This channel is run by historical fiction author Ruadh Butler and will be dedicated to telling tales taken from Irish history. There will be stories taken from Ireland's mythical past, through the Viking Age and the turmoil that accompanied the arrival of the Normans, right up to the beginning of the eighteenth century. I hope to visit historical locations in Ireland in order to give viewers an idea of what they will find should they journey to the country in the future. Additionally, I'll take you through the family histories of some of the most famous dynasties, both Gaelic and Norman, and chat about the characters in my first three novels: Swordland, Lord of the Sea Castle, and The Earl Strongbow. I do hope you will enjoy it and join in with questions and chat wherever possible.
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When you talk about Princess Nest, please please don't use terms like 'lover''. Her entire family were killed by the Normans and she was taken hostage and later became a concubine to Henry. She was only a child! Having to bear the children of men twice her age. She was, in modern terms, a victim of sex trafficking by the Normans. She would have had no choice in what happened to her.
Truly fascinating. I’ve never known any of my family. Would be incredible to finally find who I’m related too! 🩷
My father told me wen I was young , we are highlanders tgat belong to the maclachlan clan in Scotland that we came from Ireland originally, cheers for the vid , my folks left Scotland for Australia I was born in Oz and have moved to Scotland 12 months ago never been happier only took me 55 years to come home but am I home yet ?
Wow. Well done.
I'd be really interested to learn more about tye O'Laodhógs ... "heroes who I will not shun, the Kings of the wide-bordered Caladh"
I decend from Elizabeth Fitzgerald daughter of Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare. I also decend from Joan Fitzgerald daughter of James Fitzgerald 10 Earl of Desmond. She married Thomas Butler 10th Earl of Ormond and became duchess of Ormond. Are we related? 😀 I am also a Carew decend. I decend from Sir Edmund Carew born 1472 and killed at the battle of the Spurs. Dont forget Fitzgerald also decend from the Brian Baru and other High Kings of Ireland. Too to list.
Hello my Butler cousins! I wish you had gone on with the origin story here to see how it corresponds with what I have gleaned from Ferrar, Blomefield, Suckling, Wace, etc. Sources have pointed out the relationship between the Burgh family with the BURUN tenants in chief as well as of the PAYN (or PAGAN or FITZ-PAYN’s. My branch comes from East Anglia, as the Payne’s spread out into Norfolk and Suffolk and were associated with the very same locations mentioned in your videos. Records exist showing the relationships between Payn, Butler, Burgh, Lacy, Clare, etc. from the 12th-century. I’ve spent the past several years documenting the records that link these families in their network which included :PAYNEL, FITZ-PAYN, also found as sons of PAGAN, that evolved from names like VESCY, TIPTOFT/TIBETOT/TRUSSEBHT. If not related by blood as I believe the number of records over such extended periods of time suggests, they were nevertheless related through marriage- which has allows us to trace much of our ancestry by simply reading the history books, following the lords they served, and the records they left, along with the property records that show how it descended amongst them. My Big-Y DNA results were a “rare” and “close” match with Kilteasheen 22 found at Roscommon who lived 960-1300 AD (95.5% Celtic DNA in the R1b group) and records (and Blomefield’s Norfolk) indicate our ancestors had been in Ireland before 1333 when they appear in Leicester with A Ralph Butler in North Kilworth, followed years later by settling in Norfolk by the 1370s. So much to learn and unpack it all! Great stuff!
intresinting, what are you books...ruadh... do they contain, ancestry charts ?
My Great Grandmother's maiden name was Barry. We are Decidants of Captain Charles Barry. In the Library of Congress is the book "The Barry Family Records Volume 1 Captain Charles and His Descendants ".
Fascinating I never knew that? I do know there is a Barry coat of arms.Barry is a very common surname in Cork. My Irish cousins children are living in Long Island, Paris and Barcelona. I was born in England but my outlook on life is more continental European.Brexit has been very divisive for people like myself.
@@Nemo59646 The Family tree in the index of the book shows the Family tree it goes back to 67 AD. Not sure of the exact date. It's on the tree. Are you in Cork Ireland? Lovely to hear from you. I want to go to Ireland someday, it's so beautiful.
@@kickbacktoo When in Cork go to Blarney Castle and the Ring of Kerry its great bicycling country. Lovely to hear from you,also.
The O’Neill will rise again and take their high king throne
Where were the O'Neills of Ulster during these times ?
They had fallen behind their kinsmen the McLoughlins who were the leading family in Tyrone. They'd recover their position by the late 13th century however.
" No relation" 😂
Had to get that in!
I am direct decedent of Col(Sir)William Burke 7th earl of clanricarde.
😮ok so we were warlords for the king?
I am Danielle Berry and have the same fire I try to tame but often it burns me down 😂😢 I must focus on getting us back up there......watch out little Charles my daughter is your future wife
Sometimes! Mostly the Barry family were there on their own behalf, but tipped their caps to the King when if suited them. Similarly, to their Fitzgerald overlords...
I am Blazon Berry
My mam was Matilda Barry from Cork Rathmore park.
Hi Ruadh, I wonder please if The Hill of Tara was where High Kings of Ireland were confirmed/coronated in what sites were the other four provincial kings coronated. I'd really appreciate your help as I'm doing a piece on Teamhair Luachra at the moment. Regards Paul
I actually live pretty close to Tullaghoge Fort where the O'Neills were inaugurated by the O'Hagans. Not sure where the equivalent sites were in Leinster, Connacht and Munster, but there were presumably a lot of them!
Just finished Lionheart. Great book. Going on to Crusader now. Got the whole trilogy on Amazon for about 20 quid. Amazing value.
Great interview. I've just found the Lionheart series in my local library Ben, and have loved the books. Your books are so vividly written and so absorbing. I've grown close to the characters in these books and have thoroughly enjoyed them. Congratulations, Ben Kane. 📚 📖
we should bring ba ck modern day celtic irish fashion.
Don't forget the Irish travellers in your history which is often done. They are the last of the irish monarchy
Historical fiction wtf .I have them on my family tree
Ireland had non-English Kings?
As a byrne i claim all of ireland by right of ancient blood gping balc to the mil themselves also his name was mael sechnaill mac domnall i probably spelt it wrong not malachy
As a McLaughlin I claim High Kingship of Ireland, the entire island or Ireland. North and South, Protestant and Catholic all of these things have been imported to Ireland and divided us.
Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht She was one of the wives of Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught.(The other was Hodierna de Gernon.) Ruadh Butler You are a distant cousin. Theobald le Botiller, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland, Justiciar of Ireland 1242-1285 BIRTH 1242 • Kilkenny, Ireland or, Arklow Castle, Wicklow, Ireland DEATH 26 SEP 1285 • Arklow Castle, Wicklow, Ireland 22nd great-grandfather
The last high King of Ireland was Edward Bruce.
I am intrigued ' how can you trace your ancestry back this far ? I have a photograph of my Great Great Grandmother from Ireland and she is dressed in Galician Dress and lace i wonder now is it a nod ' to her lineage i dont know ! How fascinating.
My ancestors from Dal Fiatach O hechaidh enjoyed your video, amazing looking back and now living in US it's incredible how times have changed for the better, we lost some great people but left a legacy never to be forgotten, cheers all the very best health and happiness.
I found out that through my Dad's side we go back to Annie Corrigan and her father was an Obyrne and her mother was an O'Toole. I was surprised how far back that line went back. To King MacDunlainge O'Tool and his father King Tuathal. And it goes back to a King born in 028 AD. I've been reading and listening to try to understand the history around it all. One ancestor was Christianed by Saint Patrick. And it was nice interesting to find out that it was oral history passed down much like the Native Americans have family oral histories. Out of all my ancestry lines none have been documented back that far into history before the Norman Invasion. It was a treasure to find.
I have always been told that my ancestors are decedent's of the O'Connor dynasty. I'd love to know how to find this out
It's always good to start with your parents and grandparents, to find out what they know about their parents and grandparents. Then you can begin to form a picture about where your family began. Census records are good, but I'd suggest Ancestry.com (or similar) is the next stop to see if you can connect what you know to the research already started by others. The O'Connor surname is very old and very grand, so you'd be surprised how much info is already out there waiting for you! Good luck Shannon!!
I am a direct ancestor from the high kings of connaught o dowd grandfather and dowd grandmother no relation to eachother but the royal blood live on 💚
And that is my dad's farm
That house is my nanny's house
It wasn't Henry's to gift away.
No. It wasn't. He did it anyway.
Read all the fools in these comments babbling about their DNA! Let me spoil it all for you. The vast majority of people in Europe are descended from multiple kings all over the continent. Most people reading this are descended from Charlemagne, William The Conqueror, most of the high kings of Ireland, and umpteen others. People in Poland, Norway and Portugal are just as likely to be descended from an Irish high king as people from Cork or Dublin. You're not special!
I'm descendant of burkes by fitzgerald more...
Hello fellow O'Briens
No High King ever ruled or exerted effective control over all of Ireland. Historically there were 3 levels of kingship with High King being at the top but none of them effectively controlled all of Ireland some didn't even control half of the country.
Proud O'Brien from Ontario Canada. Family immigrated first to North humberland county
Same here but my father emigrated to Vancouver BC in the 30's...
Where is the Phelan clan in this?
There are two prominent families with the 'surname' Phelan. One was based in Waterford and were Kings of Decies. Famously, they joined forces with the Ostmen to defend Waterford City from Strongbow in August 1170. The second family called Phelan (Ui Faelain) were from the Naas region in Kildare and were a branch of the Ui Duinlaigne, who were Kings of Leinster up to the Battle of Clontarf. Thereafter, they were replaced as the regional power by the Ui Cheinnslaig. The Phelans were eventually driven out of Kildare and into Wicklow by the Cambro-Norman Fitzgeralds.
I should say that the Waterford O'Phelans play a prominent part in my book The Earl Strongbow - available in all good bookshops!
I think I am related to the Kings of Decies as my family were from Waterford.
@@sarahnicholas7973 Waterford is well worth a visit - you'll see Reginald's Tower which the O'Phelans defended from us Normans in 1170!
@ruadhbutler9143 My family is a mixed bag. I have the Powers from Waterford who were originally the de Puer in Normandy and supported the Phelans, the Kennedys from Wexford, the Walsh's from Tipperary, the English Youngmans, who were Huguenot's but converted back to the catholic church and the Nicholas's from Cornwall/Wales.
Wonder who the last 10 Irish persons will be? Totally overrun by 3rd world dregs and similar
And the Fitzgerald
I'm direct descended from King Toirdhealbhach Bog O'Brien King of Thomond and so on.
Amazing capacity you have .. while being it all alive! Interesting , too. Have you made a video session on the Earls of Kildare, pse?
So good, wish I had the ability to tell the story so well. I sent
G'day sir and hoping life is good around you. My name is Dennis, 1st son of Peter of the clan Coughlan. I, like my father and his were born in Canada. Researching my blood line has become a form of hobby it seems, with a few frustrations thrown in along the way. My clan began in Munster and l know we had an ancient grant of a Coat of Arms ( three red lions all with gold crowns on a silver background ) and a Crest ( a silver tower on a mount with an arm issuing therefrom grasping a scimitar ) and our ancient family motto is "Fortis in arduis" That's all l've discovered so far. Will probably never find out just where in Munster we hung our hats but there's always tomorrow, God alowing. I appreciate your work, and may luck and good fortune dance around you untill King Brian Boru rises again to make us one. Be safe.
Woah, sneaky use ot The Tea Party's The Badger in there...apparently Jeff Martin is based in Kerry now.
Never thought I'd get away with it! Great spot!
FYI. There were no "English" kings in the 11th century. Post 1066, post the Franco Norman invasion and subsequent subjugation of the coalition forces of the Germanic Angles, Saxons, Jutes and "Norse", what the Germanic tribes had named Anglesland became Angleterre, a territory dominated by powerful regional dynasties in France. The Franco Normans were not "English". That description, at that time in history, was reserved for the Anglo Saxons. The folks Diarmúid MacMurrough petitioned were Franco Normans and the language he communicated in was French or Latin.
Great retelling. All rings a bell from earlier readings. Thank you