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Tales of Irish Castles

2014 · 1 season · 6 episodes · Ended · TV3

Documentary

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Actor Simon Delaney explores the great stories and characters associated with the most beautiful, notorious and historical castles built across Ireland.

Episodes

  • S01E01Norman Castles2014-06-22

    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.

  • S01E02Don’t Mess with a Knight2014-06-29

    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.

  • S01E03The Fightback2014-07-06

    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.

  • S01E04A Century Of Turmoil2014-07-13

    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.

  • S01E05A Taste for Gothic2014-07-20

    With the advent of the cannon in the 18th and 19th centuries, castles such as Tullynally morphed from military strongholds into lordly family homes.

  • S01E06End of Empire2014-07-27

    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.

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