![Foras Feasa: Exploring Irish History](/img/default-banner.jpg)
- 71
- 98 180
Foras Feasa: Exploring Irish History
Ireland
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2021
Exploring and searching for Irish history in Valentia, Iveragh, and Beyond
The Treasures of Kilmalkeldar
The Treasures of Kilmalkeldar
The ecclesiastical complex at Kilmalkeldar (Cill Maoilchéadair) is definitely one of the most impressive historical sites in Corca Duibhne (the Dingle peninsula). In addition to the church with its magnificent doorway, what is called the alphabet stone, the sundial, the ogham stone, and large stone cross, there are many other parts to the complex. These include an oratory, two buildings - one called either St Brendan’s House or the Priest’s house - and the other the Chancellor’s house, a holy well, a leacht, bullan stones, and various other things. It is an amazing place, with a long history. It was an important church in the medieval period, definitely worth visiting.
#dingle #irishculture #kerry #wildatlanticway #discoverkerry #ancient #ogham
The ecclesiastical complex at Kilmalkeldar (Cill Maoilchéadair) is definitely one of the most impressive historical sites in Corca Duibhne (the Dingle peninsula). In addition to the church with its magnificent doorway, what is called the alphabet stone, the sundial, the ogham stone, and large stone cross, there are many other parts to the complex. These include an oratory, two buildings - one called either St Brendan’s House or the Priest’s house - and the other the Chancellor’s house, a holy well, a leacht, bullan stones, and various other things. It is an amazing place, with a long history. It was an important church in the medieval period, definitely worth visiting.
#dingle #irishculture #kerry #wildatlanticway #discoverkerry #ancient #ogham
มุมมอง: 1
วีดีโอ
What is a Ringfort?
มุมมอง 1.9K14 วันที่ผ่านมา
What is a ringfort? Is it a fairy fort? A rath? A cashel? A lios? Ringforts can be found all over Ireland. At least 47,000 exist. While some believe that date back to Irish prehistory, the vast majority date from the early Christian period (roughly 300-600AD). The name ringfort is a misnomer as they were actually fortified homesteads or farms. This video explains what ringforts are, looks are t...
Kilmore Church and Cemetery: Hidden Histories of Valentia
มุมมอง 797หลายเดือนก่อน
Like all of Kerry Valentia has many ancient monuments. Traces of the past are all around us. However, sometimes the large monuments, passage tombs or big castles, get all the attention and smaller places go ignored, when you can find astonishing things in these places. This video is about this. About a small graveyard I visited in Valentia where I found a lot of hidden history. Certain aspects ...
Irish vs. Vikings? Who Won the Battle of Clontarf 1014?
มุมมอง 494หลายเดือนก่อน
Everyone knows that Brian Boru won the battle of Clontarf and broke Viking power in Ireland forever. How accurate is this picture? It was a bitter victory for Brian as he was killed in the battle, as was his son and heir, and the Dal gCais were severely weakened. On the other side, Jarl Sigurd of Orkney, Máel Mórda mac Murchada, King of Leinster and numerous others were killed. They certainly c...
Guardians of the Shannon: the Gaelic Lordship of O'Connor Kerry
มุมมอง 1.2K2 หลายเดือนก่อน
Although it was small, the O'Connor Kerry lordship survived and thrived in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Based on its strategic position, as well as playing games of power and intermarrying with its stronger neighbours, the lordship did quite well. Central to this was Carrigafoyle Castle, guardian of the Shannon. Due to its position, they collected tolls allowing the lordship to become...
Memory and Forgetting: the Siege of Glin Castle in Limerick, 1600
มุมมอง 7492 หลายเดือนก่อน
Glin castle is now a ruin, overshadowed by the more famous country house a few kilometres away. However, it was an important castle, seat of the Knight of Glin. In 1600 during the Nine Years War, it was attacked by an English force under George Carew, Lord President of Munster. This video tells the story of this siege #ireland #irishhistory #militaryhistory #siege #castle #Limerick #nineyearswa...
The Siege of Carrigafoyle Castle, 1580
มุมมอง 7573 หลายเดือนก่อน
Carrigafoyle Castle was held by the O'Connor Kerry sept and was regarded as the guardian of the Shannon. its position was used by the sept to get wealthy as they imposed taxes on shipping headed towards Limerick. However, in the 1570s it came into the power of the Earl of Desmond and was seen as crucial in his line of defence. 1n 1580 during the Second Desmond Rebellion it was besieged by a str...
Valentia in the 1590s: The Twilight of Gaelic Ireland
มุมมอง 11K3 หลายเดือนก่อน
In the 1590s Valentia Island would have been a very different place from today. It was an important part of the MacCarthy Mór lordship, due both to its strategic location and its rich fisheries. In the 1590s the possibility of Spanish intervention in the Nine Years War made its location even more important, as it could relatively easily be reached by Spanish fleets. In the late 1590s, after the...
Subverting Social Spaces: The Cillíní of Kerry
มุมมอง 5864 หลายเดือนก่อน
Cillíní are very common in Ireland. Yet most people know little about them. Normally poignant and moving, they are usually beautiful places. Yet they are also one of the most overlooked type of monument. In a way this might be because they are seen as something very simple (the reuse of a place that had been sacred in the past to bury small children and outsiders). While this is true, the very ...
Gaelic History: Five Things We Know
มุมมอง 3.4K4 หลายเดือนก่อน
This video is a continuation of my last video. It looks at five important points about Gaelic History in Ireland. 1 Gaelic Ireland was politically divided but culturally unified. 2 The seductiveness of Gaelic culture. 3 The Dynamism of Gaelic Ireland. 4 Gaelic Septs and Lordships. 5 Could Gaelic Ireland have survived - the Nine Years War Help Support the Channel Thanks for everyone's support ov...
Five Myths About Gaelic History
มุมมอง 12K5 หลายเดือนก่อน
Five Myths of Gaelic History This video is provocative, but with good intentions. Gaelic Ireland and its history are fascinating. You can find wonderful mythology and legends, mysteries, beautiful artifacts, ancient ruins, illuminated manuscripts, great literature, especially the poetry, and all sorts of historical events, battles, fights, betrayals, sex, immigration, exile, victories, defeats,...
From Killorglin to the Somme: A Kerryman's Last Letter from the Trenches
มุมมอง 7406 หลายเดือนก่อน
On 3 September 1916 my great-uncle George Ernest Knightly Evans was killed in a attack on Guinchy during the Battle of the Somme. He grew up in Killorglin, Kerry and is commemorated in a window in Glenbeigh. This video is examines his background and especially his final letter from the trenches. #Somme #trenches #trenchwarfare #militaryhistory #Killorglin #Kerry #irishhistory #worldwar1 #worldw...
Normans against Vikings: The Battle for Dublin, 1171
มุมมอง 1.9K6 หลายเดือนก่อน
In the Spring and Summer of 1171 the Norman adventurers in Ireland faced a series of difficulties. King Henry II of England remained angry with Strongbow, the Norman leader in Ireland, prohibiting any ships from bringing supplies to Ireland and ordering his subjects to return from Ireland. Then, Ascall MacRagnall, former Viking/Norse king of Dublin returned with a large force. Finally, Ruari O'...
On the Edge of the Atlantic: the Mysteries of Cill Rialaig
มุมมอง 9057 หลายเดือนก่อน
Perched on a cliff and facing out to the Atlantic, Cill Rialaig is one of the most beautiful monastic sites in South Kerry. Perhaps only Skellig Michael has a better location. There is much to see in the site: an oratory, huts, an enclosing wall, and a leacht - and best of all two beautiful craved stone crosses. It is a special place, one that is very hard to leave. Yet like so many other monas...
Death of a High King: The Battle of Islandbridge 919
มุมมอง 6347 หลายเดือนก่อน
The Battle of Islandbridge was fought in 919 between Gaelic Irish under the High King Niall Glúndubh and a Viking force from Dublin under Sitric from the Uí Ímair (descendants of Ivar). Niall Glúndubh was a capable king and he became King of Tara/High King at a high point in the fortunes of the Uí Néill. However, his reign coincided with the return of the Uí Ímair to Ireland with large numbers ...
The Battle of Rathmines, 1649: a Royalist fiasco in Dublin
มุมมอง 1.4K8 หลายเดือนก่อน
The Battle of Rathmines, 1649: a Royalist fiasco in Dublin
Cathair Fionnúrach and the Kingdom of Corcu Duibne
มุมมอง 4998 หลายเดือนก่อน
Cathair Fionnúrach and the Kingdom of Corcu Duibne
In the Shadows of Skellig Michael: Rediscovering Cill Buaine
มุมมอง 7678 หลายเดือนก่อน
In the Shadows of Skellig Michael: Rediscovering Cill Buaine
An Riasc/ Reask monastic settlement, Ballyferriter, Kerry
มุมมอง 2309 หลายเดือนก่อน
An Riasc/ Reask monastic settlement, Ballyferriter, Kerry
Staigue Fort: the best ringfort on the Ring of Kerry?
มุมมอง 77310 หลายเดือนก่อน
Staigue Fort: the best ringfort on the Ring of Kerry?
Rahinnane Castle and the Knights of Kerry
มุมมอง 74611 หลายเดือนก่อน
Rahinnane Castle and the Knights of Kerry
The Massacre at Dún an Óir, Smerwick, Kerry, 1580
มุมมอง 3.7K11 หลายเดือนก่อน
The Massacre at Dún an Óir, Smerwick, Kerry, 1580
Top Five Megalithic Sites in the Ring of Kerry
มุมมอง 941ปีที่แล้ว
Top Five Megalithic Sites in the Ring of Kerry
Historic Ireland: Megalithic Tombs of Valentia and South Kerry
มุมมอง 977ปีที่แล้ว
Historic Ireland: Megalithic Tombs of Valentia and South Kerry
Ballykissane: the First Casualties of the 1916 Rising
มุมมอง 816ปีที่แล้ว
Ballykissane: the First Casualties of the 1916 Rising
Historic Ireland - Loher Monastic Site and Cross, Ring of Kerry
มุมมอง 272ปีที่แล้ว
Historic Ireland - Loher Monastic Site and Cross, Ring of Kerry
Historic Ireland - Doory Stone Row, Ring of Kerry
มุมมอง 522ปีที่แล้ว
Historic Ireland - Doory Stone Row, Ring of Kerry
The Irish Civil War in Kerry: The Bahaghs Massacre, March 1923
มุมมอง 13Kปีที่แล้ว
The Irish Civil War in Kerry: The Bahaghs Massacre, March 1923
Loher Fort: a cashel on the Ring of Kerry
มุมมอง 641ปีที่แล้ว
Loher Fort: a cashel on the Ring of Kerry
This work you do is greatly appreciated, friend.
Thanks a million! It is always great to read comments like this!
Fascinating. Thanks for posting. 👌
Thanks a lot! Thanks for the lovely comment
Very interesting, I did not know what a Rath referred to. Did these Raths have a well or water source inside them or could they rely on rainfall?
Thanks for the comment. As regards water sources, it varied. Most would have had nearby sources, such as springs or streams. But I think it would have been rare to have one inside - evidence that these were homesteads not fortifications built for sieges etc. Probably rainwater was also collected (and there would have been lots of that).
Thanks Eoin, enjoyed this. Actually recorded a ringfort on my farm that wasn't in the records. Plus 1 to the count 😂
Hi Denis, lucky you... I would love to find something like that (but all I have is nettles and gorse. Be sure to email the OPW and eventually they will add to the official count! :-) Thanks for the Coffee you bought, much appreciated.
I loved this video, Thank you so much.
You are very welcome! :-)
Good segment! When I visited Ireland, I went to Newgrange, Poul-na-Brone, and several castles. I wish I would've fit in a ringfort or two.
It is a good excuse to come back to Ireland for another visit :-)
@@forasfeasa My last visit in 2019 broke my heart. NOT the Ireland of 2002 that I loved so much. When some house-cleaning is done, I might reconsider. Ireland for the Irish. Prayers from the USA.
Is there any reconstruction models of what Aileach looked like originally?
Not that I am aware of. I would love to see one though (and will look for one). However, I have a feeling that the 19th reconstruction messed things up in terms of getting an idea of what it originally looked like. I also know that some argue that the original Aileach (as in the Cenel nEoghain capital) was elsewhere. Close by is Elagh castle, some people reckon this was the Aileach - though the location of Aileach seems correct to me....
Development of ringforts between the 5th and 9th centuries would have been in parallel with the growth of Irish monastic settlements. I wonder would these have been good markets for the cattle raised by the ringfort dwellers? And if their demise was from the 9th century this would have been concurrent with the Viking period and the development of town during that time. Again, I wonder if there was any cause and effect. BTW... I have been fascinated by Staigue Fort since I was 10 years' old and Dún Aengus is one of the most fascinating places I've ever seen.
Several of the monastic sites had their own farms - as on Valentia. On some of the island sites where they have found middens, basically piles of bone waste, they have identified the diet (which was very varied). Some of the bigger ones would have been markets, but they might also have had large herds of cattle. They would have been integrated with the local ringforts and would have offered a market in more than just cattle - they would have needed many things, such as metals, ink, fabrics, perhaps wine... probably the emergence of towns under the Norse contributed to the change/decline of ringforts. Staigue is beautiful. I have to get back to Dun Aengus. Dun Aengus is much older than the usual ringfort, but at the end of the ringfort period it seems to have been reused. Probably Staigue was as well. There is a lot we do not know about both these places (about many places in fact)
@@forasfeasa It's another irony of history that there is little written or reliable record of the social history of Ireland from the arrival of Christianity (& writing) to the end of the Viking period, while at the same time Ireland was vaunted as the Land of Saints and Scholars and the standard of education was greatly elevated compared to continental Europe. Having said that it's clear that this education was religious in nature, with little or no focus on the humanities - philosophy in its wider guise, natural philosophy (physics & chemistry), mathematics and science. It perhaps highlights the comparison with Islamic Spain at the same time, which was undoubtedly the intellectual centre of Europe from the 8th century. Why were there no great Irish mathematicians, philosophers or scientists from that period? Rhetorical question... I think it's a reasonable statement to say that the Christian Church wasn't great with intellectual competition.
@@AnBreadanFeasa interesting questions! Though there were some Irish philosophers from that time, such as John Scotus Erigena. IN addition, there were very interesting engineering innovations, such as the tidal mills (which I must admit I don't know enough about.) Rather than solely blaming the Christian Church, I think other factors mattered in Ireland, especially population. Ireland lacked the population mass which could allow universities and scientists. Many other factors would have mattered. However, it is a question rarely raised - and an important question! In short I think the answer to your question is a book! :-) Worth discussing it though
@@forasfeasa Apologies for taking a while to respond... life getting in the way of philosophising and speculating on YT. Isn't that is the sole purpose of online anonymous commentary... right? Here goes... Why no great Irish mathematicians, natural philosophers or scientists during the Age of Saints & Scholars: 1. Your point about the small population is probably valid, qualified with the observation that it was probably not dissimilar to that of Classical Greece 1,500 years previously. However when a relatively small population is culturally isolated, when Greece clearly was not, it is less likely to produce a broader intellectual environment. 2. I do think the Christian Church had a fair bit to do with it, though I'm guessing of course. The Roman and Eastern Churches did not formally split until 1054, but doctrinal conflict was a central factor in the development of Christianity. Though the Irish/Scots brought Christianity to the Saxons/English, the Synod of Whitby in the 7th century meant the exclusion of the Celts and the primacy of Rome in England (hmm... that seems little ironic now). Rome hated heresy of all stripes and my understanding is that's why Armagh ultimately became the national See, when previously it had been on a par with Cashel. 3. Now, something a little questionable. There is zero doubt that the Islamic world was the centre of science, mathematics, engineering, medicine, secular philosophy and education from the 8th to the 12th centuries. I think one of the main reasons is they used Hindu-Arabic numerals, meaning their calculus was widely understood and taught. In contrast, Europe and the Christian world (excluding Copts) used Roman numerals. Building a church with the biggest stones available was therefore simpler than calculating angles and vertical loads by dividing MCCDLXIII by CLXI. Right or wrong I think that meant few real engineers, who can be genuine intellectuals when it comes to architecture and building massive structures. 4. Again another guess... Dark Ages Britain was located between Ireland and the continent. Until Charlemagne's time I don't think there were any higher educational establishments north of the Alps other than monasteries. I know that Don Scotus was his tutor and advisor, but I believe all of his writings were theological in some form or other and didn't address humanist subjects in the same was Plato and his ilk did. The geographical distance between Irish thinkers (theologians) and "real" intellectuals meant there could be little exchange of new ideas, by which I mean that Islamic non-theological thought never made its way to Ireland in any influential fashion. 5. To follow the previous point, Islamic Spain or Andalucia was the closest centre of scientific thought to Ireland. However, the Muslims never conquered Galicia or Asturias so Northern Spain was still Christian, and pretty archaic I believe. I'm purely guessing that there would have been regular Irish visitors to La Coruna and Compostela, but I doubt the conversation often strayed into what has happening with medicine or maths in Cordoba or Seville when Christian priests were performing exorcisms for mumps and measles. 6. Pre-Vikings there were no recognisable towns in Ireland, and certainly no cities that might have developed into centres of science and learning. It might be unfair to them but perhaps our ancestors spent their evenings and weekends (",) discussing the quotidian rather than the academic? I think that all "modern" technology at the time had been imported so there wasn't a class of metallurgists or chemists thinking about creating the next Silicon Valley in the 7th or 8th centuries. 7. I'm really gonna stretch on this last point. Christianity had displaced, replaced and repressed Druidic practices. We really don't know what these pre-Christian practitioners learned, taught, thought or practiced due to the lack of written records and misrepresentation by Christian commentators. However, though the Druids undoubtedly were healers, thinkers, theologians, jurists and influencers, they were not engineers, architects and mathematicians. Perhaps that means there simply was no Irish tradition of secular or physical enquiry that didn't have some spiritual element? So despite our Saints, who were undoubtedly impressive individuals who contributed much to European culture, and our Scholars from Dun Scotus to Yeats, Shaw and Heaney, our most notable scientists are probably English born Richard Boyle (physics), Austrian born Erwin Schrodinger of dead cat fame, and English born George Boole (mathematics and logic). I'm a finance/economics guy so maybe my conclusion is that we should stick to what we're good at. Leave the science to the rest of the world so that we can stick to the limbo of the demi-physical-spiritual where we can indulge our "myst-ellect". Slán tamall...
@@AnBreadanFeasa Very interesting observations. You should really develop them into a very interesting essay. 1. In relation to Greece, I have a feeling the population of Classical Greece was bigger than early medieval Ireland - remember the Greeks had cities in parts of Asia (until the 1920s there was a considerable Greek population in Turkey and until the 1960s or 70s so did Alexandria. Marseille, Scilly, and other parts of the Western Mediterranean were full of Greek settlements. So Greece had some of of excess population - whch can also be seen in mercenary armies in Persia (Xenophon). In addition, Greece did not emerge out of nothing. It was part of a Mediterranean/Middle East world in which there had always been contemplation on philosophical themes. The Greeks took it further for some reason. 2 Rome did hate heresy, but how Roman was Irish Christianity. Totally in some ways, but less so in others. Though I have a feeling the drive to Romanise the Irish Church under Malachy and others in the 11th century, probably distracted any budding philosophers. 3& 4 Excellent points - though you could also tentatively argue that the political instability (and the political-religious structures) in Western Europe resulting from the end of Rome prevented humanist discussions from multiplying 5 years ago I saw an excellent film about the Arabic philosopher Averroes (An interesting review here www.rogerebert.com/reviews/destiny-1999). I thought of it reading this point 6 Most technology was imported, but the tidal mill seems to have been an Irish development 7 Was it possible anywhere between the medieval period and the englightenment to have any research without a spiritual element? The modern world has been so secularised that this aspect is often overlooked. I am also sceptical about the repression of Druidic practices. I think that pre-Christian beliefs were incorporated by Christianity (as other religions also did). Before the Gaelic people large tombs such as New Grange, stone circles, and stone rows were built in Ireland. Some sort of semi-scientific knowledge was involved in this, as they (among other things) functioned as sort of calendars, and/or observatories - intersected by other needs. Many stone rows for example have orientations to astronomical events, but often these are slightly adjusted to the landscape, such as a sacred mountain in the distance. However, this knowledge was lost at some stage. I like the idea of myst-ellect! Thanks again for your wonderful comments, which I again think you should flesh out. I really think they are ideas that deserve/need to be heard!
I used to play in one on the Galey River in Kerry .It was one of the better persevered ones that I've seen but it didn't have the stone walls .
What was the name of the area it was in? North Kerry has much better land than South Kerry, so less stone, meaning that it was easier to build out of clay/earth. There must be some cashels (stone ringforts) there, but I can't think of any!
@@forasfeasa Bedford
@@Dhhhhj27 Thanks.... another place on my long list of places to visit 🙂
Is the Irish Ringfort any good mate. Do they talk about the poorer Raths or just the rich lot`s Ringforts?
The book? They talk about everything really. It is quite technical and dry in some points, but it is a good book. Actually, I would also recommend by the same author "Early Medieval Ireland, 431-1169". He sums up in it his ringfort research and provides a very good account of the period
@@forasfeasa Cheers
@@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf Thanks for the 'coffee' I hope you don't mind if I spend it on beer :-)
Great video. I wonder if any of the largest of these ringfort networks went on to become any of the towns or cities of today?
I would say so - especially going by the place names. Dundalk, Dun laoghaoire, etc. Admittedly, the main cities and many towns were founded by the Norse, but often they were near Irish settlements.
Thank you for another insightful nugget my friend. Nice to hear those few words of Irish at the end by the way... Always a pleasure to hear the old tongues of these isles. 🙂 ...Made me think, I need a ring fort!
Go raibh maith agut. We all need a ring fort or two (or more). Or a hill fort, but that is another story :-)
Would of been cool to live in one in the day
It would have! Definetely
@@forasfeasa
Aye, that it would!
I`d like a Rath of my own😋
@@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf I want a cashel, need the stone walls! (To sit on contemplating the sunset..)
Thank you for highlighting the graveyard where my great grand parents & family are buried. Denis O'Sullivan (1852-1926) and his wife Ellen Jane (Jenkins) (1855-1923). And two small children, Hillary Denis (Dion) 1896-98 and Gertrude Jane 1984-92. Also buried with them is Ellen's sister, Rebecca Jenkins (1860-1930), who lived with her sister's family. Their grave is quite large, surrounded by wrought iron fencing and very large elm trees mark the four corners of the grave. It is quite distinguishable in the video - even in the satellite photo on google maps!
You are very welcome Geraldine. I think I know the grave. I will be leading a walk up their on Wednesday for heritage week.
@@forasfeasa My mother grew up at No 6 Cable Terrace. Her grandfather - the above Denis O'Sullivan and her father Maurice O'Sullivan and at least three of her uncles worked at the Cable Station. My great grandmother Ellen Jane Jenkins came to Valentia with her father, Daniel Jenkins who was head of the Coast Guards for a time. He was widowed and brought many of his nine children with him from England. He also brought a "nanny'" who he married shortly after coming to Valentia. Daniel's father, another Daniel was also in Valentia for a time with the Coast Guards. Most of Daniel's children married "local" partners and headed off to the US and Australia & New Zealand. These stories are all on my mother's fraternal side of the family (O'Sullivans). On her mother's side there is a lovely story that I tell! Her grandfather, Patrick Murphy was a well known builder in Tralee and got the contract to build one of the big buildings on the island (I don't remember which one!). So he visited often and I believe on one of these visit he brought along his daughter, Mollie (Mary Jane). She met Maurice O'Sullivan and fell in love. That's my romantic side conjuring up that story!! Anyway she did marry Maurice in Tralee in early 1911 and settled in Cable Terrace and had four children, one being my mother! Denis & Ellen had 10 children. I wonder what size house they lived in. I imagine all the boys shared a room and all the girls shared another one, if they were lucky!! I have lots of details on my family tree on Ancestry.com Enjoy your Heritage Week. I hope you have lots of visitors to your beautiful island.
@@geraldinehealydwyer3816 Thanks for your beautiful stories. They are important - and I hope your family know of them. You should write a book or an article about it. It is amazing what you might produce
haven’t watched yet (will later) but I just wanted to say this is one of the most underrated history channels on this site. Absolutely outstanding work may be expected regularly.
Thank you very much for your comment. It comes at a good time. The algorithim has not been nice to me recently. It is good to know my videos are appreciated! Hopefully another one will be out on Sunday, trying to write it now, Eoin
@@forasfeasaI’ll be watching out for it! Once again, thanks for your work. TH-cam doesn’t appreciate long form educational work, more so ridiculous slop. Though there is a vast amount of exceptional work on the platform I have to work very hard to keep my recommendations relevant to my interests…
@@FPSIreland2 You're welcome. I know what you mean about youtube
Great video, as always, my friend
Thank you very much! :-) :-)
Thank you Sir for taking the time and effort in making these historical videos. I truly appreciate every one of them. I was expecting the Spanish sailors passing would have been long ago. Did I read correctly that it was 1962? A video on the 1867 Fenian would be interesting to learn about. Slan from New York 😊
Many thanks! Glad you liked them. Yes, the memorial to the Spanish sailors runs from the 1930s to 1989. There may well have been others buried much before. I am thinking about the Fenian Rising, still have a lot of research to do on it... Slan from Valentia
Civil war was the darkest and saddest period in Irish history, way worse than anything the English ever done in my opinion purely because it was done on both sides by our own people , once Collins accepted artillery from the British and gave the order to use it on our own people it opened a horrific Pandora's box of misery and sadness which can never be forgotten or forgiven.
Yes, it was a horrific period and meant that much that could have been achieved was lost. I would not put the blame on Collins alone, both sides helped open the pandora's box
Really enjoy these strolls thru Ireland. Thanks for sharing your vids and commentary.
Thank you very much, Glad you like them (and it is always good to hear nice comments)
A beautiful video about a beautiful, deep place. Thanks for making it
You are very welcome
They never beat the north Republicans
Many - perhaps most - of the IRA in the north actually supported the treaty. I wonder what would have happened had the Civil War not happened? History would have been different, very different and probably Northern Ireland would have a far different shape now.
@@forasfeasa Chucky r law
Isn't that lovely!
It is... well worth visiting if you get a chance
Them McCarthy`s
They are everywhere.... :-)
@@forasfeasaThere was also the Coshmang McCarthys around Castlemaine they allegedly took turns sharing Castlemaine castle with the Fitzgeralds...there are illustrations of a siege there in 1572.
I wouldn't be too knowledgable on the subject but the introduction of "the" associated with Hugh O Neill and whatnot mentioned around the 5 min mark may stem from the Irish Language. To this day, it's quite common to take a well-known individuals surname, restore the original form of the surname and adding the definite article and suffixing "-ach" to the name and using that as a title for the individual, though I'd have no way personally to confirm this.
I used to think so too, but it is not really the case. If you look at medieval signatures/documents, it is O'Neill, O'Domhnaill, etc, not An Ua Neill... I think it came into English through a bad translation and then to picked up like many supposed historical conventions.
Interesting, Glenmama in wicklow was another defeat for foreigners in 999 at the hands of Brian. There's speculation that Brian may have had his camp where mountjoy sqaure is today, its the highest point for a kilometer in any direction and overlooked the battle site.
Thanks for the reply. Yes Glenmama was a major victory for Brian. Indeed a bigger and clearer victory than Clontarf, as it gave him Dublin. I would like to make another video about Brian, but there are so many sites to visit! Interesting what you say about Mountjoy Sq. I had never heard that before. Mind you it is not really that far from the traditional view of him camping at Phibsboro.
@@forasfeasa I thought he passed through Phibsboro, even camped near the location of the Brian Boru pub aka Hedigans, soon to be knocked down BTW, that's a fair click from the battle site though, who knows.
@@antseanbheanbocht4993 After 1000 years it is impossible to know! It is funny that no Irish pub claims that Brian Boru drank there. I know it England Cromwell seems to have drunk in a million pubs (but no Irish ones :-)
Just started and I'm gonna say Maelschealainn the great won imo.
I would tend to agree with you - but I think there were other winners as well
Wasn't it a battle of Irish and Vikings against Irish and Vikings?
Exactly... or to be more precise a battle of Gaelic, Hiberno-Norse, and Scottish/Isle of Man Norse against Gaelic and Hiberno-Norse! :-)
@@forasfeasa Thanks for an excellent summary. It conforms with my existing leanings on the issue, but is far, far better informed. These days Brian's legacy seems to be bound up with the rhetorical issue of whether Ireland is on the brink of "unification" or "reunification". "Brianists", of course, favour the latter.
@@markaxworthy2508 Thank you very much. Interesting point you make about Brian's legacy these days. I would add here that some people are very strongly attached to historical legends and refuse to believe evidence to the contrary. It leads to difficult conversations!
Thought provoking and really well done... another bit of evidence that no-one should be proud or ashamed of their history; but they should be aware of what really happened.
Thank you! Excellent comment!
Where were Clan Ui Gradaigh during all this? Asleep? This was their area-where were they?
They were from the Dal gCais, so were probably at Clontarf. A friend of mine made a video about which groups were at Clontarf. It may answer your question. It is th-cam.com/video/MkUpVvLEOug/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for the research and for posting.
You are very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it
Could you do one on the Eoganachts please mate
I will try.. thinking about how to do it... watch this space
@@forasfeasa 😜
Bloody vikings. Just read The Spears of Clontarf by Robert E Howard from the 30`s. Fiction but great fiction. Brian Boru is still your greatest king even though he defeated my Eoganacht ancestors in Munster. Another great one mate
I recognize that name from somewhere... I will have a look. Thanks
@@forasfeasa Howard`s biggest creation was Conan the Barbarian
Great stuff! .might be just me but the link to `buy me a coffee` doesnt work
Thanks Denis, actually I just got notified of your donation! Thanks a million. (It is something new to me...)
Modern technology can be crazy,. TH-cam is insisting with me that I haven't replied to your comment yet..! 🙂
@@forasfeasa haha, computer says no ....but I did get it , 👍
Cessair granddaughter of noah landed in Dún na Mbarc or Bantry before the sons of Mil ..All were greeted in the same tongue so the story goes
Yes, the mythology of the 'peopling' of Ireland is quite complex. Some day I would like to make a video or series of videos on it. Since I use the real places in my videos, unlike the animation/AI graphics so popular these days, it is going to be a while. But West Cork is on my hit list!!!! :-) THanks for your comment and the idea it put in my head.
Go raibh maith agat
Tá failte romhat.
The Normans identified as Franco, from Normandy in France, especially during their invasion and conquest of England. They did not identify as "English", a description the Franco Normans used for the Germanic tribes they subjugated, the Angles, Saxons and Jutes, post Hastings 1066. Franco Normans and Germanic Angles/Saxons, two different cultures espousing own customs and languages. The first and subsequent waves of Normans to Ireland brought their Norman French language and customs. An Anglo Norman identity, a fusion of Norman French and Saxon, didn't take root until the 14th century. The Norman advance in Ireland was facilitated in large part by leading and minor Gaelic chieftains using alliances with the "foreigners" as a means to settle "old scores". Had Ireland's High Kingship actually stood for something, as it did under Ború's reign approximating national unity, it's likely the Norman advance across Ireland would have petered out sooner and been substantially more limited in terms of territorial gains. As events unfolded, the full assimilation of the Hiberno Normans in to Gaelic life, culture and laws was relatively swift, hence the "more Irish than the Irish" catchphrase.
Thanks for the comment. I largely agree with you. However, this video is more about the 15th century onwards. I make one reference to descendants of Normans and others. In the time the video was about, the O'Connor Kerry lords identified as Gaelic, with the various Fitzgeralds and Fitzmaurices saw themselves as English - English born in Ireland, but definitely English. I find the differences in identity fascinating. Unfortunately this is hard to make videos about :-) You mention Brian Boru. My next video will probably be on Clontarf. I am working on it at the moment.
Nice ipas site
ipas site?
@@forasfeasaA doss house for the fakeugees.
Wouldn't doubt it.
Very informative as my grandmother was always spoke of The O’Connor Kerry and the Norman Fitzmaurice of Lixnaw. Great information thank you.❤
Thanks for the lovely Eileen. Are you from North Kerry? And I wonder if your grandmother also mentioned the Earl of Desmond and Knight of Glin? :-) O'Connor Kerry was very isolated as a Gaelic lord in North Kerry!
@@forasfeasaShanahan was a name linked to Kerryhead
@@Dhhhhj27 Thanks
I read years ago the O'Connors that were in possession of Carrigafoyle by 1649 were a junior branch and dispersed to the Ballyfinnane area near Firies following the Cromwellian campaign.
I think you may be mistaken. The so-called senior line of O'Connor Kerry seem to have Carrigafoyle until Cromwell. Cathal Rua, according to Mary McAuliffe, the last member of the senior line of O'Connor Kerry, failed to get Carrigafoyle or Iriaghtconnor back under Charles II. He supported James II and was thus forced into exile.
@@forasfeasa I've never heard of that account....very interesting.
@@Dhhhhj27 I just realised I forgot to post in the bibliography. Have a look at this article Mary McAuliffe "O'Connor Kerry of Carrigafoyle: History and Memory in Iraghticonor," In: Béaloideas, Iml. 82 (2014), It is available at JSTOR
I will thanks.
@@Dhhhhj27 you're welcome
Thank you, always enlightening your windows into the past. Interesting your mention of the simplistic view of their societies... I found myself recently very tentatively imagining a world then with power dynamics that functioned a little more like local mafias who are intertwined with communities might run today, or last century... Protection rackets and lords buying the good sentiments of the population as a mafioso 'giving something back' might i.e. they take care of the weakened and the petty criminals and are applauded for it but are likewise taking a cut of everything under threat of knee-capping - so might be both feared and loved, to an extent, at the same time. Far from a revelation and definitely an imperfect comparison, but in that world where centralised power had far less oversight than today... and communications much slower, with everything thus being much more localised - I found that image of home-grown mafia bosses admired and feared at the same time perhaps brought me a little closer to the general social atmosphere then. Speaking in very general terms - not Kerry specifically, just what the general to-ing and fro-ing in the mediaeval period between the upper and lower classes might have felt like. All the best. Going to release an animated short story I wrote about Ötzi the Iceman on Sunday by the way, think you may just enjoy it. ...A Magical History Tour! 😉
Looking forward to seeing your film on Ötzi !!!!!
A very interesting comment. You kind of described working class Belfast of the 1970s and 80s, where the provisional IRA or UVF ran certain neighbourhoods in the way you describe - supposedly protecting them, though this involving killing or maiming large numbers of their own, all the while profiting from criminality. (Not exempting the security bosses, police or army who also did terrible things). Unfortunately, the more we find out about these times, the stronger the simplistic narratives get. The pre-reformation/enlightenment period has been portrayed very badly in the historiography (and in film). Identity was something very complex, forming by competing beliefs, cut across by money, class, gender, patronage, employment, and many other things. However, way before Hobbes and Locke there was a strong belief in a (real) social contract. In Ireland lords had to protect those they ruled over - otherwise the latter could transfer their allegiance elsewhere. Since there was a shortage of labour/peasants, this meant the latter had the ability to simply walk away from one lord and go to another. It was not a perfect society, but it was not a primitive unchanging one. Lots to think about
@@forasfeasa Thank you for your reply, likewise, I find that a very interesting subject.. to try to imagine the dynamics. Your mention there of social contract, I meant to mention that as being apparently part of that 'old school' mafioso culture - I watched something on a little village in Sicily where the townsfolk had genuine admiration for them and hated the centralised power that was unreachable - they preferred going to 'Uncle Luigi' to sort out their problems, so, in that way there was a certain nobility to it. I think the Crays in London were a similar thing, a genuine care for the community, though dangerous at the same time. Anyhow, that's stretching the analogy but... That somehow gave a route in for me to begin imagining what the power dynamics of those isolated (in comparison to today's world) lords and communities might have felt like. Reminds me... I found myself looking at a plaque on a statue in North Yorkshire a year or so ago of Lord Feversham, who stands, cut in stone, in Helmsley town square. The plaque read something like: "Loved and respected by the people of this town, commemorated here." - I immediately poo-pooed it as a bit of propaganda, with my 21st century scepticism, but caught myself and thought: "Yes, but _what if they actually DID love and respect him_ ?!?" It's an almost unbelievable concept in our world of cut and paste politicians etc. to imagine someone in charge who was _genuinely_ loved and admired. Mmm. Anyway, just struck me. The heartfelt social contract guiding interactions between those in power and those beneath is very easy to dismiss through the contemporary lens, but, as you say... well, that's our world, not theirs. It was the thought that that Lord Feversham had governed that town through the industrial revolution and built it up, made it prosperous - so actually, it's not crazy to think the townsfolk felt genuinely indebted to the fellow. Tis a pity we seem to have strayed so far from that constructive mentality in our power dynamics today... Anyhow, I am writing too much, apologies - a night off editing before the final clean up tomorrow! 🤓 All the best.
Good information and well produced. Cheers.
Thanks a lot. Glad you liked it
Id rather your measurements in ft and inches…rather than mtrs
On the Irish archaeological sites nowadays they give metric measurements, so I use these. Meters are easy enough to convert to yards, but the rest is complicated, so I stick with the metric measurements! Sorry...
Fascinating 👍
Thank you very much!
Another great one mate but i`m glad i linve now. I`ve made it into my 60`s mightn`t of them
Definitely... especially if you had lived at the end of the 1590s... a bad time!
@@forasfeasa At least my relies must of made it through mate
@@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf Indeed! :-)
@@forasfeasa Some might of been on the other side. My mum has pom in her
@@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf Just a little..!
Thank you! I have ancestry in The O'Sullivans. This was great to watch. I will be heading that way in August.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for your comment
gentle filming to go with a brutal tale Great Grandma was Cahill from Catherdaniel great work , cheers
Thank you very much. The Civil War era was a brutal time, but it is important to tell the history. Thanks for the lovely comment!
the “known knowns” ☝️ great reacts video 👍🏻 you’re a legend yourself buddy 🚬🤠
Thanks...