Series
From that Small Island
Documentary
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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Seasons & episodes
1From the Beginning8 Jun 2025 · 50mDocumentary piecing together the jigsaw of Ireland's earliest inhabitants, with contributions drawing from genetics and archaeology
2Contested Identities - The Coming Of The English15 Jun 2025 · 50mExamining the ways in which Ireland changed after the arrival of the Normans, the catastrophes caused by the Black Death and the Protestant reformation in the Tudor era.
3New Worlds - The First Irish Diaspora22 Jun 2025 · 50mBetween 1600 and 1700, continental Europe was the main destination for tens of thousands of Irish migrants. This was the first Irish diaspora.
4From the Famine to the Future29 Jun 2025 · 50mTwo million Irish people emigrated in the immediate aftermath of the Famine.
Details
- First aired
- 8 Jun 2025
- Last aired
- 29 Jun 2025
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- RTÉ One
- Episodes
- 4
- Votes
- 2 on TMDB
Cast
Colin FarrellNarrator
