Season 1 (2014)
Episodes: 6
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 Norman Castles
Air Date: 2014-06-22
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.
Ep.2 Don’t Mess with a Knight
Air Date: 2014-06-29
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.
Ep.3 The Fightback
Air Date: 2014-07-06
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.
Ep.4 A Century Of Turmoil
Air Date: 2014-07-13
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.
Ep.5 A Taste for Gothic
Air Date: 2014-07-20
With the advent of the cannon in the 18th and 19th centuries, castles such as Tullynally morphed from military strongholds into lordly family homes.
Ep.6 End of Empire
Air Date: 2014-07-27
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.