We were guests on the excellent Candlelit Tales podcast last week were we talked about the historical reference of the ancient lord, Niall of the Nine Hostages. Listen to the first part of the episode (Episode 51) over at the Candlelit Tales Podcast or watch a recording of the livestream on their YouTube channel.

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Kevin finishes telling Jason about Kit Cavanagh, the 17th century Irish woman fighting for Churchill in the Spanish War of Succession

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Kevin tells Jason the first part of the story of Christian "Kit" Cavanagh, a 17th century Dublin woman who went to great lengths to find her husband

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Jason tells Kevin the story of The Irish National Invincibles, a splinter group of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, whose main objective was to assassinate high ranking government officials.

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Margaret Leeson, aka Peg Plunkett, was an 18th century courtesan who literally wrote the book on the Dublin brothel game. 

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This week Jason tells Kevin about the theft of the Irish Crown Jewels (aka the Jewels Belonging to the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick) back in 1907

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This week Jason tells Kevin about the Temple Bar murders of October 1867, when the Fenians clashed with the local Johnny Raws

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This is it, the final episode of the Twelfth series, the end of the War of the Two Kings! This week is all about the Battle of Aughrim and the second siege of Limerick.

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For part 5 of this series on the War of the Two Kings we introduce Jacobite leader Patrick Sarsfield and talk about the siege of Limerick

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After three weeks of prologue we've finally made it to the action, the first of the two main battles that decided the War of the Two Kings, the Battle of the Boyne.

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