Reimagining Ireland 2.0

What did Ireland sound like before conquest? In this two-part conversation, Professor Pat Palmer guides us into the vibrant world of early modern Ireland, where bardic poets, Gaelic lords, Spanish captains and Elizabethan officials all left their mark. From flourishing schools of poetry to the sudden rupture at Kinsale, these episodes invite us to reimagine the past through many voices and redisco...

Reimagining Ireland with Professor Pat Palmer uncovers the lost voices of early modern Ireland. Through poetry, chronicles, and accounts in nine different languages, the MacMorris Project reveals a plural world too often overshadowed by English sources. These episodes explore how deep mapping can restore Irish perspectives, challenge colonial narratives, and offer fresh ways of thinking about hist...

History books are full of men. Women, by contrast, are often absent, or appear only as queens, mistresses, or figures remembered for their notoriety. In this episode of Reimagining Ireland, Professor Jane Ohlmeyer, Trinity College Dublin, introduces Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland, a groundbreaking digital project that uncovers the everyday lives of women between 1550 and 1700. Closely con...

What role did Ireland play in the making of empires? In this episode of Reimagining Ireland, Professor Jane Ohlmeyer, Trinity College Dublin, introduces her acclaimed book Making Empire, based on her James Ford Lectures. She shows how Ireland was not just shaped by empire but also shaped it — serving both as a site of colonisation and a platform for colonisers. Covering two centuries, from the mid...