Ireland's Wild Islands

8.5

2023•45m

Eoin Warner sails a 140-year-old Galway Hooker out into the Atlantic to showcase the extraordinary wild magic of Ireland's western islands, from Basking Sharks off Inishtrahull, to White Tailed Eagle off the Cork coast.

Production

Seasons

3 Episodes • Premiered 2023

1. Sea of Serpents

8.0

Eoin starts his island voyage on Rathlin where he witnesses one of the most extraordinary leaps of faith undertaken by any animal on the planet – flightless chicks jumping 300 feet from their cliff ledges down to the ocean.

2. Edge of the Abyss

8.0

Eoin visits a wondrous native woodland on Clare Island and as he sails his Galway Hooker through Connemara's turquoise waters, he finds deserted islands home to skylarks and Ireland's only native reptile on the Aran Islands.

3. Echoes of the Past

9.0

Eoin Warner visits Co Kerry's Maharees Islands, where Arctic terns return every summer, before witnessing grey seals on the beach of Great Blasket Island.