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Tales of Irish Castles

Tales of Irish Castles (2014)

June. 22,2014

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Tales of Irish Castles

Actor Simon Delaney explores the great stories and characters associated with the most beautiful, notorious and historical castles built across Ireland.

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Tales of Irish Castles

2014

Actor Simon Delaney explores the great stories and characters associated with the most beautiful, notorious and historical castles built across Ireland.

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2014

6 Episode

Episode 1 - Norman Castles

June. 22,2014

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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Episode 2 - Don’t Mess with a Knight

June. 29,2014

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.

Episode 3 - The Fightback

July. 06,2014

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.

Episode 4 - A Century Of Turmoil

July. 13,2014

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.

Episode 5 - A Taste for Gothic

July. 20,2014

With the advent of the cannon in the 18th and 19th centuries, castles such as Tullynally morphed from military strongholds into lordly family homes.

Episode 6 - End of Empire

July. 27,2014

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.

Actor Simon Delaney explores the great stories and characters associated with the most beautiful, notorious and historical castles built across Ireland.