From that Small Island

Season 1

2025 · 4 episodes · 3h 20m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. From the Beginning

   8 Jun 2025 · 50 min

   Documentary piecing together the jigsaw of Ireland's earliest inhabitants, with contributions drawing from genetics and archaeology

2. 

   2. Contested Identities - The Coming Of The English

   15 Jun 2025 · 50 min

   Examining the ways in which Ireland changed after the arrival of the Normans, the catastrophes caused by the Black Death and the Protestant reformation in the Tudor era.

3. 

   3. New Worlds - The First Irish Diaspora

   22 Jun 2025 · 50 min

   Between 1600 and 1700, continental Europe was the main destination for tens of thousands of Irish migrants. This was the first Irish diaspora.

4. 

   4. From the Famine to the Future

   29 Jun 2025 · 50 min

   Two million Irish people emigrated in the immediate aftermath of the Famine.