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Broadcast date
2014-06-22 • 6 episodes
Episodes of this season
1. Norman Castles
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2014-06-22
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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.
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2. Don’t Mess with a Knight
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2014-06-29
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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.
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3. The Fightback
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2014-07-06
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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.
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4. A Century Of Turmoil
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2014-07-13
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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.
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5. A Taste for Gothic
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2014-07-20
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With the advent of the cannon in the 18th and 19th centuries, castles such as Tullynally morphed from military strongholds into lordly family homes.
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6. End of Empire
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2014-07-27
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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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