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Irish History Podcast

Life in Ireland in the 11th Century

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

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

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2013

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The year is 1067. Godwin Godwinson the son and heir to the dead Saxon king Harold Godwinson fled to Ireland after the Norman Invasion of England. This podcast looks at the world he found in Ireland. How did he travel to Ireland? What did Dublin look like, sound like and smell like? What did people eat? What did they look like? What weapons did people use? What was the Brehon law? All this and much more is answered in this podcast which follows the heirs of Harald Godwinson through Ireland in 1067.


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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

Logically as journalists we have to go to the place of bombing to see what happened to interview people but honestly it is very risky.

0:28.0

Hello I'm David Knowles, host of Battle Lines, an original Telegraph podcast.

0:32.6

Join me and our foreign correspondence on the ground

0:35.0

for the latest analysis on the Israel Hamas war.

0:37.6

We're in a new phase of fighting now in Gaza,

0:39.7

before the Israeli military was targeting the Norse,

0:42.3

then they were moving south now it's everywhere

0:44.7

listen to battle lines every Friday on apple Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts Hello and welcome to the Irish history podcast.

1:04.0

My name is Finn Dwyer, and this is episode 16.

1:08.0

In this show, we return to medieval Ireland

1:11.0

in an episode that will bring the 11th century to life. to to the sounds and smells of the medieval world. On this journey through daily life we will look at

1:26.1

Ireland from the perspective of one of the few known visitors to the island in the 11th century.

1:32.4

Godwin Godwinson, the son of the Anglo-Saxon king of

1:35.9

England Haralds Godwinson, who came to Ireland in 1067. 7.

1:45.0

Godwin-Godwin's story begins like so many others from this period,

1:51.0

amid the carnage of a battlefield.

1:54.0

At Hastings in the southeast of England, on October the 14th, 1066, an Anglo-Saxon army led by their

2:01.5

king, Harold Godwinson faced down an invading Norman force led

2:06.8

by William the Conqueror. In a fierce battle that raged for hours the Saxons held the Normans at bay. However, by evening, their line

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