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Logically as journalists we have to go to the place of bombing to see what happened to interview people but honestly it is very risky.

Hello I'm David Knowles, host of Battle Lines, an original Telegraph podcast.

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listen to battle lines every Friday on apple Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts Hello and this is Fyn Duwir and this is the Norman invasion.

Hello and welcome to the Irish History Podcast.

My name is Finn Duwir and this is the Norman Invasion Part 10, The Return to War.

In the last show we followed King Henry II through his relatively peaceful visit to Ireland in the winter of 1171 to 1172.

During his six-month stay he solidified the Norman presence on the island and their future seemed far more stable.

This show opens as Henry leaves Ireland and the relative peace and stability he had instituted

proves to be somewhat illusory.

As Henry II sailed from Wexford at Easter 1172 he had to some degree gained a deceptive picture of Ireland.

During his stay the island had been more peaceful than it had for decades.

Despite the incessant warfare engulfing Ireland since the 1150s, no one had attempted

to fight Henry. However, the lack of resistance was largely due to the fact that the King had arrived in Ireland with a massive army of well

over 4,000 soldiers of all ranks. Had Henry not been backed by such overwhelming force, many of the Gaelic Kings who had submitted

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