

Actor Simon Delaney explores the great stories and characters associated with the most beautiful, notorious and historical castles built across Ireland.
Documentary • Series • 2014 • 1 season

S1 E1 - Norman Castles
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.
Jun 22, 2014

S1 E2 - Don’t Mess with a Knight
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.
Jun 29, 2014

S1 E3 - The Fightback
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.
Jul 6, 2014

S1 E4 - A Century Of Turmoil
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.
Jul 13, 2014

S1 E5 - A Taste for Gothic
With the advent of the cannon in the 18th and 19th centuries, castles such as Tullynally morphed from military strongholds into lordly family homes.
Jul 20, 2014

S1 E6 - End of Empire
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.
Jul 27, 2014
Tales of Irish Castles
Actor Simon Delaney explores the great stories and characters associated with the most beautiful, notorious and historical castles built across Ireland.
Documentary • TV Series • 2014