Climate Change in Medieval Ireland; A Warning From The Past
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2014
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Climate change is constantly in the news. In the late 13th & early 14th centuries Ireland was also battered by storms and maligned by poor weather. This podcast takes a look at some of the ways it impacted the medieval world. While society didn't collapse if the experience of our ancestors is anything to go by our future could be something of a rocky and hungry road!
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| 0:46.8 | ends on the 22nd of December 2023. Hello and welcome to climate change in medieval Ireland a warning from the |
| 1:03.7 | Irish history podcast my name is Finn dewir and this is climate change in medieval |
| 1:11.2 | Ireland a warning from the past. |
| 1:14.0 | Over the last few months, Ireland has been mauled by atrocious weather. |
| 1:20.0 | Record-breaking storms have battered the country, leaving Manly wondering whether this is just a |
| 1:25.5 | foretaste of what lies ahead as climate change becomes reality. |
| 1:30.8 | Frequently people have predicted that this will lead to a collapse in society in the imminent future. |
| 1:37.0 | But the experience of our medieval ancestors, as we shall see in this podcast, predicts a very different outcome. |
| 1:44.0 | If the experience of late 13th and early 14th century climate change is anything to go by, |
| 1:50.0 | while society might not collapse, the future is far from bright. |
| 1:56.5 | In this podcast we shall see how unpredictable and often dire weather conditions in the medieval |
| 2:02.1 | period contributed to making life increasingly |
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