#1 | 06/22/2014Norman Castles2.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#2 | 06/29/2014Don’t Mess with a Knight2.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#3 | 07/06/2014The Fightback2.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#4 | 07/13/2014A Century Of Turmoil2.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#5 | 07/20/2014A Taste for Gothic2.5/5 (with 1 vote)
With the advent of the cannon in the 18th and 19th centuries, castles such as Tullynally morphed from military strongholds into lordly family homes.
#6 | 07/27/2014End of Empire2.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
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