Congrats Chantal! ICYMI Dr Kobel gave us a masterclass in manuscript studies back in November! open.spotify.com/episode/4NzwKp…

It's pod producer Tiago! 🤠🧑‍🦽👩‍🦽

It's nearly St Brigit's Day! So naturally we have an episode for you on ... the conquest of Ireland, 1169! Thanks to the brilliant (&patient!) Dr Colin Veach for explaining the English angle on the 'Anglo-Norman' Invasion. King Henry II, Strongbow & more open.spotify.com/episode/1GjzSG…

Bonus episode out now. Dr Colin Veach talks in more detail about the contemporary written sources justifying the 'Anglo-Norman Invasion' and we reflect on modern scholars' approaches to 12th century Irish history. Gerald of Wales, Laudabiliter & more! open.spotify.com/episode/5Zmpk0…

Happy Valentine's!❤️We are marking the occasion by exploring the life of heiress, mother, transregional noblewoman, Isabel de Clare, daughter of Aoife & Strongbow, wife of famous knight William Marshall. Thank you John Marshall for the excellent interview! open.spotify.com/episode/3lE3tM…

Finally going to be interviewing Tiago Veloso Silva for the podcast! On the role of medieval women as political & ecclesiastical patrons, incl. Agnes of Clonard (d.1196), Sárnat of Kildare (fl. 7th century), & reflections on the study of medieval Irish history. Send us your questions!

This week we bring you our very own Tiago Veloso Silva Early Irish Maynooth! On ‘soft power’, what is patronage, the #nuntastic Agnes, ‘An Caillech Mór’ (d.1196), St Mary’s monastery, Clonard, & the study of medieval Ireland. Tiago's work is funded by Research Ireland open.spotify.com/episode/1eEqvk…

☘️New ep: Dr Elizabeth Dawson (Carlow College) expertly guides us through the stories celebrating St Patrick. Come for the snakes/shamrocks/parades but stay for the articulation of centuries old literary/historical/community development! #StPatricksDay2025 open.spotify.com/episode/4TK3Kg…

In this week's episode we are very grateful to Dr Janel Fontaine for her patience w/the technical difficulties we experienced & for chatting with us about how best to interpret the huge amount of evidence for slavery in medieval Ireland. open.spotify.com/episode/048YpT…

Have you ever wondered how a medieval scholar applied for grants (of horses)? This week Dr Christian Schweizer gives all the deets about the political and academic life of Dicuil and other Irish scholars at the Carolingian courts in our podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/3bLL7x…

Why Sitric Silkenbeard is the greatest Dubliner of all time. He may be seen as one of the baddies of Irish history thanks to the Battle of Clontarf, but Silkenbeard built Dublin into a cosmopolitan city, writes Niamh Wycherley Maynooth University Research Ireland rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

ICYMI! A chatty overview/intro to Irish castles from the brilliant historian/archaeologist Dr Victoria McAlister Towson University. Bar from being cool to look at/explore we discuss how new technology can reveal there is much more to castles than meets the eye. open.spotify.com/episode/5Up09J…

New ep w/Royal Irish Academy Librarian Barbara McCormack about Royal Irish Academy's collection incl. many of Ireland's oldest manuscripts e.g. the Cathach, the Stowe Missal, Leabhar Breac & The Book of the Dun Cow. Royal Irish Academy Library is FREE & runs brill public events. open.spotify.com/episode/28PqxC…

The much anticipated, incredible, 'Words on the Wave' exhibition opens in National Museum of Ireland today! FREE TO ALL. Can't make it? Listen to Matt Seaver & Dr Diarmuid Ó Riain on what makes it so special & about Irish connections w/Switzerland going back 1,400 years. open.spotify.com/episode/3o3xh5…

Nearing the end of season 2 & we have hit over 100K listens on the podcast 🥂. Thanks to all of our guests for sharing their time & expertise! Thoroughly enjoyed talking medieval Ireland over the last 38 episodes Maynooth University Early Irish Maynooth We are now Research Ireland open.spotify.com/show/1Gq9yIxfk…

Last ep. of season 2 out now! We chat to the erudite Elaine Pereira Farrell, PhD re the Penitentials, some of the earliest surviving texts from the so-called 'Insular' world. Thanks Early Irish Maynooth We are now Research Ireland & guests & listeners! Back in Sept, have a lovely summer. open.spotify.com/episode/3I9T5x…