Best Barbara Norman Podcasts (2025)

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Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - August Norman & Andy Ross - The Author Agent Collaboration 2:18:54

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This seminar covers aspects of the traditional publishing process, how it works, how long it takes, dealing with rejections, contracts, publicity, platform building, blurbs, signings, podcasts, nominations, and more. SBWC faculty member Norm Thoeming (aka August Norman) is author of two literary thrillers and mysteries, Come and Get Me and Sins of …

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Ireland and St Gallen in Early Medieval Europe with the National Museum of Ireland 58:11

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This week Matt Seaver, Assistant Keeper of Irish Antiquities and Dr Diarmuid Ó Riain, curatorial researcher, welcomed us in to the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St. to see the unique new exhibition: Words on the Wave. This is an incredible display of precious manuscripts from the Abbey of St Gall, Switzerland — some returning to Ireland for t…

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The Royal Irish Academy Library with Barbara McCormack 49:09

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In this episode, we chat about the incredible academic and public resource that is the Library in the Royal Irish Academy. Academy Librarian Barbara McCormack tells us all about the collection of medieval manuscripts including some of Ireland's oldest manuscripts the Cathach of Columba and the Stowe Missal. Please visit the library yourself or chec…

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Castles in Medieval Ireland with Dr Victoria McAlister 54:21

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Dr Victoria McAlister from Towson University, Maryland, on everything you ever wanted to know about castles! Featuring all the big hits, Maynooth Castle, Bunratty, Blarney, Trim, the Rock of Dunamase, Clonard castle, Ferrycarrig, Carrickfergus, Irish castles, Anglo-Norman castles, Tower houses, colonialism, we cover it all. Dr McAlister busts some …

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Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - W. Bruce Cameron 1:07:28

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W. Bruce Cameron is author of #1 New York Times, USA Today International bestselling novel A Dog’s Purpose. The Amblin/Universal film of the same name is the most successful international live-action dog movie of all time. His latest novel, Love, Clancy: Diary of a Good Dog is a deeply moving story with a brand-new cast of characters, including one…

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Dicuil and Irish scholars at the Carolingian Court with Dr Christian Schweizer 52:25

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This week we are delighted to talk to the always enlightening Dr Christian Schweizer about his Research Ireland funded research on Dicuil, an Irish scholar who was prominent in the Carolingian Court in Aachen in the early 9th century. Dicuil wrote many fascinating texts covering a variety of disciplines including geography, astronomy and computisti…

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DEATH: (A Love Story) - Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself 27:37

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PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF Hi, I am your Death and I am here for you. No wait, don’t go! Aside from the fact that you can’t get away, I’m not here for you in that way, at least not now, although to be honest with you we do have a date and I am always with you whether you acknowledge me or not. Want to know when I am coming in that way? Sor…

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Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Poetry with Perie Longo & Enid Osborn 34:59

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Moderator, Perie Longo, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, 2007-2009, has published 4 books of poetry, the latest Baggage Claim (2014) and poems in numerous literary journals. This was her 40th year teaching poetry at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference and she’s thrilled and awed to be still poeting and standing. Enid Osborn Poet Laureate of Santa Barb…

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Slavery in Medieval Ireland with Dr Janel Fontaine 52:39

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Apologies for the poor sound quality in this episode! This week Dr Janel Fontaine (Treasure Trove Officer, National Museums Scotland) talks us through some of the evidence for slavery in medieval Ireland. From the accounts of St Patrick in the 5th century to Gerald of Wales in the 12th century she explains how slavery was built into the social and …

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The 'Story' of St Patrick with Dr Elizabeth Dawson 56:50

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It's time for our annual discussion of the man responsible for our national holiday in Ireland, Fáilte Ireland's global greening campaign and J. D. Vance wearing shamrock socks in the White House! Dr Elizabeth Dawson (Carlow College) is the perfect expert guide through over 14 centuries of stories celebrating St Patrick. She explains how Patrick be…

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Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Agents Panel 58:28

3M ago58:28

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SBWC faculty member Norm Thoeming (aka August Norman) is author of two literary thrillers and mysteries, Come and Get Me and Sins of the Mother. Annie Bomke is a literary agent with more than a decade of experience in the publishing industry. She represents a wide range of projects from hard-nosed business books to otherworldly historical novels. A…

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Women's Power and Patronage with Tiago Veloso Silva 42:43

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Due to popular demand our podcast producer Tiago de Oliveira Veloso Silva has finally come on to the other side of the mic as one of our expert guests! We chat ‘soft power’, definitions of patronage, Agnes Ní Máelsechlainn ‘An Caillech Mór’ (d.1196), St Mary’s Arrouaisian monastery, Clonard, & reflections on the study of medieval Irish history. Tia…

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Author Matthew Pallamary's 7th appearance on Coast to Coast on President's Day, Monday February 17, 2025 - Shamanic Experiences 1:01:06

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Shamanic Experiences on Coast to Coast AM February 17, 2025 Shamanic explorer Matthew J. Pallamary discussed the universal appeal and foundational significance of shamanism across cultures, including the use of ayahuasca. He pointed out similarities between South American indigenous beliefs and those found in various global religions, including the…

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Isabel de Clare (d.1220) with Dr John Marshall 58:48

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"I have no claim to anything here save through her". These are the reputed words of one of the most famous knights in English history, William Marshal, describing his wife Isabel, daughter of Aoife and Strongbow. In honour of St Valentine's Day Dr John Marshall (Lancaster University) gives us the full story of Isabel de Clare — a fascinating noblew…

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Bonus episode: Interpreting the 'Anglo-Norman' Invasion with Dr Colin Veach 24:09

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As a follow up to our episode on the English Conquest with Dr Colin Veach (University of Hull) we examine the bias inherent in the contemporary sources, including the famous Laudabiliter papal bull, the works of Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis/Gerald de Barri) , and the 'Song of Dermot and the Earl'. We also discuss how historians can best app…

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Chapter One of THE HUMMINGBIRD WHISPERER - Mystic Ink Publishing 10:43

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ONE Jeanette Driscoll opened her sparkling blue eyes, stretched out on the bed, and brushed back her long blonde hair before resting her head on her husband Ted’s chest. Tall, sandy-haired, and blue-eyed like his wife, Ted’s muscular frame complemented her model’s figure. Their friends and Ted’s colleagues where he worked as head of research and de…

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1169: The English Conquest of Ireland with Dr Colin Veach 54:22

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Happy St Brigit's weekend! (For links to Brigit content see below). Instead of Brigit we were eager to release an episode we recorded just before Christmas with the brilliant Dr Colin Veach, from the University of Hull, on the English colonisation of Ireland, which may be known to some of you as the Anglo-Norman Invasion. Today’s episode mostly foc…

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Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Mary Otis 40:48

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Mary Otis is the author of Burst, longlisted for the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize and winner of the 2023 Silver Medal in Literary Fiction from the Independent Book Publisher Awards. The moving debut novel explores the relationship complexities between mothers and daughters. She’s also the author of Yes, Yes Cherries, a collection of short stories a…

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Fashion and clothing with Mairéad Finnegan 34:32

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In this episode, Niamh Wycherley interviews Mairéad Finnegan, a PhD researcher in Maynooth University, about dress, clothing and fashion in late medieval Ireland (12th to 16th centuries). Mairéad brilliantly paints a vivid picture of how a medieval Irish person would express their ethnic identity, status, gender or community through their clothes a…

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St Columbanus and the Merovingians with Dr Alexander O'Hara 52:32

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Happy New Year! To soothe fragile minds after the Christmas break we are easing you in to 2025 with St Columbanus part 2 — a further, more relaxed, reflection, on the career and legacy of Irish monastic founder Columbanus with Dr Alexander O'Hara. Do listen to our previous episode from November 22nd first if you get the chance. In this episode, we …

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Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Poetry Reading - David Starkey & Emma Trelles 40:38

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David Starkey, Santa Barbara’s 2009-2011 Poet Laureate, Founding Director of the Creative Writing Program at SBCC, and the Publisher/Co-editor of Gunpowder Press, published 11 full length collections of poetry and more than 500 poems in literary journals. His novel Poor Ghost was released in March 2024. Emma Trelles Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2021…

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Law and Society with Prof. Liam Breatnach 58:45

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Happy Christmas everyone! In today's episode, Professor Liam Breatnach (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), one of Ireland's leading experts on the Old/Middle Irish language, medieval Irish law (so-called Brehon Law), poets and the Irish language, explains what the law tracts can tell us about medieval Irish society, the intellectual networks a…

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Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Short Story Panel Moderated by Karen Ford, including Max Talley, Matthew J. Pallamary, Melodie Johnson Howe ... 1:03:13

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Moderator Karen K. Ford, SBWC workshop leader, is an award-winning author of short fiction whose honors include top prizes from Narrative and bosque. Her work has been shortlisted for the Tobias Wolff Fiction Award and the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Prize and anthologized in Ginosko. Karen lives in Southern California, with her rescue mutt, Dude,…

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The Material World of Medieval Ireland with Dr Sharon Greene 56:39

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Today, Dr Sharon Greene tells us how archaeologists explore how people lived in the past, what they believed and so on through the material remains they left behind. This can sometimes confirm or deny what the written records tell us – but most often it adds another layer to our understanding medieval Ireland. We chat about disciplinary challenges,…

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Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 -Trey Dowell - The Art of the Query 2:18:10

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The Art of the Query Trey Dowell is a novelist and a short story aficionado. His expertise in writing effective query letters has helped numerous writers get their projects reviewed by agents and publishers. In this presentation Trey focused on sparking curiosity and building anticipation. Proven query strategies and methods were discussed. Attende…

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St Columbanus with Dr Alexander O'Hara 54:27

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Happy anniversary to St Columbanus, famous as a monastic founder, and a symbol of a united Europe, who is remembered as having died on Nov 23rd in the year 615! (Happy birthday also to Dr O'Hara's wife! More info in episode). Columbanus aficionado Dr Alexander O'Hara brings us through Columbanus' auspicious beginnings as a handsome aristocrat in Le…

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Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Be Your Own Best Publicist - Melinda Palacio & Lida Sideris 2:09:04

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Be Your Own Best Publicist Melinda Palacio & Lida Sideris This session offers wisdom from the trenches from award-winning authors on promoting your project. You’ll get practical marketing advice on aspects of building an author platform and putting yourself and your book out there. Melinda Palacio is an award-winning poet, author, and speaker. She’…

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Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Antoine Wilson 48:15

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Antoine Wilson’s most recent novel Mouth to Mouth was featured on Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List and was a finalist for The Scotiabank Giller Prize, the CALIBA Golden Poppy Award, and the Prix Fitzgerald. Antoine is also the author of the novels Panorama City and The Interloper, and he is a contributing editor of the literary magazine A Public …

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Medieval Irish Manuscripts with Dr Chantal Kobel 56:07

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In this episode, we are joined by Dr Chantal Kobel (Department of Early Irish, Maynooth University) to chat all about medieval Irish manuscripts (literally documents written by hand) and the various specialists skills and tools needed to read these precious historical sources. From palaeography (the study of old handwriting and writing systems) to …

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Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Zohreh Ghahremani 16:34

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Zohreh Ghahremani writes for both adults and children. Her debut picture book, Memory Garden, illustrated by her daughter, Susie, was published by Godwin Books/Macmillan in 2024, with another picture book about Norooz/Persian New Year to follow in 2026. She published her first novel, Sky of Red Poppies, in 2010. Her sophomore novel, The Moon Daught…

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Muirchertach Ua Briain with Anthony Candon 55:48

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This week we chat to Anthony Candon about one of the greatest men in Irish history — Muirchertach Ua Briain (c.1050–1119), king of Munster, arguably king of all Ireland, and great-grandson of Brian Bóru. Tony tells us all about Muirchertach's reputation as a great military leader, his influence on the Irish Church, his international status outside …

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Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Poetry Panel 1:00:33

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Moderator, Perie Longo, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, 2007-2009, has published 4 books of poetry, the latest Baggage Claim (2014) and poems in numerous literary journals. This June will be her 40th year teaching poetry at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. She’s thrilled and awed to be still poeting and standing. Melinda Palacio, current Santa Ba…

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An Introduction to Medieval Irish Literature with Dr Elizabeth Boyle 57:18

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Welcome back to the second season of The Medieval Irish History Podcast! We are very excited to be back with you all! Today, in our very first episode of the new season, we are back with Dr Elizabeth Boyle to talk little bit about Early Irish Literature. You have probably heard about some key figures of medieval Irish literature, such as Cú Chulain…

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Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Orientation & Welcome 1:11:31

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To everyone who has attended the Santa Barbara Writers Conference and are now part of our tribe of scribes, here is the first post of the audio from the 2024 conference. For those of you who have recently discovered the conference and are considering attending, we will be posting the audio periodically so you can get a sense of this amazing week lo…

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REPEAT — Adomnán of Iona (St Columba Part 2 with Prof. Thomas Owen Clancy) 49:35

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ICYMI! In order to celebrate the anniversary of Adomnán on the 23rd of September, we are re-uploading the episode discussing saint Adomnán, one of the successors of Columba and writer of the Vita Columbae, with Prof. Clancy (Professor of Celtic, University of Glasgow). In this episode we focus on his primary monastic foundation, Iona, and his succe…

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Bonus episode: Saint Brigid at 1500 22:31

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This episode is excerpted from RTÉ Radio One's The History Show with Myles Dungan September 8th, 2024: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22430394/ Thanks a million to Myles, producer Lorcan & the whole team for having Dr Niamh Wycherley on to talk about St Brigid’s legacy, medieval Irish history, women in medieval Ireland, how medieval historia…

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SUMMER REPEAT - Sitric Silkenbeard, King of Dublin, with Prof Alex Woolf 53:24

10M ago53:24

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In case you missed it! Inspired by the summer sun and tourist queues at Christchurch Cathedral, Dublinia, the Viking Splash Tour and the National Museum of Ireland (Kildare Street) etc, we bring you a REPEAT of our episode from May 24th dedicated to the man (partly) responsible for it all. In this episode, Dr Niamh Wycherley interviews Prof Alex Wo…

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Medieval Queens and Queenship with Anne Connon 59:41

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! Apologies for the poor sound quality! Unfortunately, this was recorded online, but we promise to fix this problem for Season 2 which should begin at the end of September. In the last episode of the season, Dr. Niamh Wycherley interviews Anne Connon on queens and queenship in medieval Ireland, a subject that has underpinned many episodes this seas…

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Queens of Medieval Ireland — Gormlaith (d. 948) with Prof. Máire Ní Mhaonaigh 57:35

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In our penultimate episode of season 1 we were incredibly lucky to get Prof. Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (Professor of Celtic and Medieval Studies, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge) out to the recording studio in Maynooth University. We chatted all about Gormlaith (died 948), an aristocratic woman, queen, reputed poet, an…

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St Columba (Part 2) with Prof. Thomas Owen Clancy 48:30

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We're back to continue our chat with Prof. Clancy (Professor of Celtic, University of Glasgow) about St Columba (aka Colum Cille). In this episode we focus on his primary monastic foundation, Iona, and his successor abbot Adomnán (d.704), famous in his own right as a saint, a stateman, a scholar, and a jurist. Prof. Clancy tells us about Adomnán's …

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Author Matthew Pallamary's 6th appearance on Coast to Coast on Monday June 17, 2024 - Shamanistic Practices 46:35

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Author Matthew Pallamary discussed shamanic practices and ceremonies in the jungle, including the use of psychedelic plant medicines like ayahuasca. He detailed a 10-day program he does in the jungle that involves a cleansing diet and various visionary plants. "Your perception gets more refined. It gets very clear. You start having telepathic exper…

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St Columba (Part 1) with Prof. Thomas Owen Clancy 55:55

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Part 2 out June 28th. In this episode, Dr Niamh Wycherley invites Prof. Thomas Owen Clancy (Professor of Celtic, University of Glasgow) to discuss St Columba (aka Colum Cille aka Columbkille), the so-called warrior saint of medieval Ireland. St Columba is considered one of the main patron saints of Ireland together with St Brigit and St Patrick. Pa…

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1066! The Battle of Hastings — An Irish Perspective with Dr Caitlin Ellis 57:38

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In 1066 Edward the Confessor died, an event that set in motion a tripartite dispute for the throne of England, ultimately won by William of Normandy. After the Battle of Hastings, forever immortalized in the Bayeux Tapestry, William acquired the epithet 'The Conqueror' and the fate of England and surrounding territories was forever changed. The bat…

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Sitric Silkenbeard, King of Dublin, with Dr Alex Woolf 53:09

1y ago53:09

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In this episode, Dr Niamh Wycherley interviews Dr Alex Woolf (University of St. Andrews) on Sitric Silkenbeard, arguably one of the best Dubliners of all time. How did he end up being the king of Dublin? What was he doing during the Battle of Clontarf? What happened to him afterwards? These questions are at the core of this week's episode of The Me…

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Queenship in the Irish Sea World with Dr Charles Insley 33:02

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Special bonus episode! An extra treat as part of our mini series on Irish Queens. In this episode Niamh and Dr Charles Insley (The University of Manchester) chat all about what Queens Aethelflaed (Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians), Emma of Normandy and Gormlaith of Dublin have in common. Dr Insley tells us about an overarching framework of queenship…

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The Book of Kells with Dr Donncha MacGabhann 54:34

1y ago54:34

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In today's episode, Dr Niamh Wycherley and Dr Donncha MacGabhann explore The Book of Kells, one of Ireland's most famous medieval manuscripts. This Irish treasure now exhibited at Trinity College Dublin, displays a carefully crafted script and astonishing miniatures, which showcase the expertise of medieval Irish artistic expression. Where was it m…

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Winners and Losers at the Battle of Clontarf with Dr Denis Casey 49:12

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The Battle of Clontarf (1014) was one of those unique and dividing moments in Irish History, but how much do we know about it? The traditional narrative of this event places the Irish fighting against the Norse invaders who held Dublin. Still, in this episode, Dr Denis Casey https://deniscasey.com/ shows us that this hypothesis is not entirely true…

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Early Irish Law with Prof. Robin Chapman Stacey 53:45

1y ago53:45

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In this episode Prof. Robin Chapman Stacey (University of Washington) chats to Niamh and Tiago about medieval Ireland's unique and remarkable legal system and the huge volume of law tracts that survive in both Latin and the Irish language. With topics ranging from status and gender to what happens when you get stung by a neighbour's bee, we discuss…

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Ogham and the Early Irish language with Prof. David Stifter 53:50

1y ago53:50

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Featuring the greatest periwinkle story ever told, this episode explores the evidence for the language spoken in Ireland in late antiquity with the highly entertaining Prof. David Stifter (Maynooth University). He tells us all about the uniqueness of the ogham/ogam writing script (which may or may not have been invented by a Kerryman) and how diffi…

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The historical Patrick with Terry O'Hagan 53:47

1y ago53:47

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Continuing our tour of Ireland in late antiquity, this episode examines the life of the historical Patrick, the 'poster boy' of the period. Dr. Niamh Wycherley invites Terry O'Hagan, also known as blogger Vox Hiberionacum, to delve deep into the writings of Patrick, the real man behind Ireland's famous patron saint. Suggested reading: www.confessio…

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