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- A documentary about the history of Bray, narrated by Dick Warner.
- This program analyzes the great rebel leader Michael Collins and his commitment to a free Ireland, the truth and the facts behind the myth in the light of Neil Jordan's (at the time) upcoming film, released in 1996. Jordan's film was such an important and awaited project in Ireland that even the IRA revolutionaries, protestants, catholics, all parties declared a cease fire through the whole film shooting period in 1995. Historians discuss the real Collins while Jordan discusses about his epic movie.
- A history of fabled Erin comes alive through stunning imagery, original music, and timeless stories in this vivid portrait of the island nation's remarkable past and enduring impact on Western Civilization. This 3-part documentary spans the centuries, from 3,000 BC to 1170 AD.
- A chronicle of the life of Bram Stoker, author of the classic novel Dracula.
- A former military compound is between reverting back to a council open space. From illustrations there was a castle here. But where? The adjacent communication mast does not help geophys, nor does military grade concrete covering.
- William the Conqueror's Westminster coronation accidentally turned into bloodshed, prophetic of the grim way Norman rule was imposed on the reluctant Anglo-Saxon subjects. Any resistance was bloodily suppressed, there even were severer sentences for crimes against a Norman. The English language itself was largely gallicised, adding a French vocabulary especially in spheres of interest to the new nobility, which took over nearly all the feudal lands. The rather efficient taxation was extended and reorganized, as testified by the Doomesday Book. A French invasion of his Norman duchy was stooped in blood. William's successors would extend the conquest over the British Isles. St. Margareth, an Anglo-Saxon royal princess, helped 'modernise' the Scottish dynasty on Norman model but keep the northern real independent. Marcher lords, virtual independent Anglo-Norman vassals, moved into Wales, were some Celtic principalities remained separate for centuries. The FitzGeralds made the first wave of incursions into internally divided Ireland, Henry II made the isle's colonization a royal project extending beyond the Middle Ages.
- A former confederate soldier journeys to the transcontinental railroad to seek vengeance.
- Tony Robinson explores our ancestors' beliefs in a world full of demons that could enter your body and take control of it, and of invisible spirits that would steal humans.
- Today Michael observes the amazing engineering feat involved in building the railway along Dublin's treacherous East coast, and explores 19th century crime and punishment in a Victorian jail.
- Michael explores the extensive railway network within the Bog of Allen, discovers the Victorian secrets behind the amazing Boyne Viaduct, and travels underground, into the vast Irish Zinc mines.
- Michael explores the extensive railway network within the Bog of Allen, discovers the Victorian secrets behind the amazing Boyne Viaduct, and travels underground, into the vast Irish Zinc mines.
- Michael explores the fascinating history of Belfast's Victorian docks, discovers the Irish spade making traditions untouched for over 150 years and takes a walk on the wild side with Whitehead's Victorian coastal paths.
- Michael takes a white knuckle walk over the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge, follows in the footsteps of the Victorians to experience the delights of the Giant's Causeway and explores the rich history of Londonderry.
- Michael is on a railway journey through the Republic of Ireland travelling from the rugged beauty of County Kerry, across the rural Irish Midlands.
- Michael tries his hand at cutting marble Victorian style, uncovers 19th century Ireland's surprising industrial heritage and learns how the railways helped bring motorsport to the masses.
- Michael visits the Irish National Stud, discovers how harsh life was for the Irish poor and uncovers an astronomical feat of Victorian engineering.
- Michael is on the final leg of his Irish journey and discovers historic jewellery with royal connections in Galway. He also meets a people's king, and finds his voice with an Irish singing group.
- Tony and the team look for the remains of a renegade knight's Norman castle in one of Northern Ireland's most picturesque spots.
- Dublin 1913 was a divided city. For the poor, life in the worst slums in Northern Europe was a daily grind of toil and want, while the well-off lived in comfort and privilege. Social inequality sparked a bitter conflict between employers and the labour movement, led by Jim Larkin. In the centenary year of the Dublin Lockout, a new documentary from the RTÉ TV Documentary Unit, looks at the dispute from the perspective of families on both sides - tram drivers and tenement residents, employers and strike-breakers. Using family history, rare photographs and contemporary newspaper accounts, My Lockout is a personal and revealing insight into the most infamous labour dispute in Irish History. The documentary features five families closely involved on both sides the lockout; Miriam Larkin is the great grand-daughter of Big Jim. Miriam looks at the impact of the lockout on Larkin's wife Elizabeth and their children. Gerry Murphy questions the portrayal of his great grand-father William Martin Murphy as the chief villain of the Lockout. The documentary also features the descendents of tram workers, strikers and scabs. Tom Stokes is the grandson of John Stokes a tram driver who abandoned his tram on the first day of the strike in August 1913. Brendan Murphy is the grand nephew of Thomas Harten, a strike breaker or "scab" from Co. Meath, who was savagely attacked and killed in Dublin during the Lockout. Janine Kyle follows the story Alice Brady, who was fifteen and locked out of her factory job when she was shot by a "scab" delivering coal on Pearse Street in Dublin.
- In the 12th century, the political situation made Ireland ripe for Norman conquest and the beginning of castle-building in Dublin and beyond.
- As Norman influence spread in Ireland in the 13th and 14th centuries, powerful knights sparked a castle-building boom in Kilkenny and beyond.
- As documented in Leap and elsewhere, castle design soon changed when the Irish fought back against the Anglo-Normans in the 15th and 16th centuries.
- In the 17th century, strategically important castles at Limerick, Birr and elsewhere played critical roles in a hundred years of bloody wars.
- With the advent of the cannon in the 18th and 19th centuries, castles such as Tullynally morphed from military strongholds into lordly family homes.
- As political and social unrest swept Ireland in the 20th century, debt-ridden castles fell into disrepair and into the hands of the nouveau riche.
- 2015–2016TV-PG7.4 (69)TV EpisodeDan Jones explores the history of Carrickfergus Castle in Co Antrim, one of the most ancient castles in Northern Ireland and a stronghold key to understanding the tempestuous relationship between Britain and Ireland. Dan travels to Rathlin island, where he reveals how hundreds of women and children were massacred in the name of Elizabeth I, and visits the tomb of former governor Arthur Chichester, who began a new colonization strategy using scorched earth tactics and laid waste to much of the land surrounding the town.
- Timothy West and Prunella Scales head to Ireland and the Shannon Erne Waterway, where they try some folk singing, Irish dancing, and visit the ruins of Crom Castle.
- Michael Portillo begins a journey across Ireland. He takes to the seas in a 100-year-old lifeboat and discovers an American naval hero. He ends this leg riding in a horse-drawn, barrel-topped caravan.
- Michael discovers one of Ireland's greatest treasures at Trinity College, Dublin. He learns how Victorian royalty were used to ease tensions between Britain and Ireland and how, and why, the nation was put on the map.
- Michael learns about modern archaeology in County Meath and uncovers a controversial Victorian dig at the sacred Hill of Tara. He investigates leaping salmon and discovers an electrifying breakthrough.
- Michael learns how the Irish landscape inspired W.B. Yeats. In Dromod, he makes an Irish staple - a potato pancake, known as boxty. At the home of the father of Irish fiddling, Michael attempts to master a traditional Irish dance.
- On the last leg of his long journey from Wexford to Westport, Michael takes a seaweed bath, learns of a double tragedy at Clew Bay and begins a pilgrimage to the summit of Ireland's holy mountain, Croagh Patrick.
- Presenter Emma Willis grew up in Birmingham and loves the city and her fellow Brummies. She wants to find out how deep her roots are there.
- 2017– 1h7.7 (27)TV EpisodeGiles and Monica hop over to the Republic of Ireland to learn about the troubled history of this 800-year-old castle turned luxury hotel, its ties with the local community and activities laid on for guests.
- Singer Boy George traces his Irish roots.
- Heutzutage sind viele von Irlands Leuchttürmen für Besucher geöffnet. Doch trotz moderner Navigationstechnik bleiben sie im Dienst, denn ihr Licht stellt eine verlässliche Quelle für Schiffe auf See dar. Die Mitarbeitenden der irischen Leuchtturm-Behörde führen ihre Arbeit fort - und ergänzen die Leuchttürme mit Funkbojen und anderer fortschrittlicher Technologie.
- County Wexford's historic Hook Head, the country's first lighthouse; why keepers loved being stationed at Ballycotton.
- Discovering how Ireland became a world leader in lighthouse engineering. Often working in hostile and treacherous natural locations, Ireland's lighthouse engineers and builders use great ingenuity to achieve what seemed impossible.
- Lighthouses witness major chapters in history -- from shipwrecks to maritime events in both World War I and World War II
- A look at the future of lighthouses in the age of electronic and GPS navigation, and a former lighthouse keeper makes a poignant return to the Skelligs lighthouse.
- Beginning in Newry, Michael Portillo finds a specially chartered train that would deliver demonstrators campaigning for Irish Home Rule to a rally in the town.
- Meteorologists take over the World.
- An unusual pair of armchairs from 1960s Czechoslovakia, a vintage lathe and a gentleman's compactum need some TLC. Which restorers will be chosen to bring back their charm?
- Rob Bell explores the historic but deadly southwest coast of England to discover what made the world's first rock lighthouse on Eddystone reef such a monumental achievement over 300 years ago.
- Rob Bell explores the wild and beautiful southern coast of Ireland to reveal why Fastnet is regarded as the most stunning lighthouse ever built
- Ireland's river Suir flows with the history of the emerald island. From its headwaters in Devils Bit Mountains of County Tipperary down to the Hook Lighthouse in Waterford Bay.
- Dublin Your Face is a short film, composed of the curated images and sounds of the city inspired by a collection of poetry by Majella Kelly.