From that Small Island

From that Small Island

  • 2025
  • 1 Seasons
  • 4 Episodes
  •  8  (2)
  •   Ended

Tells the fascinating history of an island people who have truly left their mark on the world. 6 million people live on the island of Ireland, but over 80 million people worldwide say they are Irish. What does that mean? How have we been shaped by our history? Our geography? Where did we come from? Where did we go? These questions are at the heart of this series.

From that Small Island
Seasons
From the Famine to the Future
4. From the Famine to the Future
June 29, 2025
Two million Irish people emigrated in the immediate aftermath of the Famine.
New Worlds - The First Irish Diaspora
3. New Worlds - The First Irish Diaspora
June 22, 2025
Between 1600 and 1700, continental Europe was the main destination for tens of thousands of Irish migrants. This was the first Irish diaspora.
Contested Identities - The Coming Of The English
2. Contested Identities - The Coming Of The English
June 15, 2025
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.
From the Beginning
1. From the Beginning
June 08, 2025
Documentary piecing together the jigsaw of Ireland's earliest inhabitants, with contributions drawing from genetics and archaeology
Description
Tells the fascinating history of an island people who have truly left their mark on the world. 6 million people live on the island of Ireland, but over 80 million people worldwide say they are Irish. What does that mean? How have we been shaped by our history? Our geography? Where did we come from? Where did we go? These questions are at the heart of this series.
  • Premiere Date
    June 08, 2025
  • Rating
    8  (2)