Fatal Feuds Part I – The Rise of the Red Earl (1281 – 1295)

This episode is the first of four that returns to the Middle Ages and looks at the most lethal feud in Irish history. In the late 13th century the de Burgh and FitzGerald families fought out a private feud of epic proportions. This show begins by introducing the most important character in the series Richard Og de Burgh, The Red Earl of Ulster and Lord of Connacht. Before the podcast ends the feud has begun and Ireland is gripped in war, barbarism and uncertainty.