A new five-part landmark series, written and presented by BBC Special Correspondent Fergal Keane, The Story of Ireland is a clear-eyed and expansive view of the history of the island and its people from its earliest times to the present day. Far from being a remote European outpost, episode one charts the formation of Ireland's DNA by successive ways of invaders and settlers. Along the way, Keane exposes the myth of Ireland's Celtic identity - he travels to Norway and presents the Vikings as resourceful settlers and traders in Ireland rather than as the barbarous marauders of popular belief. He also follows the trail of the early Iris monks as they bring their literature and learning through Europe to re-energise the Christian world, in the early Middle Ages.
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3. The Age Of Revolution
A five-part landmark series, written and presented by Fergal Keane. \n\nFergal Keane explores how the influx of Scottish Presbyterians during the 17th century Plantation of Uls ...
02-10-2023
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2. The Age Of Conquest
Fergal Keane examines how the huge upheavals of Europe in the Middle Ages altered the story of Ireland irrevocably. Beginning with the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, ...
13-08-2018
BBC 4
1. Age Of Invasions
A new five-part landmark series, written and presented by BBC Special Correspondent Fergal Keane, The Story of Ireland is a clear-eyed and expansive view of the history of the i ...
06-08-2018
BBC 4
3. The Age Of Revolution
A five-part landmark series, written and presented by Fergal Keane. \n\nFergal Keane explores how the influx of Scottish Presbyterians during the 17th century Plantation of Uls ...
02-10-2023
BBC 4
1. Age Of Invasions
A new five-part landmark series, written and presented by BBC Special Correspondent Fergal Keane, The Story of Ireland is a clear-eyed and expansive view of the history of the i ...
06-08-2018
BBC 4
2. The Age Of Conquest
Fergal Keane examines how the huge upheavals of Europe in the Middle Ages altered the story of Ireland irrevocably. Beginning with the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, ...
13-08-2018
BBC 4