Time Team S15-E13 The Fort of the Earls, Dungannon, Northern Ireland

In 1602 the English forces attacked and took one of the most important strongholds in Ireland - Dungannon.
In the heart of Ulster, Dungannon was the seat of the O'Neills - the most powerful family in Ireland, allied to France and Spain and enemies of James I.
At least two castles have stood on the site, as well as grand English houses and a fortified town, regularly attacked by invading forces.
The Team's quest is to find evidence of the O'Neills' fortress.

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  • @DonCrowder
    @DonCrowder4 жыл бұрын

    I don't own a TV set and tend to avoid TV programs online but this program is simply addictive. Love it!

  • @lisaglynn3121

    @lisaglynn3121

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don Crowder Same here!

  • @lorawiese5897

    @lorawiese5897

    4 жыл бұрын

    We have two, an old big one and a flat screen but neither are set up. With my tablet I can take it from room to room with me.

  • @corneliawissing7950

    @corneliawissing7950

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lorawiese5897 Gave my TV away 8 years ago. Good decision, then and now.

  • @PamelaTallant

    @PamelaTallant

    8 ай бұрын

    As like you, I haven't owned a television for years. So grateful for the series and documentaries out there which keep me happy as a clam!

  • @kathypogue9644
    @kathypogue96443 жыл бұрын

    I love Phil. He's great and practical. And he does his job so well. K

  • @kurtbogle2973
    @kurtbogle29733 жыл бұрын

    Has anyone thought about having Phil Harting considered for a national treasure. After all his ancestors were among the very first people in England. That, and the fact that he is the most listened to Archeologists in England. I believe he deserves it!

  • @judeirwin2222

    @judeirwin2222

    2 жыл бұрын

    Harding.

  • @alnov91

    @alnov91

    8 ай бұрын

    That distinguished remark deserves a like!❤

  • @chrissmith7669
    @chrissmith76694 жыл бұрын

    A yank (errr me) learns some Irish history whilst being entertained. Much appreciated.

  • @lauralake7430
    @lauralake743010 ай бұрын

    I really feel like someone needs to duct tape a feather onto Phil's hardhat. It's not natural that he spent so much time wearing a hat without a feather on it. Great episode! As an American who never studied any of this history in school, it sent me off reading about all kinds of things and really broadened my understanding. So fascinating and tragic, and really led into the immigration of the American colonial period as well. I never would have known without watching this!

  • @user-hy7zb2vl3t

    @user-hy7zb2vl3t

    Ай бұрын

    Funny how much more interesting when we are older 😊

  • @dalekundtz760
    @dalekundtz7602 жыл бұрын

    Way to go Phil! He always fights to find the truth and the facts based on archeology. Now, just have to get politicians and historians to follow the archeology so a proper and truthful history can be written and corrected by the next generation. Tell the truth based on science and by archeological history instead of history as told by the victors which always skews history to favor themselves. History written by the victors isn't always the way things really were at the time of the initial fighting. If you look at Irish history versus English history, the truth is somewhere in the middle as told by science and archeology. Keep doing the good job Phil!

  • @conniemadcraftymom5015
    @conniemadcraftymom50153 жыл бұрын

    I love learning any and all things about Ireland

  • @tphvictims5101
    @tphvictims51014 жыл бұрын

    This was an incredible series. Tons of history in that part of the world.

  • @lockhughes

    @lockhughes

    4 жыл бұрын

    All over Planet Dirt ("earth")... Humans traced by their trails of garbage strewn behind... (Now getting desperate to escape to trash another planet... elsewhere... ;) )

  • @corneliawissing7950

    @corneliawissing7950

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lockhughes , Waiting for the UAE and Chinese ambassadors to shake hands on Mars? (Today's date: 11 February 2021.)

  • @t.j.payeur739
    @t.j.payeur7396 жыл бұрын

    Looks like those ace excavators have new machines! They deserve them, those operators are artists...

  • @mariepindstruplinde1671

    @mariepindstruplinde1671

    3 жыл бұрын

    They rent the excavators. They are different from place to place. Sometimes there are company names on the machines.

  • @uw1955
    @uw195510 жыл бұрын

    " Like girls in a cloakroom " - that makes my day bright and shiny !

  • @theastronomer5800
    @theastronomer58002 жыл бұрын

    Great episode. So sad that people thought that the land needs to be cleansed of "heretics". The Irish are some of the kindest and friendliest people I have met on my travels.

  • @wewenang5167

    @wewenang5167

    10 ай бұрын

    BLAME THE PROTESTANT LOL

  • @daveminor1058
    @daveminor10585 жыл бұрын

    Raksha dave is one smart cookie

  • @corneliawissing7950

    @corneliawissing7950

    3 жыл бұрын

    I love the fluency and spontaneity with which she speaks archaeologic!

  • @annk.8750
    @annk.87503 жыл бұрын

    I don't think I've ever watched an episode with a wider variety of accents!

  • @CanChikMay
    @CanChikMay3 жыл бұрын

    Love that u told two stories in one ep...!

  • @underwaterlaser1687
    @underwaterlaser16873 жыл бұрын

    Ian is a silent hero of Time Team.

  • @corneliawissing7950

    @corneliawissing7950

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes! Fully agree!

  • @elizabethschaeffer9543

    @elizabethschaeffer9543

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed. it is worth while watching for his sense of humor.

  • @jimdille6015
    @jimdille601510 жыл бұрын

    Love this series. I tried to watch a Time Team America, but the crew had all the warmth and charm of a cobra. Another failed transplantation of a BBC show to the US. Top Gear US is another example ... its awful. These guys have a good time and the accents are lovely to my American ears. Phil IS a fingerstyle guitarist. How he keeps his fingernails so pristine while diggin' in the dirt is a mystery. Would love to hear him play in a local pub after a few pints!

  • @KYIRISH1

    @KYIRISH1

    9 жыл бұрын

    I'd imagine after a couple of pints Phil would put on a pretty good show in a pub. I'd love to be there amongst them. I've only seen a snippet of Phil playing with a group toward the end of TT America-Jamestown.

  • @jimdille6015

    @jimdille6015

    8 жыл бұрын

    Whatever. It still beats the shit out of anything produced in the US.

  • @areyouavinalaughisheavinal5328

    @areyouavinalaughisheavinal5328

    7 жыл бұрын

    crawl out of your own arse, that's where the spike is.

  • @joannamallory2823

    @joannamallory2823

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@TheSpikehere whatever. 😶

  • @roberthonan3492

    @roberthonan3492

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheSpikehere OK, Boomer!

  • @benediktmorak4409
    @benediktmorak4409 Жыл бұрын

    can't remember anymore how long i am watching already. or how many episodes. but i just hope there are many more.

  • @user-hy7zb2vl3t

    @user-hy7zb2vl3t

    Ай бұрын

    Take a break sleep and start over😊

  • @eimhingalvin8864
    @eimhingalvin88646 жыл бұрын

    "that was a pretty back door way of importing armaments then" "ah well ye do wath ye can" the most irish/northern irish truth iv ever heared 😂😂😂😂

  • @stannousflouride8372
    @stannousflouride83728 жыл бұрын

    The castle site is here: 54°30'20.8"N 6°46'03.1"W There is nothing visible of the other trenches but there are some decent views on Street View from the surrounding area.

  • @Robin3615
    @Robin3615 Жыл бұрын

    I'm in the US and thanks to Time Team I officially know more about what is under British soil than over it. Hahaha!!!

  • @user-hy7zb2vl3t

    @user-hy7zb2vl3t

    Ай бұрын

    So so true I almost know town names too😊

  • @dinx556
    @dinx5565 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant!

  • @andrewb.5996
    @andrewb.59969 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating stuff.

  • @jonathaneffemey944
    @jonathaneffemey9448 ай бұрын

    Thanks for posting

  • @vincewhite5087
    @vincewhite50876 жыл бұрын

    Saw an old Time Team show & Phill’s Indian Jones hat was new.

  • @miekekuppen9275

    @miekekuppen9275

    5 жыл бұрын

    He got a new hat a little while back (last season?) but apparently he went back to the classic.

  • @judeirwin2222

    @judeirwin2222

    2 жыл бұрын

    Indiana Jones.

  • @Hurricaneintheroom
    @Hurricaneintheroom5 жыл бұрын

    We have a lot of Ulster Scots that came to US. In Virginia (and West Virginia) there were a lot of them.

  • @bobbyhood101

    @bobbyhood101

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yep and ironically most of their descendants run around claiming to be Irish!

  • @RangerMelB

    @RangerMelB

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bobbyhood101 - As I've told my hubs, There was enough back and forth across that water, the line between Gael and Celt would tend to be blurred...

  • @TallulahB58

    @TallulahB58

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, my Harbison ancestors came to Virginia from Northern Ireland.

  • @TallulahB58

    @TallulahB58

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bobbyhood101 Not us! We know we're Scots-Irish.

  • @johnmurphy9688

    @johnmurphy9688

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TallulahB58 . Not true irish then. @ Bobby hood.

  • @mattkaustickomments
    @mattkaustickomments4 жыл бұрын

    Weird to think one of my ancestors may have put an end to cartographer Bartlett...

  • @patfranks7758
    @patfranks77582 жыл бұрын

    I love it. phil benny hill's tony &he gets salty . had me rolling.

  • @jessew5152
    @jessew515210 жыл бұрын

    I noticed how he has long nails on his right hand, and not on his left. Sure sign of a classical guitar player.

  • @ersikillian

    @ersikillian

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, I noticed that too. In college, many years ago, we had hired a folk singer who had carefully shaped nails on his right hand. Unfortunately he broke a nail just before the performance. I had to go shopping to the local drugstore and buy a set of fake nails to glue on his broken stub.

  • @Jigger2361

    @Jigger2361

    4 жыл бұрын

    ...thank god someone finally gets it

  • @panthera50

    @panthera50

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Jigger2361 :-)))

  • @corneliawissing7950

    @corneliawissing7950

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Jigger2361 , At last!

  • @karmayt8956
    @karmayt89563 жыл бұрын

    I keep finding out that Britain and Ireland have a very inter-twined history. Too bad they don’t get along better.

  • @maryflynn1656

    @maryflynn1656

    Жыл бұрын

    Easy solution for the Brits...get out of Ireland!

  • @ej3016
    @ej30165 жыл бұрын

    I miss Prof Mick: 9:46 can you mark that out on the ground for us 😂🤣😂🤣

  • @RangerMelB

    @RangerMelB

    4 жыл бұрын

    "See over here...look'

  • @haplessasshole9615

    @haplessasshole9615

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RangerMelB I had noticed that verbal habit of his previously, but it cracked me up on the S5 dig at Turkdean -- big ol' Roman villa showed parch marks, Aston and Robinson take a helicopter ride for a bird's-eye view, and Aston gets absolutely ecstatic over the surprising extent of the villas. "Oh, there's more over there, look... and more there, look... and a corner over there, look..." and so on. I played that bit for my linguist husband, and he thought it was pretty funny, too, especially considering how laconic Aston usually was.

  • @tripleransom4349
    @tripleransom43494 жыл бұрын

    Mick does not look well in this episode. He sits down whenever he can.

  • @scarletfluerr

    @scarletfluerr

    4 жыл бұрын

    Although he had had a brain hemorrhage in 2003, this was filmed in 2008 and he was not suffering from any ill effects that was known. He died of a brain hemorrhage in 2013.

  • @RangerMelB

    @RangerMelB

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@scarletfluerr - in his memorial, I saw where he often talked about his lifelong health battles.

  • @00BillyTorontoBill

    @00BillyTorontoBill

    3 жыл бұрын

    Might just be a hang over from an irish pub. Thats a premier division pub. Time team has some pros.. but...

  • @megganking2595
    @megganking259510 жыл бұрын

    good to know

  • @jayr227
    @jayr2272 жыл бұрын

    Bridget reminds me of of Neil in this episode.

  • @AlfieGoodrich
    @AlfieGoodrich6 жыл бұрын

    Love Time Team but with only three days to excavate, I always wonder why they dont start at 6am and not 9am :-)

  • @Psychlist1972

    @Psychlist1972

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fairly often, it seems that the digging folks are there much earlier than the show start time.

  • @thescarletgraywitch8052

    @thescarletgraywitch8052

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lots of drinking the night before 😂

  • @chrissmith7669

    @chrissmith7669

    4 жыл бұрын

    Often the geophysics and Stewart have already done the initial groundwork days ahead. Three days of digging after much research.

  • @dancingwithnature5303
    @dancingwithnature53033 жыл бұрын

    Dr. Donnelly reminds me of Dara O'Briain.

  • @haroldraby
    @haroldraby7 жыл бұрын

    8:40 - Phil and his magic shovel. In this shot it is showing it's age.

  • @judeirwin2222

    @judeirwin2222

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its age. It’s mean it is.

  • @nevyen149
    @nevyen1496 жыл бұрын

    10:50 It's a 16th century flagon...but is it a flagon with a dragon?

  • @nategilbert7397

    @nategilbert7397

    6 жыл бұрын

    Well, the chalice from the palace was broken.

  • @ersikillian

    @ersikillian

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nategilbert7397 Ah, but did it have the brew that is true?

  • @wildcrocus

    @wildcrocus

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ersikillian You are thinking of the vessel with the pestle.

  • @tripleransom4349

    @tripleransom4349

    4 жыл бұрын

    AahaH i think of that every time they mention a flagon.

  • @roberthonan3492

    @roberthonan3492

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ersikillian If it had the brew that it true, Phil would have quaffed it in a flash.

  • @WOLFROY47
    @WOLFROY476 жыл бұрын

    its very sensible, to avoid politics or religion, when meeting people from ireland, their pretty passionate, about who their related to, and sensitive about their history, irony im related to the o`neills and the o`briens ( which should be breen, no o, which im told was added by the british ) i also have some scottish relatives, a lot of scots moved to ireland, funny enough when their in england they all seem to be on the same side, as if their on holiday, and theyve left the baggage at home, i should add, that my mother was catholic and my father was church of england ?

  • @mikeburgess944

    @mikeburgess944

    6 жыл бұрын

    Wolfroy47, are we related?LOL, I also am related to O'Neils (who love German beer) and O'Briens. My Mom was Catholic and my dad was Church of England. When I woke up in the morning, I wanted to argue with myself.

  • @Wally-H

    @Wally-H

    5 жыл бұрын

    I agree. I go to County Cork a lot for holidays as my mother in law has a place there. My wife's deceased father was a protestant (Gibson) and her family are still there, all over Cork. I find the Catholics and protestants get on generally, and I personally get on well with all our friends from both denominations in the village where we go but I do avoid any conversations about religion and politics. We are friends with a couple who live there that consists of a protestant Irish woman, and an Englishman; you'd think he would know better after years dwelling in Ireland but he's always mouthing off about crap Irish politics etc. when we meet up with them. In a room full of people, you can feel the tension when he does it. As an English person I take the view that if you proverbially "don't mention the war" you'll be okay!

  • @judeirwin2222

    @judeirwin2222

    2 жыл бұрын

    They’re pretty passionate, not their.

  • @edlechleiter7042
    @edlechleiter70423 жыл бұрын

    This one roils my Irish blood .

  • @mikemyshka1472
    @mikemyshka1472 Жыл бұрын

    Now if we use radar on all the rubble to see if a computer could figure out what stones went where in the castles of ole.

  • @daveminor1058
    @daveminor10585 жыл бұрын

    They need 3 days 3hors 3 minutes and 3 seconds

  • @corneliawissing7950

    @corneliawissing7950

    3 жыл бұрын

    Very clever, Mr David!! Gave me a good giggle.

  • @Bonnie-gn4wh
    @Bonnie-gn4wh7 жыл бұрын

    omg wow..

  • @kristenharris421
    @kristenharris4216 жыл бұрын

    Very proud of my Irish heritage...I am an O'Neill.

  • @jacquelinevanderkooij4301

    @jacquelinevanderkooij4301

    4 жыл бұрын

    Did I miss it or didn't they tell where the McNeill went to in their ship? Do you know?

  • @eamo106
    @eamo1064 жыл бұрын

    300 Years O'Neill Irish kingship in Dungannon.

  • @TeresaTrimm
    @TeresaTrimm4 жыл бұрын

    First aired March 30, 2008.

  • @robinrwilsonsauls
    @robinrwilsonsauls9 жыл бұрын

    @ 9:05 an Alien is watching-look at the cloud - those big eyes.

  • @Katey2012able
    @Katey2012able5 жыл бұрын

    See 42:00 - 43:01 Truth.

  • @thomasmoeller2961

    @thomasmoeller2961

    5 жыл бұрын

    Katey2012able Cannot agree more. It’s time to hand Northern Ireland back.......Hong Kong being an example how it could work giving enough time for everybody to prepare.

  • @bethbartlett5692
    @bethbartlett56924 жыл бұрын

    ...more Northern Ireland - 😔 I want to dig in Kerry and the islands. 🍀🇺🇸🍀 I shall go do it myself. ✔ 🍸

  • @janehollander1934

    @janehollander1934

    8 ай бұрын

    Strange🤔: you want more Time Team episodes to have taken place in 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Northern Ireland?! And yet, you want to dig in/around (Country) Kerry in the south in the independent 🇮🇪Republic of Ireland, or Free state of Ireland called "Eire". Two totally different and separate Countries since 1922. 🤔

  • @1andonlylynda
    @1andonlylynda9 жыл бұрын

    What happens with this dig? is it just reburied or is it now marked as history, with the possibility of rebuilding it? I have visited dunganon quite often in Southern Ontario. My family 2 generations ago came from Ireland and settled in southern Ont. So I am curious about Irish history.

  • @colleenbeulecke2259

    @colleenbeulecke2259

    7 жыл бұрын

    grandma lynda p

  • @elizabethbarreras8968

    @elizabethbarreras8968

    6 жыл бұрын

    There is a Christmas special were they go back to some of the digs. They said that even tho the cameras go off the work doesn’t. As long as they have found anything there. So look for the Christmas specials

  • @lukeglackin8962

    @lukeglackin8962

    5 жыл бұрын

    It’s just a park now with a museum. I don’t think they found anything interesting because this is the first time I’ve seen this video!

  • @jamesoneill7773

    @jamesoneill7773

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@lukeglackin8962 They found masonry walls, possibly part of the tower house or early plantation fort, also small ceramic and metal finds from the early modern period.

  • @carolinebarnes6832
    @carolinebarnes68322 жыл бұрын

    Where did the earls go to?

  • @CrochetingPup

    @CrochetingPup

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hugh Roe O'Donnell went to Spain in 1602. Rory O'Donnell (1st Earl of Tyrconnell) and Hugh O'Neill (2nd Earl of Tyrone) went to Rome in 1607.

  • @carolinebarnes6832

    @carolinebarnes6832

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CrochetingPup Thank you.

  • @richardsheehan6983
    @richardsheehan69834 жыл бұрын

    friends of Munster?

  • @shadetreader
    @shadetreader3 жыл бұрын

    26 + 6 = 1

  • @hedvighelmeczi6412
    @hedvighelmeczi64122 жыл бұрын

    S15E09

  • @niallmccurdy3731
    @niallmccurdy37316 жыл бұрын

    typical northern ireland nothing is ever easy lmao

  • @xXPlumpkinXx
    @xXPlumpkinXx6 жыл бұрын

    Mine? :P

  • @jamesoneill7773

    @jamesoneill7773

    5 жыл бұрын

    No, mine :)

  • @tripleransom4349

    @tripleransom4349

    4 жыл бұрын

    Depends on which one of you is THE O'Neil (or O'Neill.)

  • @biker1373
    @biker13736 жыл бұрын

    If the English had stayed in England there would have been peace / prosperity for the Irish, it was there country after all .

  • @tutenvanman2715

    @tutenvanman2715

    5 жыл бұрын

    I could say the same about England romans, french etc

  • @lisaglynn3121

    @lisaglynn3121

    4 жыл бұрын

    I found out that I’m 65% Great Britain and Ireland! I’m sure many of folks in the States are the same!

  • @Blackholeforyou

    @Blackholeforyou

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Tutor where greedy, they wanted it all.

  • @gregb6469
    @gregb64697 жыл бұрын

    Why were there English soldiers in Ireland?

  • @allanmacindoe3546

    @allanmacindoe3546

    7 жыл бұрын

    www.history.co.uk/shows/soldiers-stories/articles/northern-ireland-conflict

  • @allmightlionthunder5515

    @allmightlionthunder5515

    7 жыл бұрын

    Its explain in the video and around 11:00

  • @kenwyneski3228

    @kenwyneski3228

    7 жыл бұрын

    Greg B

  • @eimhingalvin8864

    @eimhingalvin8864

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha I knew if I scrolled down far anuf I'd find some one trying too stir shite haha 😂 to be fair to Tony the history and all is fairly well presented

  • @Wally-H

    @Wally-H

    5 жыл бұрын

    The English confiscated lands from the Irish and gave them to protestant English settlers in the 16th century, to create plantations. Obviously the Irish, and Catholics in particular, were not too happy about that!

  • @katsteve2407
    @katsteve24075 жыл бұрын

    I love this show, I wish it was still on!..........................But Phil is in serious need of a nail trim, yikes dude!! lol!!!

  • @qwertyqwerty6099

    @qwertyqwerty6099

    4 жыл бұрын

    Classical guitar player..

  • @RangerMelB

    @RangerMelB

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@qwertyqwerty6099 -- don't like them either, but assume some utilitarian use.. as the left hand is not so armed.. Don't think it's guitar, but probably his 'fine picks' for excavation.

  • @bargainboondocker3420

    @bargainboondocker3420

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@RangerMelB actually he is a guitar player. I looked it up.

  • @corneliawissing7950

    @corneliawissing7950

    3 жыл бұрын

    Please read (at last the comments) before yiking & lolling?

  • @deborahparham3783

    @deborahparham3783

    9 ай бұрын

    Phil is a serious guitarist. He plays classical and he plays the Blues. He was in a Blues band when he was younger.

  • @megganking2595
    @megganking259510 жыл бұрын

    poor Phil, he could use a manicure. I think he might enjoy it....hand massage and all that.

  • @mattkaustickomments

    @mattkaustickomments

    4 жыл бұрын

    Meggan King he keeps his nails long for playing guitar in finger-picking style.

  • @mattcook7881
    @mattcook78814 жыл бұрын

    There needs to be a trigger warning for episodes that have a close-up of Phil's fingernails. Eeesh!

  • @johnmoss6631

    @johnmoss6631

    4 жыл бұрын

    Matt Cook, or just stop watching. His fingernails are long for a reason, look it up. And stop being so judgmental.

  • @philaypeephilippotter6532

    @philaypeephilippotter6532

    4 жыл бұрын

    Acoustic guitar.

  • @paulbriody297
    @paulbriody2974 жыл бұрын

    The Irish were troublesome, the English methodical. That's the way it works.

  • @paulbriody297

    @paulbriody297

    4 жыл бұрын

    CIVILISATION!

  • @oldschoolman1444
    @oldschoolman14443 жыл бұрын

    The guy digging the old castle has the nastiest fingernails I've ever seen! Someone please get him some nail clippers!

  • @johnmoss6631

    @johnmoss6631

    3 жыл бұрын

    Are you as ignorant and stupid as you appear to be?

  • @deborahparham3783

    @deborahparham3783

    9 ай бұрын

    Phil is a serious guitarist and plays finger style. Get over it.

  • @RapiersSting
    @RapiersSting7 жыл бұрын

    Is that guy tony talks to just Slow or stupid or what?Its like he is struggling to spit the words out and can't breath at the same time..