The Top 5 Turning Points in Medieval Ireland: (Part II ) The Battle of Athenry
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2013
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
This podcast concludes our journey through the Top 5 turning points of Medieval Ireland. This show focuses on one of the most intriguing events of our medieval past, the Battle of Athenry in 1316. This conflict occurred during one of the most fascinating wars in Irish history - the Bruce Invasion of 1315-18. In May 1315, a Scots army led by Edward Bruce, brother to the King of Scotland, invaded Ireland, so this podcast starts in Scotland, with none other than William Wallace a.k.a. Braveheart making an appearance.
Then it follows the Scots invasion of Ireland in a story of sieges, battles, deceit and even cannibalism! Although the war would last until 1318, the decisive turning point I argue occurred beneath the walls of Athenry on the 10th of August 1316. While there was not a single Scot on this battlefield this particularly bloody affair decided their fate nonetheless. Tune in to see how!
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| 0:51.0 | Hello and welcome to the Irish history podcast. My name is Finn Duwire and this episode is the top five turning points in |
| 0:56.4 | medieval Ireland part two. In part one which was released last. We traced our way through nearly three centuries of Irish history, stopping off at the battlefields of Bally Moon and Tara. |
| 1:10.0 | Then we accompanied Brian Baru on his great conquest of Ulster and finally took a look at the |
| 1:16.0 | disaster siege of Dublin in 1171. |
| 1:20.2 | In this show we bring this journey through our medieval past to an end at the Battle of |
| 1:25.5 | Athenroy in 1316. Now to get to the Battle of Athenroy we need to take a circuitous route beginning in medieval Scotland, then |
| 1:35.8 | we will join a massive invasion force of Scots who land in Ulster in 1315. After many twists and turns, we will arrive at Athan Rye on the 10th of August, 1316. |
| 1:49.0 | Along the way, we will meet some of the most fascinating characters from medieval history. |
| 1:55.0 | Some who you will have heard of, like William Wallace, also known as Braveheart and Robert |
| 2:00.0 | the Bruce, others less well known like like William Lea de Bourg. |
| 2:07.0 | The Battle of Athin-Rai, one of the bloodiest conflicts in medieval Ireland, had its origins |
| 2:16.0 | not only in long-running tensions in Ireland, but also in Scotland. |
| 2:21.2 | And so, our journey to Ath Athens Roy on that momentous day in August 1316 begins 20 years |
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