My Enemy's Enemy is Still My Enemy: The Norman Invasion XX (1190s)

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 June 2015

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Part XX sees us enter the 1190s and the Norman Invasion enters what might be called end game. In this decade they begin to advance in to the far west of the island. The Gaelic Irish response is at times baffling. Old internal feuds only intensify as the ruling families cannot let go of past transgressions and unify against the Normans. This leads to a disasterous otcome. This episode looks at events in Munster while coming shows will look at Connacht and Ulster.

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0:52.0	Invasion Part 20. My enemy's enemy is still my enemy.
0:56.9	This show takes us into the 1190s where the Norman Invasion starts to move towards what
1:01.8	might be called the end game.
1:04.0	This final phase takes a few decades, but the Normans start to push into areas where they had previously had little influence.
1:12.0	This is the most complex and fascinating part of the invasion, so I'm going to devote three or possibly four shows to the 1199s alone before we move on.
1:22.0	This episode sets the scene by looking in detail at a Benson
1:25.6	Munster somewhere I feel I've neglected in the series so far. The next episode
1:30.3	will move north into conduct before we head on towards Ulster.
1:34.8	Today's show will give us a unique insight into the medieval mindset and particularly that
1:39.2	of the Gaeta Kings who are on the receiving end of the invasion, but who sometimes act with what seems
1:45.4	like a suicidal attitude to the Normans who are hell bent on destroying them.
1:55.2	By 1190, Donnell O'Brien, the King of Thomond was unique.
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