{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64e340adddadb00012365278/6845bbe2b5ac093b0c74d88d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"169. Dr. Kieran O’Conor: Castles & Ringforts","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64e340adddadb00012365278/1749401425491-28c469db-84bf-46a1-b525-33f785efe28b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Episode 169 is Part 2 of a conversation between archeologist Dr. Kieran O’Conor and Fender Jackson in Galway on Thursday 22nd May 2025.</p><p><br></p><p>Conversation includes: (re)introductions; early life; being into history from a young age; working with Montgomery Castle with Jeremy Knight; hitchhiking to the Syrian border; doing his PhD in Wales; lecturing in University of Galway in Archeology; why archeology has been well preserved in the west of Ireland; ring forts; native Irish Gaelic settlements; Michelle Comer; how many of the 50,000 ring forts of Ireland would have looked; castle definition; castle classifications including motte and ringwork (earth and timber) castles, masonary and polygonal enclosure and hall-house castles, tower house castles, fortified house and strong house; Terry Barry; Roscommon Castle; the renaissance; Kieran’s favourite castles; Niall Brady; Tom McNeill; Desmond Castle (Kinsale) and other topics.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Favourite Castles</em></p><ul><li>Roscommon Castle, Connaught</li><li>Ballintober Castle, Connaught&nbsp;</li><li>Dunamase Castle, Leinster</li><li>Rindoon Castle, Connaught</li><li>Clonmacnoise Castle, Connaught</li><li>Carrickfergus Castle, Ulster</li><li>Tomdeely Castle, Munster</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Relevant Links</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://universityofgalway.academia.edu/KieranOConor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://universityofgalway.academia.edu/KieranOConor</a></p><p><a href=\"https://pay.universityofgalway.ie/people/kierandoconor.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://pay.universityofgalway.ie/people/kierandoconor.html</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Additional Links</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theirelandpodcast.com/latest-podcast/episode/7bacdea5/168-dr-kieran-oconor-the-oconoroconnor-name\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theirelandpodcast.com/latest-podcast/episode/7bacdea5/168-dr-kieran-oconor-the-oconoroconnor-name</a></p>","author_name":"Fender Jackson"}