Kilkenny Witchcraft Trial of 1324 (Part I)

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

🗓️ 20 December 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Growing up in Kilkenny I was surrounded by medieval history - its what drew me to study the past in the first place.

One of the most famous or perhaps notorious incidents in Kilkenny's medieval history took place in 1324 when the Bishop of Ossory accused Alice Kyteler, a powerful merchant in the city, of heresy and witchraft. This sparked a lethal struggle in the town that would end in shocking brutality.

This is the first of two podcasts on the trial. This show sets the scene by painting a picture of life in Kilkenny in the 1320s and introducing the main characters the next episode will follow the trial itself.

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1:48.0	I'm going to welcome to the Irish history podcast. My name is Finn Dwyer and this is the first of two episodes on the Kilkenny Witchcraft Trial of 1324.
1:55.9	In the year 1324, Ireland was rocked by what was one of the first Witchcraft Trials in European
2:02.1	history. Nearly 700 years have passed since these remarkable
2:06.4	events, but even to this day they continued to fascinate an intrigue. While this story was covered briefly in a podcast over four years ago,
2:15.3	this episode looks at the full story which is often distorted in myths and
2:20.8	legends surrounding the trial. The truth as you're about to hear is a truly remarkable
2:26.1	chapter in our history. Now to make this episode I went back to as many original sources as possible.
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