Dunmore Cave & Viking Massacres: A History From The Underworld
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
This history of Dunmore cave is mysterious and gripping. Around the year 930 the Vikings massacred large numbers of people in a battle fought around the cave. By the 18th century some of the earliest explorers found large numbers of human remains scattered across this extensive tunnel system. While this may be evidence of a brutal Viking massacre, recent archaeological excavations and analysis have suggested the full story may be more complex.
In this episode myself and the archaeologist Neil Jackman joined guide John McInerney and ventured into Dunmore Cave to record a show in this fascinating location and look at its dark and gripping history.
Neil Jackman is the host of Amplifiy Archaeology a podcast on Irish Archaeology. I can't recommend this show enough. https://www.abartaheritage.ie/amplify-archaeology-podcast/
John McInerney is the head guide at Dunmore Cave.
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| 1:08.0 | In and around about the 18th century I think people ventured into the cave found a large number of human remains. |
| 1:17.0 | Imagine that experience, scrabbling down into the dark and one of the first things you come across is a lot of human remains. |
| 1:24.0 | Hello and welcome to the Irish History Podcast. My name is Finn Dwyer and this is Dark History, the story of Dunmore Caves. |
| 1:35.0 | Now apologies if my voice is lit naysily today I have a cold at the moment. |
| 1:39.0 | However this is a first show of 2020 and I'm really excited about what's ahead of us because I reckon it's a bit of a first for podcasting in Ireland. I'm standing at the mouth of a cave system, one of the larger ones in Ireland and this show is going to be recorded inside this cave, a place with a |
| 1:55.0 | fascinating history. |
| 1:56.7 | For over a thousand years humans have been coming here to this cave that's Dunmore cave. |
| 2:02.2 | And it's not just out of curiosity and exploration. |
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