• 1980
  • 1h
Ireland: A Television History

Summary Chronicling Ireland's development from pre-Christian times to the present, with specific emphasis on the creation of the modern independent republic and the roots of the Troubles. View more details

  • 1980
  • 1h

Ireland: A Television History

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Robert Kee David Walterhouse

All cast & crew

8.8

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Dec 1, 1980

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Ireland

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Summary Chronicling Ireland's development from pre-Christian times to the present, with specific emphasis on the creation of the modern independent republic and the roots of the Troubles. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Dec 1, 1980

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Ireland

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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Ireland: A Television History (1980)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Dec 01, 1980
A Nation Once Again...
Robert Kee's history of Ireland begins with the Stone Age and includes the work of St. Patrick; the Viking and Norman invasions; and the subjugation of Ireland by Elizabethan England.
Episode 2 • Dec 08, 1980
No Surrender (1607-1691)
Chronicles the violence marking the 17th century, which included the rule of Cromwell and of James II, culminating in the English victory at the Battle of the Boyne (1690).
Episode 3 • Dec 15, 1980
Two Nations (1700-1845)
Explores a divided Ireland, citing the rebellion led by Wolfe Tone against the Penal Laws; the Act of Union in 1801; and Daniel O'Connell's victory in securing the right of Catholics to be members of Parliament.
Episode 4 • Dec 22, 1980
Famine (1845-1849)
Chronicles Ireland's potato famine in the mid-1840's, which resulted in the deaths of over a million people and the mass migration of over two million to the U.S, Canada and Australia.
Episode 5 • Dec 29, 1980
Fenians (1848-1867)
Conditions after the famine give way to the rise of Fenianism, a movement aimed at securing Ireland's political freedom from England.
Episode 6 • Jan 05, 1981
Parnell (1875-1891)
Charts the life of Home Rule party leader Charles Stewart Parnell. Parnell's rise and fall marked one of the most dramatic episodes in Irish history.
Episode 7 • Jan 12, 1981
Ulster Will Fight (1882-1914)
Chronicles the opposition of the Ulster Unionists, led by Edward Carson, to the Home Rule Bill of 1912. Civil war in Ireland was averted only by the onset of WW1.
Episode 8 • Jan 19, 1981
Rising (1914-1916)
Irish nationalists view the war as an opportunity for armed insurrection against the British. This chronicles the lead up to the Rising on Easter Monday, 1916 and the aftermath.
Episode 9 • Jan 26, 1981
Terror (1919-1921)
The 1918 British elections result in a landslide for the Sinn Fein party, who proceed to declare Ireland an independent republic. This action begins a three-year period of violence between Irish Volunteers fighting for freedom and British forces intent on crushing the nationwide rebellion.
Episode 10 • Feb 02, 1981
Civil War (1921-1924)
This examines the events that led to civil war after Ireland received dominion status in 1921, gaining freedom at the price of allegiance to the British Crown.
Episode 11 • Feb 09, 1981
Freedom (1921-1953)
Chronicles events from 1928 culminating in Ireland's self-declared independence from England in 1949. Included: De Valera's rise to power; the constitution of 1937; and World War II.
Episode 12 • Feb 16, 1981
Six Counties (1921-1974)
Traces the history of Northern Ireland from 1921 to the civil-rights marches of the late '60s.
Episode 13 • Feb 23, 1981
Prisoners of History
Robert Kee concludes his series with the conflicts of the 1970s within the island of Ireland.
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