Top-ratedS1.E1 ∙ The Normans Are ComingSat, Jun 21, 2014In the 12th century, the political situation made Ireland ripe for Norman conquest and the beginning of castle-building in Dublin and beyond.7.0/10 (13)Rate
Top-ratedS1.E2 ∙ Don't Mess with a KnightSat, Jun 28, 2014As Norman influence spread in Ireland in the 13th and 14th centuries, powerful knights sparked a castle-building boom in Kilkenny and beyond.6.9/10 (11)Rate
Top-ratedS1.E3 ∙ The FightbackSat, Jul 5, 2014As documented in Leap and elsewhere, castle design soon changed when the Irish fought back against the Anglo-Normans in the 15th and 16th centuries.6.9/10 (11)Rate
Top-ratedS1.E4 ∙ A Century of TurmoilSat, Jul 12, 2014In the 17th century, strategically important castles at Limerick, Birr and elsewhere played critical roles in a hundred years of bloody wars.7.1/10 (11)Rate
Top-ratedS1.E5 ∙ A Taste for GothicSat, Jul 19, 2014With the advent of the cannon in the 18th and 19th centuries, castles such as Tullynally morphed from military strongholds into lordly family homes.7.1/10 (11)Rate
Top-ratedS1.E6 ∙ End of EmpireSat, Jul 26, 2014As political and social unrest swept Ireland in the 20th century, debt-ridden castles fell into disrepair and into the hands of the nouveau riche.7.1/10 (11)Rate