Ireland: A Television History (1980) is a documentary web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Ireland: A Television History online in HD.
Ireland: A Television History — Storyline
The first major attempt to tell the history of a country on television — from its first beginnings to the present day. Since the late 1960s we have all grown used to the suffering and violence in Northern Ireland. But these are just the latest events in an old story that began 800 years ago when England first became involved with Ireland — whose first inhabitants had arrived there 8.000 years before.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Robert Kee
Ireland: A Television History — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1980-12-02 |
| Seasons | 1 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Network | RTÉ One, BBC Two |
| Status | Ended |
Ireland: A Television History — Episode Guide
Miniseries
- E1: 'A Nation Once Again…' (1980-12-02) — Robert Kee surveys the different races of invaders that, over the centuries, have gone to make up today's Irish people – from the stone-age men to the coming of the English and the
- E2: No Surrender (1607-1691) (1980-12-09) — With the flight of the last of the Gaelic earls from Ulster at the beginning of the 17th century, thousands of English and Scottish Protestants settled on land that had belonged to
- E3: Two Nations (1700-1845) (1980-12-16) — In the 18th century Ireland was virtually two nations. A new breed of nationalists, the United Irishmen, worked to bring the two nations together and plotted, with French help, to
- E4: Famine (1845-1849) (1980-12-23) — Nearly a million men, women and children died in the great potato famine which devastated Ireland; another million emigrated, mainly to America. The British Government's attempts t
- E5: Fenians (1848-1867) (1980-12-30) — A secret organisation known later as the Irish Republican Brotherhood planned rebellion in the 1860s. Money and support came from Irish immigrants in America. But the Fenian rebell
- E6: Parnell (1875-1891) (1981-01-06) — No man ever disturbed British democratic politics so profoundly as Charles Stewart Parnell. He raised Irish national political feeling to the most effective level it had ever achie
- E7: Ulster Will Fight (1882-1914) (1981-01-13) — In 1914 after 30 years of opposition to Home Rule, the Ulster Unionists brought the UK to the verge of civil war in defiance of a Home Rule Act that would have put Ulster under an
- E8: Rising (1914-1916) (1981-01-20) — Tens of thousands of Irishmen enlisted in the British Army to fight, as they thought, for the rights of small nations like Belgium or even Ireland. Then, on Easter Monday 1916, a s
- E9: Terror (1919-1921) (1981-01-27) — In 1918 Sinn Fein, pledged to an independent Irish Republic, won a sweeping victory at the first British General Election since the war. Irish nationalists set up a parliament of t
- E10: Civil War (1921-1924) (1981-02-03) — The Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 gave Ireland dominion status as the Irish Free State, and the six counties of Northern Ireland the right to opt out. Die-hard Republicans of the IRA
- E11: Freedom (1923-1951) (1981-02-10) — Civil War divisions continued to dominate politics in the Free State. After ten years Eamon de Valera, on the losing Republican side, eventually came to power with some help from t
- E12: Six Counties (1921-1974) (1981-02-17) — From its foundation in 1921, the new Protestant state of Northern Ireland proclaimed its loyalty to the UK, protected by the armed Royal Ulster Constabulary and 'B' Special Reserve
- E13: Prisoners of History (1981-02-24) — Ireland's past has formed Ireland's and Northern Ireland's present (1981). Eire still seeks the unity of all Ireland; the Protestant North still resists; Catholics in Northern Irel
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Ireland: A Television History have? 1 season(s) with 13 episodes.
Where can I watch Ireland: A Television History? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
