{"podcast":{"title":"The History of Ireland","slug":"the-history-of-ireland-1142644","podcast_index_feed_id":1142644,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/98c55f19-27e5-576d-891f-2e66f7dc0976","website_url":"http://bit.ly/thehistoryofireland-survey","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/610bbe1f748075eafd971e0e/show-cover.png","author":"Kevin Dolan","episode_count":134,"summary":"The story of how Ireland became Ireland: its revolution, its gods, and the myths in between. Learn more at www.thehistoryofireland.com or support the show through Patreon for bonus content and ad free listening! www.patreon.com/thehistoryofireland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:23:29.842949+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-ireland-1142644"},"episode":{"title":"S3 EP17 — The Lie Behind The Children of Lír","slug":"s3-ep17-the-lie-behind-the-children-of-l-r","published_at":"2025-11-06T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-ireland-1142644/s3-ep17-the-lie-behind-the-children-of-l-r","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-ireland-1142644","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-history-of-ireland/episodes/s3-ep19-the-lie-behind-the-children-of-lir","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-history-of-ireland/e/690b0e8e68055f905c37db15/media.mp3","summary":"In this episode we look at The Fate of the Children of Lír and explore how Ireland's most famous myth is not a myth at all. In fact, it's a Christian parable in a shape of myth. A bit like a child who's been turned into a swan. The artwork for this episode is THE CHILDREN OF LIR. THE ENCHANTMENT by Jim FitzPatrick. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this episode we look at The Fate of the Children of Lír and explore how Ireland's most famous myth is not a myth at all. In fact, it's a Christian para…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":906,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-ireland-1142644/episodes/s3-ep17-the-lie-behind-the-children-of-l-r/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-ireland-1142644/s3-ep17-the-lie-behind-the-children-of-l-r.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}