ships and faced down the Tudor empire on her own terms. This episode dives…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Wexford Rebellion of 1798: Priest, Prophet, and Pike
In this episode, Lucas and Luna turn to the Wexford Rebellion of 1798, the bloodiest and most dramatic uprising of the United Irishmen's insurrection…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Irish Mist: The Story of Irish Whiskey
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the fascinating history of Irish whiskey, from its medieval origins in monastic distilleries to its global dominance in…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Wolfe Tone and the United Irishmen: A Republic Born in Secret
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the life and revolutionary vision of Theobald Wolfe Tone, the founding father of Irish republicanism. They trace…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Burning of Wildwood: Tudor Plantations Before Ulster
Before the Ulster Plantation, the Tudors tried to colonise Ireland's midlands. This episode dives into the plantations of Laois and Offaly in the 1550s…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Easter Rising 1916: Poetry, Proclamation, and Execution
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Easter Rising of 1916, a pivotal event that reshaped Irish nationalism. They discuss the key figures like Patrick…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Siege of Derry 1689: No Surrender
In 1689, as the Jacobite-Williamite War engulfed Ireland, the Protestant city of Derry became the scene of one of the most desperate sieges in British history…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Battle of the Boyne 1690: Jacobites, Williamites, and the Shaping of Ireland
The Battle of the Boyne in 1690 is one of the most iconic yet misunderstood events in Irish history. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the complex web of…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Ulster Plantation: Planting a Colony in the North
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Ulster Plantation, one of the most transformative and contentious projects in Irish history. Following the Flight…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Burning of Wildwood: Tudor Plantations Before Ulster
Long before the Plantation of Ulster, Tudor England tried to colonize Ireland's midlands. This episode follows the bloody 16th-century campaign to carve…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Burning of Wildwood: Ireland's Tudor Plantations Before Ulster
Long before the Ulster Plantation reshaped the north, Tudor officials tried a smaller, bloodier experiment in the midlands. In the 1550s, Queen Mary I and her…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Great Famine: An Gorta Mór's Human Toll and Legacy
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the human tragedy and lasting legacy of An Gorta Mór, the Great Irish Famine of 1845–1852. They discuss the initial…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
Ireland's Iron Age: The Legacy of the Celts
Before the Normans, before the Vikings, before the English—there were the Celts. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Ireland's Iron Age, the arrival…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Flight of the Earls: Gaelic Ireland's Last Exile
In 1607, the most powerful Gaelic lords of Ulster—Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell—boarded a ship at Rathmullan…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
Daniel O'Connell and the Monster Meetings for Repeal
In the early 1840s, Daniel O'Connell—already famed for winning Catholic Emancipation—launched a new campaign to repeal the Act of Union and restore an…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Famine Ships: Crossing the Atlantic During An Gorta Mór
This episode of The History of Ireland focuses on the coffin ships that carried millions of Irish emigrants across the Atlantic during the Great Famine. Lucas…
- The History of Ireland: Rebellion, Empire, and Independence — Fexingo History
The Acts of Union 1800: How Ireland Lost Its Parliament
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Acts of Union 1800, the legislation that dissolved the Irish Parliament and created the United Kingdom of Great…