The Incomparable History Of Ireland
Ireland has been inhabited mythically for 33,000 years with the first humans arriving about 10,000 years ago. Known as the Neolithic and Megalithic period, humans used small stone tools, and polished and crafted with points and attached to antlers, bone or wood to serve as spears and arrows. They often lived nomadically in camps by rivers and bodies of water.
The Ancient Greeks called Ireland The Ancient Island! Ireland has 70% of Europe's rock art. The megalithic structures have many stories and New Grange is older than the pyramids and Stonehenge. These residents of Ireland were observers of the night sky who understood cosmic patterns. Irish Mythology has magical journeys to the Otherworld, stories of Irish heroes like Cú Chulainn, tales of monsters and time-travel that inspired Tolkien Lords of the Rings as well as the books of C.S. Lewis. A whole world of amazing stories are waiting for you!
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Episodes
93 episodes
Sheela Na Gig
What ancient artifacts are there explaining the role of woman in ancient society as opposed to modern society?A Sheela na gig is a figurative stone carving of a naked woman explicitly displaying or pulling open her vulva, commonly found ...
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Rapparees - Ireland's Robin Hoods
A rapparee was a 17th-century Irish irregular soldier, guerrilla fighter, or bandit, particularly active during the Williamite war in Ireland (1689–91). Derived from the Irish word rápaire (meaning a short pike or stabber), they used t...
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The Grapefruit Ladies - How 11 young people changed the world
The "Grapefruit Ladies" were 11 young Irish Dunnes Stores workers who went on strike from 1984 to 1987 to protest apartheid in South Africa. Led by 21-year-old Mary Manning, they refused to handle South African fruit. Their 3-year protest led I...
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Irish Socialist - The Beloved, The Great & The Deported
James Connolly (1868–1916) was an Irish socialist, trade union leader, and revolutionary nationalist, renowned for his role in the 1916 Easter Rising. Born in Scotland to Irish parents, he was a key figure in fighting for worker rights, foundin...
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The Werewolves of Ireland
Irish werewolves, known in folklore as Faoladh or Conriocht are distinct from European legends, often portrayed as noble protectors of children, the wounded, and the community rather than malevolent monsters. Rooted in e...
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The Murder & Legacy of Pat Finucane
Did Margaret Thatcher personally know of the specific plan to murder solicitor (lawyer) Pat Finucane in 1989? Significant evidence has been uncovered that agents of the British state—including military intelligence and police—were deeply involv...
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Ireland's Modern Mysteries - Carlingfod Leprechauns & Peter Bergmann case
Following the 1989 discovery of a tiny suit, bones, and coins by P.J. O'Hare, local campaigners successfully secured a European Union protected designation for the "last remaining 236 leprechauns" on Slieve Foye mountain.The Peter Bergma...
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Was Stonehenge stolen from the Irish?
The story originated in the 12th century with Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae ("History of the Kings of Britain"). In this fictional work, he claimed: A "Giant's Dance" stone circle originally s...
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Sons of Tureann Part 2
The quest of the sons of Tuireann (Brian, Iuchar, and Iucharba) is a 10th-century Irish mythological tale (
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Sons of Tureann Part 1
The quest of the sons of Tuireann (Brian, Iuchar, and Iucharba) is a 10th-century Irish mythological tale (
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Big Oil Brings Disaster to Ireland
The Whiddy Island disaster was a catastrophic event on January 8, 1979, when the French oil tanker Betelgeuse exploded at the Gulf Oil terminal in Bantry Bay, Ireland, killing 50 people (49 on the ship/jetty and one diver later) and ca...
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The Heist of the Irish Crown Jewels
The Irish Crown Jewel Hiest was the 1907 theft of the ceremonial jewels of the Order of St. Patrick from Dublin Castle, a major unsolved scandal involving Sir Arther Vicars (Ulster King of Arms) and potential inside job suspects...
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Is Ireland Re-Writing History?
The Brusselstown Ring archaeological find in County Wicklow, Ireland, is a massive prehistoric hillfort with over 600 house platforms, making it the largest nucleated settlement found in prehistoric Britain and Ireland, dating to the Late Bronz...
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The Explosion That Built Dublin
There was a massive explosion on March 11, 1597, when a stockpile of gunpowder on the docks in Dublin ignited. The explosion devastated central Dublin, killing 126 people, and halting city growth for decades. The explosion was in midst of...
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Did the British Cause Ireland's Worst Aircraft Disaster?
Aer Lingus Flight 712 crashed en route from Cork to London on 24 March 1968, killing all 61 passengers and crew. The aircraft, a Vickers Viscount 803 named St. Phelim, crashed into the sea off Tuskar Rock, County Wexford. The cause of the crash...
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The Irish King with Horses Ears
Labraid Loingsech, also known as Labraid Lorc, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. A king above all the other Kings. He was an ancestor of the Laigin clan, who gave...
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The Song of Amergin
The Song of Amergin is an ancient, powerful Gaelic poem from Irish mythology. It was spoken by the bard Amergin when the Milesians (Celts) arrived in Ireland to claim the land from the Tuatha Dé Danann. He identified himself with the land...
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Eiocha - Celtic Creation Story
Eiocha was born by the sea and earth when the world was nothing, empty and void. She births gods and becomes a symbol of fertility and rebirth.
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Irish Mythology and Groundhog Day
Is America's Ground Hog Day rooted in Irish Mythology? Could Irish and Scottish Immigrants have evolved a very celtic day that determines if winter will be long or short?In Irish mythology Cailleach rules winter and Brigid wh...
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Ireland - Site of the 1st World War? Part 2
Irish Mythology tells of a battle where a united world attacked Ireland. The Battle of Ventry (
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Ireland - Site of the 1st World War? Battle of Ventry Part 1
Irish Mythology tells of a battle where a united world attacked Ireland. The Battle of Ventry (
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