Episodes
Introducing a series about Ireland's rich and turbulent history, written by the late Dr Jonathan Bardon.
Published 05/26/20
Omnibus #1 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
• The First Plants, Animals and People
• Stone Age Ireland
• The First Farmers
• Burying the dead in The New Stone Age
• Copper, Bronze and Gold
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
Published 05/26/20
Omnibus #2 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Before the Celts
● The Coming of the Celts
● Preparing for the Otherworld in Pre-Christian Celtic Ireland
● Kings and Champions
● Agricola Plans to Conquer Ireland
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
Published 05/26/20
Omnibus #3 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
• Patrick the Briton
• The Early Irish Church
• A Land of Many Kings
• Poets, Judges, Nobles, the Free and the Un-free
• Homesteads and Crannogs
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
Published 05/26/20
Omnibus #4 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Living off the Land
● Saints and Scholars
● Not the Work of Men, But Angels
● St Columba, St Columbanus and the Wandering Irish
● The Vikings Are Coming
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
Published 05/26/20
Omnibus #5 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● The Wars of the Gael and the Gall
● Viking Towns and Cities
● Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf
● A Trembling Sod
● The Rape of Dervorgilla
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
Published 05/26/20
Omnibus #6 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● At Baginbun Ireland Was Lost and Won
● A Tale of Two Sieges
● Henry II Comes to Ireland
● Conquests and a Failed Treaty
● John, Lord of Ireland
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
Published 05/26/20
Omnibus #7 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Dreading the Fury of the King
● The English Colony
● Feudal Ireland
● A Great Affliction Befell the Country
● Edward the Bruce caused the whole of Ireland to tremble
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
Published 05/26/20
Omnibus #8 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Famine
● The Black Death
● Gallowglasses
● More Irish Than the Irish Themselves
● The Statute of Kilkenny
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
Published 05/26/20
Omnibus #9 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Into the Land of the Savage Irish
● A Catalan Pilgrim Amongst the Unconquered Irish
● Richard II's Great Expedition to Ireland
● The Pale
● Beyond the Pale
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
Published 05/26/20
Omnibus #10 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Garret Mor Fitzgerald, the Great Earl of Kildare
● Garret Og and Silken Thomas Fitzgerald;
● The Rebellion of Silken Thomas
● The Church in Turmoil
● Sober Ways, Politic Drifts and Amiable Persuasion
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
Published 05/26/20
Omnibus #11 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Conn Bacach O'Neill Visits London
● Religious Strife and Plantation
● Shane the Proud
● The Fall of Shane O'Neill
● A Failed Plantation and a Bloody Feast in Belfast
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
Published 05/22/20
Omnibus #12 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● An English Queen, a Scottish Lady and a Dark Daughter
● Holy War in Munster
● The Plantation of Munster
● The Wreck of the Armada
● The Last Voyage of the Girona
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
Published 05/22/20
Omnibus #13 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● The Adventures of Captain Francisco de Cuellar
● The Wild Irish are Barbarous and Most Filthy in their diet
● A Fit House for an Outlaw, a Meet Bed for a Rebel and an Apt Cloak for a Thief
● The Capture of Red Hugh O’Neill
● The Escape of Red Hugh O'Donnell
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
Published 05/22/20
Omnibus #14 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● The Pirate Queen of Connacht
● Grainne O'Malley and the Composition of Connacht
● The Siege of Enniskillen
● The Battle of the Biscuits
● Freeing the Country from the Rod of Tyrannical Evil
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey.
Published 05/22/20
Omnibus #15 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● The Scurvy Fort of Blackwater
● The Earl of Essex's Failure
● Mountjoy and Docwra
● We Spare None of What Quality or Sex Soever
● The Battle of Christmas Eve
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey
Published 05/22/20
Omnibus #16 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● The Treaty of Mellifont
● Remember, Remember the Fifth of November
● They Wish to Kill Him by Poison
● The Flight of the Earls
● The Earls in Exile
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey
Published 05/22/20
Omnibus #17 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Bring in Colonies of Civil People of England and Scotland
● A Lucky Escape, Scottish Lairds and the Division of Clandeboye
● Planting Down and Antrim
● The Rebellion of Sir Cahir O'Doherty
● The Plantation of Ulster
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey
Published 05/22/20
Omnibus #18 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Make Speede, Get Thee to Ulster
● The Londonderry Plantation
● The Luck of the Draw
● The Heretics Intend to Vomit Out All Their Poison
● Thomas Wentworth and the Graces
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey
Published 05/22/20
Omnibus #19 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● The Eagle Wing and the Black Oath
● Presbyterian Anger, Catholic Resentment
● October 1641, The Plot That Failed
● The 1641 Massacres
● The Confederation of Kilkenny
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey
Published 05/22/20
Omnibus #20 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Civil War
● Cromwell
● The Curse of Cromwell
● To Hell or Connacht
● Priests and Tories
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey
Published 05/22/20
Omnibus #21 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Restoration Ireland
● The Duke and the City
● Work, Food and Leisure
● The Popish Plot
● The Trial and Execution of Oliver Plunkett
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey
Published 05/22/20
Omnibus #22 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● Lilliburlero
● Three Kings and Thirteen Apprentice Boys
● No Surrender
● The Relief of Derry
● Schomberg
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey
Published 05/22/20
Omnibus #23 explores Ireland’s rich and turbulent history in the following episodes –
● The Battle of the Boyne
● Galloping Hogan, Sarsfield and the Walls of Limerick
● Athlone and Aughrim
● Limerick - A Second Siege and a Treaty
● The Wild Geese
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon and featuring Frances Tomelty, James Greene, Richard Dormer and Sean Crummey
Published 05/22/20