Episode
Bonus: Reassessing Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair with Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd
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- May 11, 2026
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Summary
Some extra time with our resident expert on all things Irish kingship Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd (Bergin Scholar, School of Celtic Studies, DIAS, & author of Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion ). This episode accompanies the main episode on the life and career of the supposed last Irish king of all Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, aka Rory O'Connor. Here Seán tells us how King Ruaidrí's legacy was shaped by later commentators and nationalist propaganda. Suggested reading: Seán Ó Hoireabhárd, Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion . Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2024. ---------- ‘Horse-Trading and Wife-Swapping: Politics, Marriage, and Selaidecht in Twelfth-Century Ireland’. Celtica 36 (2024): 87–115. ----------‘Derbforgaill: Twelfth-Century Abductee, Patron and Wife’. Irish Historical Studies 46 (2022): 1–24. Regular episodes every month (on a Friday) Email: [email protected] Producer: Tiago Veloso Silva Supported by the Dept of Early Irish, Maynooth University & Taighde Éireann/Research Ireland. Views expressed are the speakers' own. Logo design: Matheus de Paula Costa Music: Lexin_Music