The 1317 Siege of Dublin

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

🗓️ 4 June 2016

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In February 1317 Dublin faced its greatest crisis. A huge army lead by Robert the Bruce, king of Scotlan d was making its way to lay siege to the city. With no army to defend the city, Dubliners were effectively on their own. However everyone in the city could not be trusted, a few days earlier the Earl of Ulster who also happened to be Bruce’s father in law arrived. Within weeks most of Dublin would be burned to the ground but not in the way you might expect

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0:46.2	Are you ready? Listen to why I move. Hello and this is an episode on the Siege of Dublin.
0:55.0	Hello and welcome to the Irish History Podcast.
1:00.0	My name is Finn Duwara and this is an episode on the Siege of Dublin in 1317.
1:07.0	If you enjoy the following podcast, you will love an upcoming tour of Medieval Wicklow I am organizing on May the 18th.
1:15.0	During this day-long event we will take a private coach into the mountainous region of
1:19.5	Wicklow and see what survives of the fortifications and settlements of this medieval frontier
1:25.2	where the Anglo-Normans and the Gaelic Irish battle for control in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
1:32.4	Stay tuned for more details.
1:35.0	On February 21st, 1317, tensions in medieval Dublin reached fever pitch.
1:45.6	Dubliners were living through what were the worst of days.
1:49.4	Two years earlier an army under Edward Bruce, the brother of the King of Scotland, Robert, invaded
1:55.5	and had decimated much of the Norman colony in Ireland.
1:59.7	Worse still, famine stalked the land. After three years of heavy rain and failed crops, food prices shot up.
2:07.0	The price of wheat had reached 24 shillings for a crannock. That was around six times the normal price.
2:15.0	Faced with starvation, the poor were reduced to dire straits.
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