{"podcast":{"title":"Irish History Podcast","slug":"irish-history-podcast-778168","podcast_index_feed_id":778168,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/9190bee0-95f3-400b-842d-3232974654ec","website_url":"https://www.irishhistorypodcast.ie/shop","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/619566332eacc3a360702518/show-cover.png","author":"Fin Dwyer","episode_count":481,"summary":"From the Norman Invasion to the War of Independence, the Great Famine to the Troubles, the Irish History Podcast takes you on a journey through the most fascinating stories in Ireland's past. Whether it’s the siege of Dublin in 1171 or gun battles in the 1920s, the podcast vividly recreates a sense of time and place. Each episode is meticulously researched, creating character-driven narratives that are engaging and accessible for all. Since the first episode was released back in 2010, the podcast has covered scores of captivating stories. Major multi-part series have explored the Great Famine, the Norman Invasion, and Irish involvement in the Spanish Civil War. If you are looking for standalone episodes, there are lots of great interviews with leading Irish historians covering topics from medieval sex magic to Irish connections in the Jack the Ripper murders! Why not start with 'Three Days in July', an acclaimed mini-series from the summer of 2024. It explores the early years of the Troubles and the forgotten story of a young Londoner who was shot dead by the British Army in Belfast in 1970. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T02:24:15.633780+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168"},"episode":{"title":"Ogham: The Mystery of Ireland’s Oldest Writing","slug":"ogham-the-mystery-of-ireland-s-oldest-writing","published_at":"2026-06-10T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/ogham-the-mystery-of-ireland-s-oldest-writing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168","url":"https://shows.acast.com/irishhistory/episodes/ogham-the-mystery-of-irelands-oldest-writing","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a282bc374e72c6295993966/media.mp3","summary":"Ogham is Ireland’s oldest known writing system, dating back more than 1,500 years. If you have ever seen strange lines carved along the edge of an old stone, you may have been looking at ogham. But what did those marks mean? Who carved them? Were they gravestones, boundary markers, family claims to lands or something else entirely? In this episode, I speak with ogham expert Dr Nora White about how this ancient writing system worked, where it came from and what it reveals about early Ireland. These short inscriptions preserve some of the earliest evidence of the Irish language, along with names, ancestors, territories and hints of a society changing through migration, Christianity and contact with Britain and the wider world. Ogham may look simple, but it opens a window onto one of the most fascinating and mysterious periods in Irish history. Support the show www.patreon.com/irishpodcast Dr Nora White is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Early Irish at Maynooth University. She is currently leading a Research Ireland-funded project: Early Medieval Irish Scripts on Stone (EMISoS). She previously worked on the Ogham in 3D project at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and subsequently (2021-2025) on the joint Maynooth University and University of Glasgow OG(H)AM project (https://ogham.glasgow.ac.uk/). Digital corpus (in progress) of ogham in Ireland and Britain: https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/list Sound by Kate Dunlea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Ogham is Ireland’s oldest known writing system, dating back more than 1,500 years. If you have ever seen strange lines carved along the edge of an old sto…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2191,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/irish-history-podcast-778168/episodes/ogham-the-mystery-of-ireland-s-oldest-writing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/ogham-the-mystery-of-ireland-s-oldest-writing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}