The Great Gaelic Army (Host) of 1174: The Burning of Trim & the March on Dublin

Episode overview

With the Norman colony weakened by the disasters at Thurles and Waterford, Rory O’Connor assembles a great Gaelic coalition and advances through Meath. The episode follows the burning of Trim, the march towards Dublin, Raymond le Gros’s return and the debate over whether the High King missed his final opportunity to drive the Normans from Ireland.

This companion page follows the final major Gaelic offensive covered in the first season, moving from the destruction of Trim towards the threat to Dublin and the arrival of a renewed Norman response.

Topics covered

• Rory O’Connor’s great Gaelic coalition of 1174
• The burning of Trim and the campaign through Meath
• The threatened march on Norman Dublin
• Raymond le Gros’s return and the Norman response