From that Small Island

8.0

2025•50m

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.

Seasons

4 Episodes • Premiered 2025

1. From the Beginning

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

2. Contested Identities - The Coming Of The English

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.