Name: Tales of Irish Castles
Released: 2014-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Simon Delaney

TV Show · Documentary

Ireland's most historically significant structures.

2014 · 1h 0m

EPISODE 1

The Normans Are Coming

The political state of Ireland in the 12th century, which led to the invasion of the Normans.
EPISODE 2

Don't Mess With a Knight

The expansion of the Norman castle building throughout the 13th and 14th centuries.
EPISODE 3

The Fightback

The haunted castle in Leap; the first castle to be besieged by cannon fire in Maynooth; love story of Dunluce and Clonony Castle.
EPISODE 4

A Century of Turmoil

Strategic military castles in Limerick, Birr, Kilkenny and Athlone; ruins of Aughrim Castle, the site where the bloodiest battle on Irish soil took place.
EPISODE 5

A Taste for Gothic

Gothic castles include Dublin Castle, Tullynally Castle and Birr Castle -- home of one of the largest telescope in the world; Charleville Castle undergoes re-building with the help of international volunteers.
EPISODE 6

End of Empire

The state of Ireland and its castles during the 19th and 20th centuries, including the personal, military, social and family stories behind the buildings.