Podcast 72; Essex at Cahir
This week podcast brings us to the year 1599 as the earl of Essex arrives in Ireland to subdue Hugh O'Neill's rebellion, taking Cahir castle in the process. listen to podcast here
Podcast 53; Marcher Lords
A sixteenth century Tipperary manuscript now in the British Library contains elegy's on five marcher lords of the area, Archbishop John Cantwell, Philip Hackett, James Purcell, Tadgh O'Carroll and Piaras Butler. All noted warriors who spent their lives, including the…