Great Lighthouses of Ireland

Season 1

This series tells the fascinating story of Ireland's lighthouses and their continuing importance in modern Irish life. Visually spectacular the series features stunning footage of Ireland's lighthouses and reveals how Ireland became a world leader in lighthouse engineering.

20194 episodes

TV-G

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S1 E1 - A Nation Surrounded
June 30, 2019
51min
7+
The Hook Head lighthouse : The oldest operating lighthouse in the world.
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S1 E2 - Feats of Engineering
June 30, 2019
51min
TV-G
The Calf and Bull Rock lighthouses: how mountainous seas destroyed the Calf Rock lighthouse and the construction of the lighthouse on Bull Rock.
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S1 E3 - Witnesses to History
June 30, 2019
51min
TV-G
The First World War, The sinking of the Lusitania, The D-Day Weather Report, Irish lighthouses and Mét Éireann.
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S1 E4 - A Bright Future
June 30, 2019
48min
TV-G
The advent of the helicopter and automation.
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