{"podcast":{"title":"Beastly History","slug":"beastly-history-7715636","podcast_index_feed_id":7715636,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6990df73d6c27a06bbc07e61","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/beastly-history","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1771101114163-03901931-2fb9-4a14-9bcd-88c3d32cc438.jpeg","author":"Wild Beast","episode_count":4,"summary":"Thrilling tales of people and the wild. Join journalist and natural history super-fan Michelle Douglass, as we uncover the juiciest, strangest and most gripping true stories from our planet’s past. From perilous polar expeditions and extreme survival stories to animal myths, legends, and natural history’s heroes, villains and oddballs - each month we dive into one unforgettable true tale, and explore the social history behind it with an expert guest. The world is brilliantly beastly. Let’s explore. 🐾 Discover more: Follow Beastly History on Insta @beastlyhistory Beastly History on Acast website https://shows.acast.com/beastly-history Artwork by Bex Glover Beastly History is created by Wild Beast Audio Visual Studios, Bristol, UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beastly-history-7715636"},"episode":{"title":"Ireland’s Wolf Hunters","slug":"ireland-s-wolf-hunters","published_at":"2026-04-01T12:52:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beastly-history-7715636/ireland-s-wolf-hunters","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beastly-history-7715636","url":"https://shows.acast.com/beastly-history/episodes/69cd07b63e12f8b0f095b33e","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6990df73d6c27a06bbc07e61/e/69cd07b63e12f8b0f095b33e/media.mp3","summary":"Rory Carragh has a deadly reputation. He hunts wolves, and he’s very good at it. Now he faces his toughest challenge yet. Two large wolves keep taking sheep in a remote mountain village, and the people are getting desperate. These elusive wolves are said to be among the last in County Tyrone. For Carragh, success means reward and status. But failure could cost him everything. In this episode, we journey back to a time when wolves and humans coexisted across Ireland, before the violent upheaval of the 17th century. Under Oliver Cromwell, forests were destroyed and bounties placed on wolves, pushing them toward extinction. Join Michelle and expert guest Dr Kieran Hickey to unpack the gripping story of Ireland’s wolf hunters, and the cultural legacy of these lost magnificent beasts. Discover more: Check out Dr Kieran Hickey's book Wolves in Ireland: https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2013/wolves-in-ireland Read an account of wolf hunter Rory Carragh's famous case in the Irish Penny Journal: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30001398?seq=1 More Beastly:    Follow Beastly History on Instagram @beastlyhistory   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Rory Carragh has a deadly reputation. He hunts wolves, and he’s very good at it. Now he faces his toughest challenge yet. Two large wolves keep taking she…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1657,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beastly-history-7715636/episodes/ireland-s-wolf-hunters/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beastly-history-7715636/ireland-s-wolf-hunters.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}