Who are the Irish? Mixing Gaels, Vikings, Normans & Planters
Tom Duncan will deliver four lectures on Ireland.
CICERONI Travel
Series of four Lectures
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On DemandLecture 1 - Saints & Scholars Scattered: The World Comes CallingThursday, February 4, 2021 · 11:00 AM GMTDisentangling Irish history is no easy task – Tom Duncan begins with the Vikings and Normans who initiated the slow process of making Ireland less Gaelic.
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On DemandLecture 2 - Planting Ireland: Surrender & Re-grantFriday, February 5, 2021 · 11:00 AM GMTA different Ireland takes shape as real change came with the Tudors and Stuarts, in land ownership, in culture and in architecture.
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On DemandLecture 3 - Making Merry, Making Do: Life & Art in Georgian DublinTuesday, February 9, 2021 · 11:00 AM GMTSee Dublin transformed from medieval garrison town to the second city of the emerging British Empire.
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On DemandLecture 4 - The Rise & Fall of the Irish Country House: Sleeping Beauties or Celtic Cinderellas?Wednesday, February 10, 2021 · 11:00 AM GMTThe world of the Irish country house is contradictory, open to some outsiders but closed to most of the locals.
