Unruly Ireland
Gillian KennyUnruly Ireland explores the strange, unsettled, and deeply human sides of Irish history and folklore, from the medieval period to the modern world.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 69 | Founded | 9 months ago | Last Issue | 14 days ago |
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A Heretic in Medieval Dublin
Why was Adam Duff O’Toole burned to death in Dublin?
On Monday 11 April 1328, a man from the Wicklow mountains called Adam Duff O’Toole was burned alive on open ground just east of Dublin’s walls. The place was called Hoggen Green, after t...
When Samhain was a woman’s festival
Back when Samhain was her feast
There was a time when people asked favours of a once-powerful woman at Samhain. Her name, Mongfind, means “bright mane” or “fair hair”, but hardly anyone has heard that name now. She appears in a couple of m...
Curing an imposthume of the testicles
“May you be victorious, resolute, swollen / May you be a fair, powerful branch”. What Irish physicians could do for men’s health in 1509.
In 1509 the physician Conla Mac an Leagha was at Killaraght in County Sligo, looking after Tomaltach...
Too Indecent to Be Published
How some twentieth-century scholars tried to hide the ruder bits of Irish texts
In 1891 Whitley Stokes published his edition of Cath Maige Tuired, “The Second Battle of Moytura”, one of the great tales of the Irish gods. In a footnote Stok...
Kincogish
Paying for crime in medieval Ireland.
In 1537 Henry VIII sent a royal commission to Ireland, to enquire from local juries in the parts of the island the English crown claimed most firmly, on how the country was actually governed. The juror...
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