Westport, County Mayo: Georgian Beauty, Pirate Queens & Irish Rebellion

Whispering Stones: The Lost Medieval Town of Athassel Abbey

HIDDEN DEEP IN THE COUNTRYSIDE NEAR CASHEL, ATHASSEL ABBEY IS ONE OF IRELAND’S MOST REMARKABLE MEDIEVAL RUINS — AND FEW PEOPLE HAVE EVER HEARD OF IT. IN THIS EPISODE OF WHISPERING STONES, BERNICE COOKE EXPLORES THE HAUNTING REMAINS OF IRELAND’S LARGEST AUGUSTINIAN PRIORY, FOUNDED IN THE 12TH CENTURY BY WILLIAM DE BURGH. ONCE HOME TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, ATHASSEL ABBEY SURVIVED FIRE, DESTRUCTION, POLITICAL UPHEAVAL, AND CENTURIES OF DECAY BEFORE BEING RECLAIMED BY NATURE. JOIN US AS WE WANDER THROUGH CRUMBLING CLOISTERS, TOWERING GOTHIC WINDOWS, ANCIENT CARVINGS, AND THE FORGOTTEN ECHOES OF A VANISHED MEDIEVAL TOWN IN COUNTY TIPPERARY. PERFECT FOR LISTENERS WHO LOVE IRISH HISTORY, MEDIEVAL MONASTERIES, ABANDONED RUINS, AND HIDDEN PLACES IN IRELAND. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Whispering Stones: Ardmayle’s Forgotten Mill and Manor | County Tipperary History Podcast

DISCOVER THE HAUNTING RUINS, NORMAN HISTORY, ABANDONED MILLS AND HIDDEN HERITAGE OF ARDMAYLE, A QUIET VILLAGE BESIDE THE RIVER SUIR IN COUNTY TIPPERARY. IN THIS EPISODE OF WHISPERING STONES, ARTIST AND WRITER BERNICE COOKE EXPLORES THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF ARDMAYLE, COUNTY TIPPERARY. FROM THE CRUMBLING REMAINS OF A 19TH-CENTURY WOOLLEN MILL TO THE RUINED ARDMAYLE MANOR DESTROYED DURING THE WILLIAMITE WARS, THIS QUIET VILLAGE BESIDE THE RIVER SUIR IS STEEPED IN FASCINATING IRISH HISTORY. BERNICE ALSO VISITS ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, MEDIEVAL TOWER HOUSES, AND UNCOVERS THE STORIES OF THE BUTLER FAMILY, RICHARD LONG, AND THE FORGOTTEN PAST WOVEN INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL TIPPERARY LANDSCAPE. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ahenny High Crosses: Ireland’s Oldest Stone Secrets in County Tipperary

IN THIS EPISODE OF WHISPERING STONES, BERNICE COOKE JOURNEYS TO AHENNY IN COUNTY TIPPERARY, HOME TO SOME OF IRELAND’S OLDEST AND MOST REMARKABLE HIGH CROSSES. DISCOVER THE RICH HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF OSSORY, EXPLORE NEARBY MEGALITHIC TOMBS LIKE KNOCKROE AND BAUNFREE, AND UNCOVER THE SYMBOLISM CARVED INTO THESE EARLY MEDIEVAL MASTERPIECES. A SHORT, ENGAGING DIVE INTO IRISH HERITAGE, FOLKLORE, AND ANCIENT LANDSCAPES. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Westport, County Mayo: Georgian Beauty, Pirate Queens & Irish Rebellion

STEP INTO THE RICH HISTORY OF WESTPORT, COUNTY MAYO—ONE OF IRELAND’S MOST BEAUTIFULLY PLANNED GEORGIAN TOWNS. FROM THE LEGACY OF GRÁINNE MHAOL AND THE POWERFUL BROWNE FAMILY TO THE ARCHITECTURAL SPLENDOUR OF WESTPORT HOUSE, THIS EPISODE EXPLORES CENTURIES OF HERITAGE ALONG THE SHORES OF CLEW BAY. DISCOVER THE INFLUENCE OF THE 1916 RISING, THE IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, AND CIVIL WAR EVENTS THAT SHAPED THE TOWN, ALL BENEATH THE WATCHFUL PRESENCE OF CROAGH PATRICK. A COMPACT, ENGAGING JOURNEY THROUGH IRISH HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE, AND CULTURE. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Whispering Stones: Turlough – Round Towers, Ruins & the Legend of Fighting Fitzgerald

STEP INTO THE RICH HISTORY OF TURLOUGH, COUNTY MAYO, HOME TO ONE OF IRELAND’S BEST-PRESERVED ROUND TOWERS AND THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COUNTRY LIFE. IN THIS EPISODE OF WHISPERING STONES, BERNICE COOKE EXPLORES EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND, THE RUINS OF ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH, ANCIENT BURIAL TRADITIONS, AND THE DRAMATIC LIFE OF GEORGE “FIGHTING FITZGERALD.” DISCOVER IRISH HERITAGE, FOLKLORE, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND HIDDEN STORIES WOVEN INTO THIS REMARKABLE MAYO LANDSCAPE. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.