Ireland 1014 - What a Difference a Millennium Makes
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2014
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
On this day 1000 years today, one of the most famous battle in Irish history, the Battle of Clontarf took place. In this show I look at day to day life in Ireland in 1014. Its a strange world that would stun, shock and surprise in equal measure.
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| 0:45.0 | I'm Fyn Duirer. |
| 0:48.0 | my name is Finn Dwyer and this is Ireland 1014 what a difference a millennium makes. |
| 0:55.0 | Today is the anniversary of one of the most famous battles in medieval Irish |
| 1:01.8 | history the Battle of Clontarf, where the life achievements of |
| 1:05.8 | Ireland's most famous king, Brian Baru, culminated in one of the most famous encounters |
| 1:11.9 | of the medieval period. |
| 1:13.6 | Now as I mentioned in previous shows I've been busy making an audiobook about this |
| 1:19.1 | battle and Brian Baru's life which gives you a blow-by-blow account of these incredible events. |
| 1:25.6 | I'm delighted to say that this audiobook is available at Irish History |
| 1:30.4 | podcast dot i.e. forward slash Brian Baru. That's Irish History Podcast dot i.e. |
| 1:37.0 | forward slash Brian Baru. Over two hours long it only costs 499. However I didn't want to let such a momentous day a |
| 1:48.0 | thousand years since that great battle pass without releasing a podcast. So I've put together this short show looking at |
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