The Lingaun – Exploring Ireland's Oldest Frontier Part I
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
The Lingaun Valley is a little known valley that forms the border between Co Kilkenny and Co Tipperary. However for thousands of years this small river formed one of the most important frontiers in Ireland.
While the societies and kingdoms that fought and died over this valley are long vanished the region is littered with their remains in the tombs, religious sites, castles and battlefields.
A few weeks ago I met up with archaeologist Neil Jackman, an expert in the region and we spent a morning exploring the valley. Our initial intention was to focus on the Lingaun, but our conversations took in a range of topics from what life was like 5,000 years ago, to the spiritual beliefs of our distance ancestors down to the story of battle in the 1798 rebellion!
Check out Neil’s episodes 26 and 28 of Neil’s Podcast Amplify Archaeology which cover topics related the Lingaun.
If you are planning a a trip down to explore the Lingaun Neil’s website Tuath.ie has all you need. This article on Knockroe is a great place to start https://www.tuatha.ie/knockroe-passage-tomb/
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Irish History Podcast. |
| 0:12.1 | My name is Finn Dwyer and this is the Lingon Exploring Ireland's oldest frontier. |
| 0:20.2 | The Lingon Valley is probably not a name you're familiar with. |
| 0:24.1 | I live relatively close to it and before recording this episode it wasn't somewhere I knew |
| 0:29.3 | much about. |
| 0:30.8 | It forms part of the border between the modern counties of Kekeni and Tippereri. |
| 0:36.3 | And in the 21st century, aside from an intense sporting rivalry over Herling, there's |
| 0:41.8 | no real difference on either side of this valley. |
| 0:44.8 | However, this small, seemingly innocuous river, was one of the most important frontiers |
| 0:50.4 | in Ireland for thousands of years. |
| 0:53.4 | Although the societies and kingdoms that lived on either side of this valley are long |
| 0:58.1 | vanished, the region is littered with tombs, religious sites, castles and battlefields. |
| 1:04.9 | Now a few weeks ago I met up with archaeologist Neil Jackman, who is an expert in the region |
| 1:10.7 | and we spent a morning driving down the valley. |
| 1:14.0 | While we set out just to explore the Lingon, our conversations took in a range of topics. |
| 1:20.2 | So this episode has a lot in us. |
| 1:22.9 | Starting from what society was like 5,000 years ago to the spiritual beliefs of our distant |
| 1:28.5 | ancestors, right down to the story of a battle in the 1798 rebellion. |
| 1:34.5 | Now before I get going, I want to introduce Neil. |
| 1:37.8 | Lots of you will know him, he's always created an interview, he's been on the show a few |
| 1:41.6 | times now and he has his own podcast Amplify Archaeology, which lots of you are familiar |
| 1:46.8 | with, it's really worth checking out. |
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