Explore this historic Midlands town with the Edenderry Heritage Trail Audio Guide

Explore this historic Midlands town with the Edenderry Heritage Trail Audio Guide

This audio guide will help you to explore this historic midlands town. Edenderry lies at the edge of the Bog of Allen in the Irish midlands, close to where County Offaly meets the borders of counties Kildare and Meath. This vast, flat landscape of peatland is dotted with low hills. One of these hills, known in Irish as Éadan Doire, meaning the ‘Brow of the Oak Wood’ gave Edenderry its name. The hill was a strategic location throughout its history, and in the medieval period it was fortified by Blundell Castle, whose ruins still overlook the town. This was one of several hilltop castles and fortifications built to control the countryside of eastern Offaly and northern Kildare. Later, the landmark hill was the scene of an infamous event in the town’s history; the execution of two men following the 1798 rebellion. The Blundells were just one of many families who left their mark on Edenderry over the centuries. The O’Connors, de Berminghams and Colleys were other noble dynasties that feature in the story of the town. It was the Downshires, however, who were responsible for the creation of modern Edenderry.

Together we will explore the town, and see the sights including the Market Square, the Quaker Meeting House, Blundell Castle and the Grand Canal Harbour, before hearing the story of the atmospheric ruins at Monasteroris Franciscan Friary, where we’ll hear of one of the most infamous events in medieval Irish history – a tale that would make Game of Thrones’ Red Wedding seem like a nice tea party.

EDENDERRY HERITAGE TRAIL AUDIO GUIDE

EDENDERRY HERITAGE TRAIL AUDIO GUIDE

Title: Edenderry Heritage Trail Audio Guide

Duration: 44 mins.

Summary:

This audio guide is an Abarta Heritage Production on behalf of Edenderry Historical Society, Edenderry Tidy Towns and Edenderry Lions Club and was funded by the Heritage Council. The guide was written by Dr. Conor Ryan and edited by Neil Jackman with the kind support of Ciarán Reilly. This audio guide is narrated by Gerry O’Brien and recorded in Bluebird Studios with sound engineer Declan Lonergan and producer Róisín Burke.

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