The Story of Ireland

The Story of Ireland is a fivepart documentary series examining the history of Ireland and its impact on the wider world. Over the course of the programmes, Fergal Keane travels across three continents, tracing the events, the people and the influences that shaped modern Ireland. The first episode aired on the 20th of February 2011.

Areas discussed in the opening episode include the impact of early Christianity and monasticism in Ireland the birth of Irelands potent literary culture the unique law tracts created by Irish lawyers that afford us remarkable insights into the day to day lives and habits of ordinary people nearly 1500 years ago.As the English set foot in Ireland, there begins 800 years of British rule. This episode examines the AngloNorman invasion of Ireland and the huge upheavals and changes taking place across Europe at the time. ........

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