The Medieval Past of Ports
Tour Description
A collection of stories detailing the medieval ports of Ireland and Wales and their crossings.
Locations for Tour
Dublin as a Medieval Riverside Port
At the time of the takeover of Dublin by Anglo-Normans in 1170, what is now Essex Street West may still have been serving as a place for loading and unloading ocean-going trading vessels. Before then, the archaeology of Wood Quay revealed flood banks…
The Black Pool of Dublin
The original settlement called Dubhlinn took the form of a Gaelic monastery due south of the pool in what is now the Aungier Street district. This was a typical enclosure site, still partly preserved in the pattern of streets focused on medieval St…
Ramón de Perellós passes through Holyhead | Ramón de Perellós yn teithio drwy Gaergybi
On September 8th, 1397, the Catalan nobleman Viscount Ramón de Perellós set forth from Avignon with the blessing of Antipope Benedict XIII on a journey that would take him across the English Channel, the Kingdom of England, into Wales and then across…
Gerald of Wales looks West | Gerallt Gymro yn troi ei olygon i'r Gorllewin
Medievalist Daryl Hendley Rooney from Trinity College Dublin talks about the famous churchman, scholar and historian Gerald of Wales (c.1146–1223) and his upbringing at Manorbier Castle in Pembrokeshire. He discusses Gerald's mixed Norman and Welsh…