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.

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S1 E1 - A Nation Surrounded
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June 30, 2019
51min
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The Hook Head lighthouse : The oldest operating lighthouse in the world.
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S1 E2 - Feats of Engineering
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June 30, 2019
51min
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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
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June 30, 2019
51min
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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
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June 30, 2019
48min
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The advent of the helicopter and automation.
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