Episodios

  • S3 EP19 - The Children of Lír in the Classroom

    S3 EP19 - The Children of Lír in the Classroom
    Dec 23 2025

    In today's episode we finish off the last section of The Fate of the Children of Lír and explore how really it was the Christian Brothers who cemented it in the Irish psyche.


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    17 m
  • S3 EP18 — Why The Children of Lír Was The Perfect Story For 19th Century Nationalists

    S3 EP18 — Why The Children of Lír Was The Perfect Story For 19th Century Nationalists
    Dec 4 2025
    In this episode we look at how the Children of Lír slowly gained popularity over the 19th century and see what happens when you turn someone's children into swans.

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    13 m
  • S3 EP17 — The Lie Behind The Children of Lír

    S3 EP17 — The Lie Behind The Children of Lír
    Nov 6 2025

    In this episode we look at The Fate of the Children of Lír and explore how Ireland's most famous myth is not a myth at all. In fact, it's a Christian parable in a shape of myth. A bit like a child who's been turned into a swan.


    The artwork for this episode is THE CHILDREN OF LIR. THE ENCHANTMENT by Jim FitzPatrick.

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    15 m
  • The Black & Tans in Palestine

    The Black & Tans in Palestine
    Oct 9 2025

    A slight diversion from our current series on mythology to look at a unique connection between Ireland and Palestine.


    If you'd like to donate to support the people of Palestine you can do so here:

    https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/west-bank-gaza


    As this could be a contentious episode, I wanted to ensure I shared all my sources. If it's something people find interesting, I'll keep doing for episodes moving forward.


    Seán W. Gannon, “The Formation, Composition, and Conduct of the British Section of the Palestine Gendarmerie, 1922–26,” The Historical Journal (2013). Cambridge University Press & Assessment

    Seán W. Gannon, “‘Our Irish Constabulary’: The British Palestine Gendarmerie, 1922–1926,” in The Irish Imperial Service

    Richard A. Cahill, “The Image of ‘Black and Tans’ in Late Mandate Palestine,” Jerusalem Quarterly 40 (2009).

    Richard A. Cahill, “Going Berserk: ‘Black and Tans’ in Palestine,” Jerusalem Quarterly 38 (2009). Palestine Studies

    UCC, The War of Words: Propaganda and Moral Force. University College Cork

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    17 m
  • S3 EP16 — The Scholars on the Edge of the World

    S3 EP16 — The Scholars on the Edge of the World
    Sep 12 2025
    The Fate of the Children of Tuireann Pt. 3

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    13 m
  • S3 EP15 — The Fines That Made Brehon Law Tick

    S3 EP15 — The Fines That Made Brehon Law Tick
    Jul 22 2025
    In this episode Lug issues a fine to the Children of Tuireann and we look at how fines were the bedrock of medieval Ireland's decentralised system of laws.

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    19 m
  • S3 EP 14 — Ireland's First Psychopath?

    S3 EP 14 — Ireland's First Psychopath?
    Jun 29 2025
    In the latest episode we dive into the Fate of the Children of Tuireann, a story from the 15th century that builds on The Second Battle of Moytura and introduces a fascinating (if slightly horrible) character in the form of Brian, son of Tuireann.

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    13 m
  • S3 EP13 — Honour Price & Fidchell

    S3 EP13 — Honour Price & Fidchell
    May 18 2025

    In this episode we explore the concept of honour price and how it was one of the most important legal concept in early medieval Ireland. We then dive back into The Wooing of Étain, where three games of fidchell (ancient Irish chess) demonstrate different approaches to keeping deals and saving face.



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    14 m