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Episodes (6)
Ep 1
Norman Castles
★5.0
2014-06-22•N/A
Simon Delaney celebrates the stunning citadels of Eire. The Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century led to the mass-building of castles across the isle.
Ep 2
Don’t Mess with a Knight
★5.0
2014-06-29•N/A
What have the Normans ever done for us? Simon Delaney salutes the Norman knights who led a castle building spree in Eire during the 13th and 14th centuries.
Ep 3
The Fightback
★5.0
2014-07-06•N/A
An educational journey around Ireland's fortresses. As Irish clans resisted Anglo-Norman settlers in the 1400s and 1500s, a new type of castle emerged: the tower house.
Ep 4
A Century Of Turmoil
★5.0
2014-07-13•N/A
Simon Delaney takes viewers to the castles - from Limerick to Kilkenny - that played integral roles in the bloodiest period of Irish history: the 17th century.
Ep 5
A Taste for Gothic
★5.0
2014-07-20•N/A
With the advent of the cannon in the 18th and 19th centuries, castles such as Tullynally morphed from military strongholds into lordly family homes.
Ep 6
End of Empire
★5.0
2014-07-27•N/A
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.