Castlekevin: Life and Death on a Medieval Frontier
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2013
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Today, the long forgotten ruins of the medieval fortress and town of Castlekevin, are situated in a remote valley in the Wicklow mountains. In the early 14th century this was the epicentre of a ferocious struggle between Gaelic Irish and Norman Colonists in the Wicklow Mountains. This podcast charts the long and bloody battle for survival at Castlekevin when the surrounding region became a warzone.
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| 1:05.0 | my name is Finn Duwara and this show is Castle Kevin, life and death on a medieval frontier. |
| 1:15.0 | Today the long forgotten ruins of the medieval fortress and town of Castle Kevin |
| 1:21.0 | stand in a remote valley in the Wicklow Mountains. |
| 1:25.0 | Situated east of the picturesque village of Anamo, there's little evidence in what is now an overgrown mound of earth of Castle Kevin's turbulent past. |
| 1:35.6 | While local history understandably focuses on the nearby famous monastery of Glendaleoch, |
| 1:42.3 | the Sleepy Valley where Castle Kevin stands today has its |
| 1:46.4 | own remarkable past. Although it has seen little activity in about two centuries. It has its own hair-raising medieval history. |
| 1:57.0 | In the early 14th century, it became the epicenter of one of the most ferocious conflicts of the age when the Gaelic Irish |
| 2:05.9 | thought Anglo-Normans colonists for control of the Wicklow Mountains. This story |
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