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 Great Famine of the 1840s. The podcast delves into key figures like Hugh O'Neill, Wolfe Tone, Daniel O'Connell, and Michael Collins, as well as pivotal events: the Battle of the Boyne (1690), the 1798 Rebellion, the Easter Rising of 1916, the War of Independence, and the tragic Irish Civil War. It examines the partition of Ireland, the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and the long road to peace, including the Sunningdale Agreement and the Belfast Agreement. Cultural touchstones—Gaelic sport, the Irish language, the poetry of Yeats and Heaney, and the music of the Chieftains—are woven throughout. This is a story of colonisation and resistance, of emigration and diaspora, of a small island that shaped the world. How did a nation forged in famine and revolution become a global symbol of cultural identity? Tune in to find out. #IrishHistory #CliffsOfMoher #CelticKnot #HarpSilhouette #EasterRising #MichaelCollins #GreatFamine #BattleOfTheBoyne #WolfeTone #DanielOConnell #TheTroubles #GoodFridayAgreement #Newgrange #SaintPatrick #GaelicCulture #IrishDiaspora #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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Episode #211
The Burren: Ireland's Lunar Landscape of Stone and Story
Aug 21, 20267 minS5
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 this 'lunar' terrain was formed, from ancient coral seas to the last ice age, and how its limestone pavements, grykes, and clints became a refuge for rare plants and a canvas for millennia of human life. They discuss the Poulnabrone dolmen, a portal tomb built around 3800 BCE, and what its excavated remains—including a pregnant woman and a child—reveal about Neolithic burial practices. They trace Bronze Age wedge tombs, Iron Age ring forts like Caherconnell, and early Christian sites like the Corcomroe Abbey, where medieval monks carved stone and farmed the harsh land. Lucas explains how the Burren's name, from the Irish Boireann, means 'great rock,' and how its distinctive flora—Mediterranean and Arctic plants growing side by side—earned it the nickname 'the Fertile Rock.' The episode touches on the legacy of the Turlough O'Brien, a medieval king who built a fortress at Ballyallaban, and the region's role in the 1651 Cromwellian campaign. Along the way, Luna asks the questions that bring the stones to life, and the two hosts reflect on how landscape shapes memory and identity. #Burren #Boireann #Poulnabrone #CountyClare #NeolithicIreland #CromwellianIreland #KarstLandscape #WedgeTombs #RingForts #Caherconnell #CorcomroeAbbey #TurloughOBrien #ClintsAndGrykes #IrishHistory #ArchaeologyIreland #LunarLandscape #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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 centuries. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the mystery of who built this massive semi-circular wall and why. They discuss the theories: a defensive stronghold against Viking raiders, a ceremonial site tied to ancient kingship, or a symbol of power for a lost chieftain. They trace the fort's connections to the broader world of Iron Age Ireland, from the hillforts of the mainland to the writings of Ptolemy, who may have mentioned the islands as the 'Aru' islands. They also look at the engineering marvel of the fort's construction, the chevaux-de-frise — sharp stones placed to slow attackers — and the dry-stone walls that have survived centuries of Atlantic storms. And they touch on the legends of Aonghus, the mythical god-king, and the real history of the Aran Islands, from early Christian monks to the Cromwellian era. A story of endurance, mystery, and the wild beauty of Ireland's western edge. #DúnAonghasa #AranIslands #InisMór #IronAgeIreland #StoneFort #ChevauxDeFrise #AtlanticEdge #Ptolemy #Aonghus #IrishMythology #CliffsOfMoher #CelticHistory #Archaeology #DryStoneWalls #VikingRaiders #Kingship #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
The Great Famine's First Blow: The 1740 Ice Famine
Aug 19, 20269 minS5
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 episode, Lucas and Luna unpack the forgotten 'Year of the Slaughter' (Bliain an Áir), a catastrophe that killed more people per capita than the Great Famine, yet vanished from memory. They trace the Arctic weather system that froze rivers in Dublin, ruined harvests, and triggered a typhus-driven wave of death. Lucas explains how the famine exposed the cruel logic of the Penal Laws and land hunger, and how rural communities were already cracking under the weight of subdividing plots and a potato-dependent diet. Along the way, they meet a young woman named Margaret who lost her family in County Mayo, a landlord who tried to import corn, and a Dublin physician who wrote the only contemporary medical account of the famine. Why was this catastrophe so easily forgotten? And what does it tell us about Ireland's resilience and fragility? The episode ends with a quiet reflection on memory, silence, and the deep roots of the Irish experience. #BliainanÁir #GreatFrost1740 #IrishFamine #PenalLaws #CountyMayo #Dublin #Typhus #PotatoFamine #IrishHistory #ClimateHistory #18thCenturyIreland #IrishResilience #ForgottenHistory #FamineMemory #LandHunger #HistoricalSilence #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
Glendalough: Monks, Vikings, and a Valley of Saints
Aug 18, 20269 minS5
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 trace its rise as one of Europe's great monastic cities, its golden age of scholarship, and its repeated devastation by Viking raiders. They follow the stone-roofed churches, the round tower that saved treasures, and the Annals' grim accounts of burning and slaughter. They also dig into the legends that grew around Kevin — his hermit's cave, the blackbird that nestled in his palm — and how archaeology and hagiography blur together. The episode asks what Glendalough's survival says about Ireland's resilience through centuries of invasion, and why this quiet valley still draws pilgrims and tourists today. With fresh angles on early Irish Christianity, Viking-age conflict, and the art of the stone mason, this is a story of faith, fire, and endurance. #Glendalough #StKevin #EarlyChristianIreland #VikingRaids #Monasticism #RoundTower #AnnalsOfUlster #Hagiography #Wicklow #IrishHistory #MedievalIreland #Pilgrimage #Archaeology #StoneCarving #Ogham #GaelicIreland #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
The Great Frost of 1740: Ireland's Forgotten Famine
Aug 17, 20269 minS5
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 hundreds of thousands in what became known as the Great Frost of 1740. Triggered by a volcanic eruption in Iceland, the weather turned brutally cold, and then the rains failed. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the social and political conditions that turned a severe winter into a catastrophe: the role of the Penal Laws, the export of grain while people starved, and the desperate measures taken by a church that was itself outlawed. They meet Father Nicholas Sheehy, a priest who spoke out and was executed on trumped-up charges, and they trace the long silence that surrounded this disaster—a silence that shaped Irish memory and the way later famines were understood. A story of climate, power, and survival, the Great Frost reminds us that disaster is rarely natural alone. This is the history of Ireland's hidden famine. #GreatFrost1740 #IrishFamine #ClimateHistory #PenalLaws #FatherNicholasSheehy #VolcanicWinter #Ireland1740 #FamineMemory #CatholicChurch #WeatherHistory #EuropeanHistory #18thCentury #IrishPolitics #HistoricalSilence #FexingoHistory #Ireland #History #Podcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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