The Rich and Turbulent Story of Ireland, from the Ice Age to World War II
071 The Failure to Reform - The 14th of July 1789 - Sacred to Liberty
072 The United Irishmen - The Belfast Harp Festival of 1792
073 At War with France - Earl Fitzwilliams Failure
074 Peep o Day Boys and Defenders - I Will Blow Your Souls to the Low Hills of Hell
075 The French Are In The Bay - Nothing But Terror Will Keep Them In Order
076 Croppies Lie Down - Rouse Hibernians From Your Slumbers
077 The Boys Of Wexford - The Battle Of New Ross
078 The Rebellion Spreads North - Rebellion In County Antrim
079 Rebellion In County Down - Vinegar Hill
080 The Races Of Castlebar - The Union Propose
NB: Produced as double episodes so there will be 120 instead of the original 240
The two episode titles are delimited by a -
This should take 12 torrent - given luck
About the Series
A Short History of Ireland started on 27 March, 2006 and ran for a total of 240 episodes,
taking an historical journey spanning the Ice Age, the arrival of Christianity, the Viking
era, Brian Boru, the Norman invasion, the plantation and the famine through to the creation
of the Irish Free State
Written by Dr Jonathan Bardon OBE, QUB, each programme was read by local actors Frances
Tomelty, James Greene and Richard Dormer, who interweave eye-witness accounts, letters and
diary extracts from the times with the historical facts
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