The Rise and Fall of Carrickmines Castle
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2019
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
When creating episodes I normally try to tell wider events in Irish history by focusing on the lives of an individual person. This podcast takes a different approach. I interview Dr Mark Clinton about the history of one specific place - Carrickmines Castle. Mark lead the excavations that unearthed the ruins of the castle destroyed in the 17th century.
By focusing on this castle we were able to have a wide ranging conversation that covers centuries of history. We began with the Norman Invasion, made our way through the origins of sectarian tensions in Ireland before looking at a brutal siege and massacre during the 1640s. Then we finally finished by looking at the destruction of archaeological sites in Ireland in the 21st Century.
You can get Mark's book Carrickmines Castle - Rise and Fall in all good bookshops. This is the final episode for 2019. Thanks for tuning in throughout the year - it means alot to me.
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| 0:50.0 | Hi folks and welcome to the Irish History Podcast this show is a Christmas special of sorts for the |
| 0:58.3 | podcast I'm sitting here in Hughes's pub in the heart of Dublin of a very special guest here with me we've got a couple |
| 1:04.8 | of points in front of us and we're going to chat about one of the most incredible historical locations |
| 1:08.8 | around Dublin. It's a castle that was for centuries I guess suppose could say forgotten, but excavations there over the |
| 1:15.0 | last 15 to 20 years revealed a brutal siege, a massacre and an incredible insight into an |
| 1:20.9 | Ireland that's scarcely imaginable today. Now before we get into all that |
| 1:25.6 | I just want to give the pub a mention here so I'm sitting in Hughes's pub located |
| 1:30.0 | right beside a setting actually that was mentioned in two recent episodes so that's the |
| 1:34.8 | four courts and that's where the four courts explosion took place just 50 meters from here and then |
| 1:41.1 | Bob Doyle who was mentioned in Partisans Part 3 was born only 200 meters |
| 1:45.4 | from here as this is the last show of 2019 I just want to keep the housekeeping down |
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