A Short History of Ireland ran for a total of 240 episodes.
Taking you on an historical journey spanning the Ice Age, the arrival of Christianity, the Viking era, Brian Boru, the Norman invasion, the plantation and the famine through to the creation of the Irish Free State.

Written by Dr. Jonathan Bardon OBE, QUB, each programme will be read by  actors Frances Tomelty, James Greene and Richard Dormer, who will interweave eye-witness accounts, letters and diary extracts from the times with the historical facts.