The Medieval Irish History Podcast

Niamh Wycherley

medievalirishhistory@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

An academic interview podcast focused on medieval Irish history, typically featuring university historians and specialist researchers discussing original scholarship on medieval Ireland. Credible pitches would include medievalists, Irish historians, archaeologists, and experts on medieval church history or monasticism, particularly authors of scholarly books or peer-reviewed research; booking difficulty is likely medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 62

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 4.0k subscribers

Contact Information

medievalirishhistory@gmail.com

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Host

Niamh Wycherley - Dr Niamh Wycherley is a historian and academic specializing in medieval Irish history.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
University historians, medievalists, classicists, archaeologists, and researchers with specialist expertise in medieval Ireland, Irish religious history, or related fields.
Required Achievements:  
Scholarly books or book chapters, Peer-reviewed academic research, University appointments or funded doctoral research, Specialist expertise in medieval Irish history

Recent Guest Discussions

Sparky Booker - Legal Systems, Landholding, Women’s Legal History, Intermarriage, And English-irish Relations In Fourteenth- And Fifteenth-century Ireland.

Conor McDonough - The Mendicant Orders, Church Reform, Monasticism, Religious Networks, Colonisation, Language, Ethnicity, Patronage, And Religious Life In Medieval Ireland.

Conor McDonough - The Dominicans, Franciscans, Carmelites, And Augustinians In Thirteenth-century Ireland, Including Communication Networks, Reform, Ethnic Tensions, And The Black Death.

Recent Topics

Medieval Ireland, Irish History, Church History, Monasticism, Medieval Religion

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Medieval Irish History Podcast
:

Later medieval Ireland with Dr Sparky Booker

July 03, 2026

REPEAT. ICYMI. Hope you’re all having a great summer. We didn’t get a chance to record another podcast episode recently and I don’t quite feel ready to call it quits on this season just yet, so we might release a couple of new episodes over the summer, you’ll just have to watch this space. In the meantime, I wanted to re-release this episode with the incredible Dr Sparky Booker, Assistant Professor in Medieval Irish History, Trinity College Dublin, in case anyone missed it. Sparky enlightens ...

The Friars in Ireland with Conor McDonough

June 12, 2026

This week we are back with part two of our mammoth session with Fr Conor McDonough OP, an exceptional Research Ireland funded PhD researcher in Classics, University of Galway. Conor tells us all about the new mendicant orders in 13th century Ireland: the Dominicans, Franciscans, Carmelites and Augustinians. Conor explains that these new orders were like 'networks of mass communication' and that friars are kind of like itinerant and urban monks. We hear tales of decline and reform, the...

Church Reforms and Religious Orders with Conor McDonough

June 05, 2026

Welcome back all! This month we are joined by Fr Conor McDonough OP, an exceptional Research Ireland funded PhD researcher in Classics, University of Galway. Conor elucidates the variety of religious life in the Middle Ages focussing on the new religious orders introduced as part of wider church reforms in the 11th and 12th centuries. This episode touches on a number of big themes such as the conflict between 'church and state', colonisation, language, ethnicity, patronage, and declin...

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