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Tells the fascinating history of an island people who have truly left their mark on the world. 6 million people live on the island of Ireland, but over 80 million people worldwide say they are Irish. What does that mean? How have we been shaped by our history? Our geography? Where did we come from? Where did we go? These questions are at the heart of this series.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
From the BeginningJune 8, 2025—Documentary piecing together the jigsaw of Ireland's earliest inhabitants, with contributions drawing from genetics and archaeology - S01E02
Contested Identities - The Coming Of The EnglishJune 15, 2025—Examining the ways in which Ireland changed after the arrival of the Normans, the catastrophes caused by the Black Death and the Protestant - S01E03
New Worlds - The First Irish DiasporaJune 22, 2025—Between 1600 and 1700, continental Europe was the main destination for tens of thousands of Irish migrants. This was the first Irish diaspor - S01E04
From the Famine to the FutureJune 29, 2025—Two million Irish people emigrated in the immediate aftermath of the Famine.