(1167-1169) The Norman Invasion III: The Conquest Begins
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2014
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
This podcast looks at the first Normans to arrive in Ireland, in a chapter often forgotten by the history books. These mercenaries accompany Diarmait McMurrough who returned to Ireland in 1167 to pave the way for the larger forces of Strongbow. However if these warriors led by Robert FitzGodibert, thought the Gaelic Irish were going to be a pushover they are in for a rude awakening.
They quickly run into the might of Rory O'Connor, perhaps the most powerful Gaelic King in Irish history and things don't go according to plan. Let me know what you thought of the show by contacting me @irishhistory on twitter or https://www.irishhistorypodcast.ie/
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| 1:05.0 | this is the Norman Invasion Part 3, the conquest begins. |
| 1:10.0 | In previous installments of this series on the Norman conquest of Ireland, we saw how the King of |
| 1:17.9 | Lienster, Dermot MacMurlough, was deposed from power in 1166. In part 2 he fled into exile seeking military assistance |
| 1:28.4 | from the Norman nobles in South Wales. In this episode the time has come for Dureman's exile to end, but the main |
| 1:37.2 | force of his Norman allies are not yet ready to come to Ireland. All he has are a few warriors led by the Norman Robert Fitzcaldiburt. |
| 1:47.0 | We will see the earliest Normans land in Ireland with Dermit in 1167. They will quickly find themselves with |
| 1:57.1 | their backs to the wall as Dermont's enemies are non-plussed he has returned. |
| 2:02.1 | Before I begin I just are non-plussed he has returned. |
| 2:08.9 | Before I begin I just want to say a brief word about my upcoming tours of medieval Dublin I mentioned in previous shows. The tour on July 12th is now completely booked out, but there are still five places available for the tour on July 26th. |
| 2:20.0 | There is more detail on the tour coming up later in this episode, but to book your place, go to Irish |
| 2:27.8 | history podcast. i.e. slash medieval tour or contact me at history at Irish history podcast. |
| 2:37.0 | i.e that's history and Irish history podcast dot i.e Street Podcast. In 1167, dear-mer the Macmura, boarded ship in Wales and set out for home. It had been exactly a year since he had been forced |
| 2:55.8 | into exile from Ireland by his rivals, Rory O'Connor, the King of Connacht, and his ally, |
| 3:02.0 | Dermont's bitter enemy, Tierna Norrork. |
| 3:05.0 | Diermit, however, had been busy during those long 12 months of exile. |
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