Fatal Feuds II - The Making of a Medieval Superpower

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

Ireland, Irish History, Norman Invasion, Great Hunger, Vikings, Interviews, History, War Of Independence, Great Famine

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This show picks up the story of Richard de Burgh, the Red Earl of Ulster at Christmas 1294. At the end of Fatal Feuds Part I he had been kidnapped & imprisoned in Lea castle by his rival John Fitzthomas. This plunged Ireland into chaos.

In this show with the the Earl in captivity Fitzthomas goes on the offensive attacking his rivals in Connacht. Mayhem sweeps across Ireland in an event known as The Time of Disturbance. This show covers the following 20 years of frantic warfare in Ireland.

And if Ireland's nobles weren't creating enough trouble, by the end of the episode Robert the Bruce Scotland’s most famous King will enters the fray.

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0:00.0	This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.
0:11.0	So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.
0:15.0	Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.
0:20.0	Packing for a holiday.
0:22.0	Always check you've got your passport.
0:25.0	Starting the car, always check your mirrors.
0:30.0	Looking for a teaching job.
0:32.0	Always check teaching vacancies.
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0:39.0	if you're not checking with us, you're not checking.
0:42.0	Always check teaching vacancies at
0:45.5	Gov. UK forward slash teaching dash vacancies. Hello and this is part two of my series Fatal.
1:07.0	This series is a gripping story about life in late medieval Ireland where powerful families went to war to dominate the island.
1:16.9	It was a cutthroat world where one wrong move could lead to your family being destroyed. Now if you haven't listened to
1:24.9	part one I would strongly recommend catching up before you check out this
1:29.2	episode. Without further ado I'm going to pick up the story now where we left off last time at Christmas 1294.
1:38.0	Ireland stands on a knife edge after the Lord of Othely kidnapped the island's most powerful man, the Red Earl of Ulster,
1:46.6	Richard de Bourg.
1:50.6	Christmas 1294 was a tense time across Ireland.
1:57.0	Chronic food shortages and terrible weather were threatening the poor with starvation. Indeed a chronicler at the
2:04.7	priori of the Holy Trinity in Dublin reported the poor of the city eating the
2:09.5	bodies of executed criminals. While food shortages threatened the poor with starvation, the great nobles of the land showed indifference.
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