{"podcast":{"title":"The Medieval Irish History Podcast","slug":"the-medieval-irish-history-podcast-6716519","podcast_index_feed_id":6716519,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ee5ac640/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/medievalirishhistory","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/39889264/39889264-1701801575802-e4f9bcca653db.jpg","author":"The Medieval Irish History Podcast","episode_count":59,"summary":"Hosted by Dr Niamh Wycherley, this podcast shows that medieval Irish history is complex and dynamic — not at all stuffy or static. Via lively and engaging chats with leading experts, it explores aspects of a largely ignored, but commonly evoked, period, and shares new and exciting research on medieval Ireland. medievalirishhistory@gmail.com Supported by the Dept of Early Irish, Maynooth University & Taighde Éireann. Views expressed are speakers' own. Production: Tiago de Oliveira Veloso Silva. Logo design: Matheus de Paula Costa Music: Lexin_Music","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-medieval-irish-history-podcast-6716519"},"episode":{"title":"Voyage literature and classical myths with Dr Brigid Ehrmantraut","slug":"voyage-literature-and-classical-myths-with-dr-brigid-ehrmantraut","published_at":"2026-04-10T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-medieval-irish-history-podcast-6716519/voyage-literature-and-classical-myths-with-dr-brigid-ehrmantraut","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-medieval-irish-history-podcast-6716519","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/medievalirishhistory/episodes/Voyage-literature-and-classical-myths-with-Dr-Brigid-Ehrmantraut-e3hjmm8","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ee5ac640/podcast/play/118134920/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-8%2F83803d2c-1b51-f0f4-8e51-22f0639e5f36.mp3","summary":"This week we are joined by the brilliant Dr Brigid Ehrmantraut, Associate Lecturer in Latin and in the History of the British Isles, c .1100-1500, University of St Andrews, author of Classical Myth in Medieval Ireland. We learn all about the immrama, medieval Irish voyage literature, and where medieval Irish authors found their inspiration. Dr Ehrmantraut takes us through the otherworldly adventures of Bran, Brendan and Máel Dúin, explains why Irish authors loved the Latin poetry of Vergil and Lucan, and demonstrates how many classical texts went on to have vibrant afterlives and inspired new authors and audiences during the Middle Ages. Suggested reading: - Clarke MJ, (ed.), Torrance I, (ed.), Poppe E, (ed.), Classical Antiquity and Medieval Ireland: An Anthology of Medieval Irish Texts and Interpretations (London, 2024) Find it Open Access here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/classical-antiquity-and-medieval-ireland-9781350333277/ - Ehrmantraut, Brigid, 'Vergil, voyage tales, and medieval Irish classicism revisited', Peritia 36 (2026) 191–217. -Ehrmantraut, Brigid, Classical myth in medieval Ireland (Cambridge, 2025) Regular episodes every month (on a Friday) Email: medievalirishhistory@gmail.com 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","meta_description":"This week we are joined by the brilliant Dr Brigid Ehrmantraut, Associate Lecturer in Latin and in the History of the British Isles, c .1100-1500, Univers…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3144,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-medieval-irish-history-podcast-6716519/episodes/voyage-literature-and-classical-myths-with-dr-brigid-ehrmantraut/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-medieval-irish-history-podcast-6716519/voyage-literature-and-classical-myths-with-dr-brigid-ehrmantraut.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}