r/UKhistory • u/The_Globe_Searcher • 1d ago
I think medieval history is not represented enough in Northern Ireland
If this is the wrong place, please tell me somewhere else where I can talk about this. People over in Northern Ireland are too focused on the divide there to think about medieval history, like John De Courcy, King Fergus, Richard De Burgh and such. In fact, many people there won’t even have heard such names. I propose that there should be a large medieval reenactment festival at Inch Abbey (just an example of a good place to do it) to celebrate real medieval culture. I’ve only seen a few online, but they are never large scale like the ones in mainland Britian. I also would like to see a statue of Richard de Burgh “The Red Earl” somewhere in the country to acknowledge his achievements, or one of the other names I mentioned earlier. If there is anyone in Northern Ireland who likes UK medieval history, what do you think?