S3 E12 — The Kings of Early Medieval Ireland Meet Étain

About this episode

This episode explores the kings of early medieval Ireland and continues the story of Étain.

In this episode we look at how early medieval Ireland was ruled through a series of different kings and over kings, as well as continue our story of Etain, who is now living in early medieval Ireland with no memory of her time with the Tuatha Dé. Image, used with permission, is Nuada the High King by Jim Fitzpatrick. https://jimfitzpatrick.com/product-category/celtic-irish-fantasy-art/the-book-of-conquests-and-the-silverarm/page/2/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Dolan

Topics covered

• early medieval Ireland
• kings
• Étain
• Tuatha Dé
• Irish history

Keywords

• early medieval Ireland
• kings
• Étain
• Tuatha Dé
• Irish history
• Nuada
• Jim Fitzpatrick

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Acast, Jim Fitzpatrick

Books & works: Nuada the High King

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