Fatal Feuds III - The Bruce Invasion

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

🗓️ 22 August 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The third part of the mini-series Fatal Feuds focuses on the Bruce Invasion of Ireland in 1315. This sees the famous Scottish King Robert the Bruce wage war on his father-in-law the Red Earl of Ulster Richard de Burgh. This podcast on the greatest war in Medieval Irish history is packed full of fascinating characters and stories not to mention the longest siege in Irish history.

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0:38.0	Hello and
0:45.0	this is Fyn deWire and this is Fatal Feuds part 3, The Bruce Invasion.
0:52.0	This episode picks up the story where the last show ended, as a massive
0:57.2	invasion force from Scotland landed in Ulster in May 1315.
1:03.6	What is about to unfold in the following 30 or so minutes is a fascinating account of one of
1:09.6	the largest and most destructive wars in medieval Irish history.
1:15.3	As dawn broke over Ireland on May the 27th, 1315, the Red Earl of Ulster Richard de Bourg
1:22.4	surely must have thought that the Scots invasion
1:25.2	of his territories in the northeast of Ireland was a nightmare, one that would be brought to an end
1:30.9	by the fresh morning air and daylight. However, it quickly dawned on him that it was all too
1:37.4	real. The previous day a vast invasion fleet had appeared on the horizon off the coast of Ulster.
1:44.8	While the Norman colonists in Ireland were caught off guard, they immediately knew who and
1:49.7	what they were facing.
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