15 Minutes in Medieval Dublin [From the Archives]
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
2022 has been stressful so this episode treats you to 15 minutes of escapism. It brings you back to Dublin in 1320 in a soundscape of the medieval city. Reconstructed by trawling through 700 year old records for distinctive sounds; it was originally released back in 2014 but is definitely worth another listen.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, just a quick heads up before you dive into the episode. |
| 0:03.6 | My new book, Alita Legacy, a history of Ireland in 18 murders is coming out on September |
| 0:08.4 | the 14th. |
| 0:09.5 | You can still pre-order your copy today, or if you're going to be in Dublin next week, |
| 0:13.8 | it will be great to see you at the launch. |
| 0:16.2 | It's on at 6pm on Thursday, September the 14th in Hodges figures. |
| 0:20.8 | That's 6pm on September the 14th in Hodges figures on Dawson Street in the city center. |
| 0:26.2 | Swing in on your way home from work, it'll be a great event. |
| 0:28.8 | Sure, I'll see you there. |
| 0:54.7 | Hey folks, my name is Finn Dwyer. |
| 0:57.2 | And this is the Irish History Podcast. |
| 1:00.2 | I'm currently in the process of making a new series, so I'm knee-deep trawling through |
| 1:04.6 | days of recordings, and while I will have new content out next week, this episode is |
| 1:09.9 | one from the archives. |
| 1:11.7 | It was originally released in 2014 under the conky title Sounds of a Medieval Life, a |
| 1:17.4 | walk through Dublin in 1320. |
| 1:19.8 | But the idea of the podcast was to create an immersive experience and give you a sense |
| 1:24.5 | of what a medieval city actually sounds like. |
| 1:27.6 | Now there were chaotic, noisy places, but to reconstruct the sounds of medieval Dublin, |
| 1:33.3 | I trawled through 700-year-old records looking for references to people, animals, things |
| 1:40.1 | or just events that stood out as having distinctive sounds. |
| 1:43.5 | I think eight years later, it still holds together well, and it's pure escapism from |
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