A lost town in the Wicklow Mountains

Childhood in the past was hard, but how children were treated and what their lives were truly like is often left out of Irish history.In this episode historian Frank Hopkins joins me to look at the darkest corners of childhood in 18th and 19th century Ireland: the boys sold to ma ...  Afficher plus

In the late 1960s, the Provisional IRA and what became modern Sinn Féin emerged from a bitter split in the Irish republican movement. This split would shape not only the Troubles but also Irish politics down to the present day.However, for the last five decades, the story of how ...  Afficher plus

An extraordinary discovery has been unearthed by archaeologists working alongside the HS2 rail project. The find, made at an undisclosed location near Wendover in the Chilterns, consists of a 5th-6th century burial site that has been described as one of the most important post ...

An hour outside of Dublin, the scenic Wicklow Mountains and surrounding towns have developed a dark reputation. Inexplicable disappearances and unsolved murders have plagued the area for four decades, prompting the creation of a special task force to investigate whether the cases ...  Afficher plus

Ireland has been known as the land of saints and scholars and once was the farthest reach of the known world. But it's also home to one of the densest selections of castles in Europe thanks to the bloody invaders, the Normans.

Matt Lewis visits the immense fortress t ...

Is there a lost colony of Vikings somewhere in Greenland, shut off from the rest of the world? For hundreds of years, that question has taxed many minds for a variety of reasons that often reflect changes in outlook.

In this episode of Gone Medieval, Ma ...