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Original Airdate06/22/2014
Ireland's most historically significant structures.
Tales of Irish Castles
Where to watch Tales of Irish Castles
- Included with Acorn TV on Spectrum TV
Season 1
6. End of Empire
Air Date 07/27/2014
The state of Ireland and its castles during the 19th and 20th centuries, including the personal, military, social and family stories behind the buildings.
5. A Taste for Gothic
Air Date 07/20/2014
Gothic castles include Dublin Castle, Tullynally Castle and Birr Castle -- home of one of the largest telescopes in the world; Charleville Castle undergoes rebuilding with the help of international volunteers.
4. A Century of Turmoil
Air Date 07/13/2014
Strategic military castles in Limerick, Birr, Kilkenny and Athlone; ruins of Aughrim Castle, the site where the bloodiest battle on Irish soil took place.
3. The Fightback
Air Date 07/06/2014
The haunted castle in Leap; the first castle to be besieged by cannon fire in Maynooth; love story of Dunluce and Clonony Castle.
2. Don't Mess With a Knight
Air Date 06/29/2014
The expansion of the Norman castle building throughout the 13th and 14th centuries.
1. The Normans Are Coming
Air Date 06/22/2014
The political state of Ireland in the 12th century, which led to the invasion of the Normans.