S1.E1 ∙ The Normans are Coming Sat, Jun 21, 2014 In the 12th century, the political situation made Ireland ripe for Norman conquest and the beginning of castle building in Dublin and beyond. 7 /10
S1.E2 ∙ Don't Mess with a Knight Sat, Jun 28, 2014 Documenting the expansion of Norman castle building throughout the 13th and 14th centuries. 6.9 /10
S1.E3 ∙ The Fightback Sat, Jul 05, 2014 The haunted castle in Leap; the first castle to be besieged by cannon fire in Maynooth; love story of Dunluce and Clonony Castle. 6.9 /10
S1.E4 ∙ A Century of Turmoil Sat, Jul 12, 2014 In the 17th century, strategically important castles at Limerick, Birr and elsewhere played critical roles in a hundred years of bloody wars. 7.1 /10
S1.E5 ∙ A Taste for Gothic Sat, Jul 19, 2014 With the advent of the cannon in the 18th and 19th centuries, castles such as Tullynally morphed from military strongholds into lordly family homes. 7.1 /10
S1.E6 ∙ End of Empire Sat, Jul 26, 2014 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. 7.1 /10
