Fin Dwyer

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3,225 appearances 18 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 3d ago

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Irish History Podcast · Dublin Port Has Seen It All: 1,200 Years of History. · 20 May 2026 podcast

port what are you gonna find there because I there's a lot of stuff that you couldn't get in our podcast-host

And we might start actually walking out to sea along the Great South Wall. podcast-host

People in Dublin might be familiar with this walk. podcast-host

It's this incredible seawall that stretches right out into the bay. podcast-host

But if we follow the story of the port then podcast-host

Established twelve hundred years ago. podcast-host

Dublin becomes a very important commercial centre within Ireland. podcast-host

It gains political significance. podcast-host

You know, people will be familiar with the Battle of Clontarf. podcast-host

But if we're doing a grand sweep because there's some really fascinating history closer to contemporary times we want to get there. podcast-host

But I suppose the next big change in the history of the port, I'm guessing, comes after the Norman conquest of Ireland in the later twelfth century. podcast-host

And what it it it strikes me is that podcast-host

The port, well first of all, Dublin does grow substantially, we know that from the the footprint of the city. podcast-host

But also the port, it strikes me must have gotten a, I suppose, a political significance that it didn't previously have insofar as Ireland is incorporated into this much wider kingdom. podcast-host

You know, we talk with the Norman colony in Ireland, Ireland is ruled directly from London. podcast-host

So I'm guessing information, money in and out. podcast-host

as well as goods but Dublin becomes a I I suppose the port becomes politically more important. podcast-host

And do we know have they built like key fronts by this point or are they just pulling ships up onto a beach at low tide? podcast-host

Or is there like a a proper key front that things can be, you know, easier? podcast-host

on, I guess Dublin really becomes a major city in the modern period where you see the population. podcast-host

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